Setting properties for dialog on System.Windows.Forms.Design.FileNameEditor

[mooman_fl]

Got my collections showing up just fine now as properties...

 

One of the subproperties though will be a file name. I have the following code setting the property to call up an OpenFileDialog...

 

        <Editor(GetType(System.Windows.Forms.Design.FileNameEditor), GetType(System.Drawing.Design.UITypeEditor))> _
       Public Property FileName() As String
           Get
               Return _FileName
           End Get
           Set(ByVal Value As String)
               _FileName = Value
           End Set
       End Property

 

So far so good... dialog comes up. The problem is that it is just a default one. I need it to have the following set for it:

 

....1. Title

....2. DefaultExt

....3. InitialDirectory

 

How would this be done in this case? I haven't been able to find any information on this. Thanks!

[mooman_fl]

Ok... found the solution for this and so I will post as follows since I didn't see it listed anywhere else on the net.

 

 

In a separate class...

 

[size=2][color=#0000ff]Public [/color][/size][size=2][color=#0000ff]Class[/color][/size][size=2][color=#000000] ExFileNameEditor[/color]
[/size][size=2][color=#0000ff]    Inherits[/color][/size][size=2] System.Windows.Forms.Design.FileNameEditor
[/size][size=2][color=#0000ff]    Protected [/color][/size][size=2][color=#0000ff]Overrides [/color][/size][size=2][color=#0000ff]Sub[/color][/size][size=2] InitializeDialog([/size][size=2][color=#0000ff]ByVal[/color][/size][size=2] _OFD [/size][size=2][color=#0000ff]As[/color][/size][size=2] System.Windows.Forms.OpenFileDialog)
       _OFD.Title = "My File Dialog"
       _OFD.Filter = "Text File (*.txt)|*.txt"
       _OFD.InitialDirectory = System.Environment.CurrentDirectory
[/size][size=2][color=#0000ff]    End[/color][/size][size=2][color=#0000ff]Sub
End[/color][/size][size=2][color=#0000ff]Class[/color][/size]

 

For your property us this instead...

 

[size=2]
<Editor([/size][size=2][color=#0000ff]GetType[/color][/size][size=2](ExFileNameEditor), [/size][size=2][color=#0000ff]GetType[/color][/size][size=2](System.Drawing.Design.UITypeEditor))> _[/size]

 

Welcom to your custom FileNameEditor dialog... easy huh?:D

Edited April 4, 2004 by mooman_fl