Browse Folder

[Kuldeep]

Framework: Visual Studio 2005
Technology: ASP.NET 2.0
Language: C#.NET 2.0

I am trying to browse folders through the following piece of code.
Please let me know if there is any kind of setting to get this working
right?

using shell32.dll;
Shell32.ShellClass shl = new Shell32.ShellClass();
Shell32.Folder2 fld = (Shell32.Folder2)shl.BrowseForFolder(0, "Show Folder",
0, System.Reflection.Missing.Value);
txtFolderName.Text = fld.Self.Path ;

Kindly advice

Kuldeep

 

[Eliyahu Goldin]

Are the folders you want to browse on client or server side? Your code is
apparently for server side.

--
Eliyahu Goldin,
Software Developer & Consultant
Microsoft MVP [ASP.NET]
http://msmvps.com/blogs/egoldin
http://usableasp.net

 

[Kuldeep]

yes it is on the server side.

Are the folders you want to browse on client or server side? Your code is
apparently for server side.

--
Eliyahu Goldin,
Software Developer & Consultant
Microsoft MVP [ASP.NET]
http://msmvps.com/blogs/egoldin
http://usableasp.net

Framework: Visual Studio 2005
Technology: ASP.NET 2.0
Language: C#.NET 2.0

I am trying to browse folders through the following piece of code.
Please let me know if there is any kind of setting to get this working
right?

using shell32.dll;
Shell32.ShellClass shl = new Shell32.ShellClass();
Shell32.Folder2 fld = (Shell32.Folder2)shl.BrowseForFolder(0, "Show
Folder", 0, System.Reflection.Missing.Value);
txtFolderName.Text = fld.Self.Path ;

Kindly advice

Kuldeep

 

[Mark Rae]

yes it is on the server side.

You need to stop for a second and take one step back...

What does BrowseForFolder actually do?

Well, according to MSDN
(http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms630408.aspx) it "creates a
dialog box that enables the user to select a folder and then returns the
selected folder's Folder object."

That's fine, of course, for WinForms apps and client-side web functionality
(well, not really, but we'll let that pass...)

However, you're trying to run this server-side... Even if you do manage to
call the BrowserForFolder method, and even supposing it worked, who's
actually going to see the dialog box and select a folder?

What are you actually trying to do here? Presumably, a user visits one of
your pages and clicks a button (or something), and then needs to select a
folder for some reason...?

Where are these folders located? Does the account that ASP.NET is running
under even have permissions to to what you're trying to do...?

 

[Guest]

yes it is on the server side.

message

Are the folders you want to browse on client or server side? Your code is
apparently for server side.

--
Eliyahu Goldin,
Software Developer & Consultant
Microsoft MVP [ASP.NET]
http://msmvps.com/blogs/egoldin
http://usableasp.net

- Show quoted text -

Shell32 is for "local usage"

Use System.IO

the code would be something like this

foreach (string s in Directory.GetFiles(Server.MapPath("/"), "*.*")
{
.....
}

 

[Guest]

Hi Mark,

I have a same requirement, I'm developing ASP.net application in C#,
framework 2.0 where I need to display a browse folder at client side. please
let me know how i can implement this web forms.

I have implemented a javascript code given in the url by you, but it is now
working and giving a javascript error "Permissions denied"

Ashish Khanna

 

[Mark Rae [MVP]]

I have a same requirement, I'm developing ASP.net application in C#,
framework 2.0 where I need to display a browse folder at client side.

That's not, actually, the same requirement - the OP was trying to use
client-side code to browse for folders server-side...

please let me know how i can implement this web forms.

I have implemented a javascript code given in the url by you, but it is
now
working and giving a javascript error "Permissions denied"

Slightly confused - you say "it is now working and giving a javascript
error" - it can't both be working *and* giving a javascript error...

Please show your code.

Alternatively, have a look at this:
http://www.utechsoft.com/products/udownload/webdemo/index.html