Adding filters to the Open File dialog and Selecting Multiple Files

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