Adding filters to the Open File dialog and Selecting Multiple Files

Posted Date: 12 Nov 2008	Resource Type: Code Snippets	Category: VB.NET Syntax
Author: Abraham Kuriakose	Member Level: Gold
Rating:	Points: 5

This sample VB.net code snippet shows how to add filters to the Open File dialog and Selecting Multiple Files.


OpenFileDialog1.Filter = "Media Files|*.mpg;*.avi;*.wma;*.mid;*.wav;*.mp2;*.mp3|All Files|*.*"

        OpenFileDialog1.FilterIndex = 1
        OpenFileDialog1.InitialDirectory = "C:\"
        OpenFileDialog1.Title = "Open File"
        If (OpenFileDialog1.ShowDialog() = Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK) Then
            If (OpenFileDialog1.FileNames.Length > 0) Then
 ' Make sure the User selected one or more files
                For Each strFileName As String In OpenFileDialog1.FileNames
                    List1.Items.Add(strFileName) 
' Loop through the list of selected filenames and add each one to your listbox
                Next
            End If
        End If

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