How to get FolderBrowserDialog to start at the program's location?

[Sumo]

How to get FolderBrowserDialog to start at the program's location? --RESOLVED--

I am using the FolderBrowserDialog to allow the user to choose a folder for activity. The folder will most likely be a subfolder of where the program is running. How can I specify that when the user opens the FBD it is already drilled into the folder where the app is?

TIA!

 

[jmcilhinney]

You will have to do it in code, rather than the designer, because you won't actually know the program's location until run-time. Use this code:

Me.FolderBrowserDialog1.SelectedPath = Application.StartupPath

You can also set the RootFolder property to prevent access to folders above a certain point.

Note that every class in the .NET Framework has a member listing in the help. Simply type "FolderBrowserDialog Members", for example, into a help search and one of the first, if not THE first, result will be the member listing for that class. A quick look through this will very often tell you exactly what you are after. Each member, be it property or method or otherwise, has a brief description and a link to a more comprehensive explanation.

Edit:
You can also put your cursor on the name in code and press F1 to get the member listing. Not sure why I didn't say this before.

 

[kulrom]

Btw, the code above should be placed at the Load event in order to make fbd to point on certain path ... Happy coding

 

[Sumo]

OK, thanks! I had, of course, checked through the Member listing and read up on this control. The part I was missing was the part about setting it in code in the Load event rather than in the designer.

Works like a champ, thanks gents!