Cancel button

[Vyndrox]

Try

line1:

filename = InputBox("Input a filename:", "File Lister", "my movies", 200, 300)

filename = filename + ".txt"

 

If System.IO.File.Exists(Application.StartupPath & "\" & filename) = True Then

MsgBox("File exists", MsgBoxStyle.OKCancel, "File Lister")

End If

 

I want when the user push cancel he's goin back to 'line1:'

But i don't know how you can check wich button the user has pushed :)

[PlausiblyDamp]

Personally I despise the InputBox function but you could do something like

 

Dim fileName As String
Do
    filename = InputBox("Input a filename:", "File Lister", "my movies", 200, 300)
Loop Until fileName <> ""

 

although I would use something more user-friendly like

Dim sf As New SaveFileDialog
sf.Title = "Input a filename"

Dim fileName As String
Do
sf.InitialDirectory = Application.StartupPath
sf.ShowDialog()
fileName = sf.FileName
Loop Until fileName <> ""

[Vyndrox]

wow, kewl man tnx. This is my first week programming in vb .net, i just have a little experience in delphi.

Thats why my questions/solutions may look n00bish :P

I already ordered the book visual basic .net for uni students, i get it in a few days :D

[Vyndrox]

           Dim sf As New SaveFileDialog()
           sf.Title = "Input a filename"

           Dim fileName, i As String
           Do
               sf.InitialDirectory = Application.StartupPath
               sf.DefaultExt = "txt"
               sf.ShowDialog()
               fileName = sf.FileName
           Loop Until fileName <> ""

 

I want that if u get the save file dialog, that save as type is 'as text' .txt and not empty i added 'sf.DefaultExt = "txt"' but that will only add the extension afterwards and i want that it's also visible that u can only save as .txt.

[mutant]

Look into the Filter property. It will let you spceify what files the dialog which display. If you want txt only you can do something like this:

savedialog.Filter = "Text Files (*.txt)|*.txt"

Frst you set the desciprtion you want to apear in the FileType dropdown on the dialog, and then the extension for the given description.

[Vyndrox]

yeah ur solution is exactley what i was lookin' for. TNX :D