How to Use Openfiledialog in Visual Basic Express

Visual Basic provides a set of windows controls to perform common user required functionality. One of the components is the OpenFileDialog control. This control is used to select a file to open from the computer executing the application.

Things You'll Need

• Visual Basic Express Edition

Instructions

1. Open Visual Basic Express Edition and create a new project using the"Windows Forms Template."

2. Select "Ctrl" + "Alt" + "x" to open the toolbox menu. Drag the OpenFileDialog icon from the toolbox menu onto the form. Label the OpenFileDialog component as "OpenFileDialog1."

3. Drag a button icon onto the form from the toolbox menu and label it "Button1."

4. Double click the button labeled "Button1" and place the following code in the subroutine:
   OpenFileDialog1.ShowDialog()

5. Press the "F5" key to execute the application in debug mode. Click "Button1" and the OpenFileDialog box will be displayed. Select a file using the dialog box and press "Open" button. The OpenFileDialog box will then close.

Tips & Warnings

• Add additional code to handle the value of the file returned from the OpenFileDialog component.

References

• Visual Basic Programming .Net