[B r a d]

I'm trying to make a notepad sort of program.
This is my code for the openFileDialog but I don't get where I've gone wrong..
There are no errors but nothing works that I've tried to code. (Title, Filter, InitialDirectory)

        private void openToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            openFileDialog1.ShowDialog();
        }

        private void openFileDialog1_FileOk(object sender, CancelEventArgs e)
        {
            openFileDialog1.Title = "Open Text File";
            openFileDialog1.Filter = "TXT File|*.txt";
            openFileDialog1.InitialDirectory = @"C:\Users\user\Desktop";
        }

[Oscar]

Try it like this..

//Set the properties
openFileDialog1.Title = "Open Text File";
openFileDialog1.Filter = "TXT File|*.txt";
openFileDialog1.InitialDirectory = @"C:\Users\user\Desktop";

//Check the user hasn't clicked the "Cancel" button
if(openFileDialog1.ShowDialog() != DialogResult.OK)
	return;
	
//The full path of the selected file can be retrieved with "openFileDialog1.FileName"
MessageBox.Show("The file that was selected is: " + openFileDialog1.FileName);

Oh and you'll want to put that on the openToolStripMenuItem_Click void, you shouldn't need the FileOk one.

[B r a d]

Originally Posted by Oscar

Try it like this..

//Set the properties
openFileDialog1.Title = "Open Text File";
openFileDialog1.Filter = "TXT File|*.txt";
openFileDialog1.InitialDirectory = @"C:\Users\user\Desktop";

//Check the user hasn't clicked the "Cancel" button
if(openFileDialog1.ShowDialog() != DialogResult.OK)
	return;
	
//The full path of the selected file can be retrieved with "openFileDialog1.FileName"
MessageBox.Show("The file that was selected is: " + openFileDialog1.FileName);

Oh and you'll want to put that on the openToolStripMenuItem_Click void, you shouldn't need the FileOk one.

Thank you, this worked!
How would I read what's in the text file that I'm trying to open?

[Oscar]

Originally Posted by boxxybabee

Thank you, this worked!
How would I read what's in the text file that I'm trying to open?

Add this to the top of your code

using System.IO;

Then after you've selected the file with OpenFileDialog you need to read it:

textBox1.Text = File.ReadAllText(openFileDialog1.FileName);

And writing it back would be:

File.WriteAllText(openFileDialog1.FileName, textBox1.Text);

Simple

[B r a d]

Originally Posted by Oscar

Add this to the top of your code

using System.IO;

Then after you've selected the file with OpenFileDialog you need to read it:

textBox1.Text = File.ReadAllText(openFileDialog1.FileName);

And writing it back would be:

File.WriteAllText(openFileDialog1.FileName, textBox1.Text);

Simple

Lol, I really am a noob. xD
Then again, this is my first C# program.