How to populate tree view with all directories?

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Solution 1

Did you already have a look at this article: My Explorer In C#[^]

Posted 3-Apr-11 6:16am

Wendelius

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johannesnestler 3-Apr-11 16:37pm

good link to a good article but maybe to much for the OP: He better uses OpenFileDialog or some of the other prebuild dialogs.

Xonfused 4-Apr-11 6:27am

Thank you for the reply..
I reviewed the article, and to be honest it is a little bit confusing. Also, i don't need all that details, here is what i need:
(as i commented on the other answer, i wanna make a custom installation)
Lets say the user clicks first a button (lets call it browse), a new form appears which contains the tree view with all directories (folders only) and on the right side there is a button confirm.. Well when the user would press the confirm button, i wont the path that the user chose in the tree view to be saved (so the program would know where the files to be copied)...

I am sorry if i am asking for (maybe if this is) an obvious answer, but this is my first 'serious' program, and after a few day nonstop work i am little tired at the end and can't concentrate... :)
(i hope i am understandable)

Wendelius 4-Apr-11 16:03pm

That's just fine. If you're looking a simple way you utilize the FolderBrowserDialog, then Jonathan's answer is excellent for that purpose :)

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Jonathan Cardy · Accepted Answer · 2011-04-03T06:18:00

Solution 2

Hi!
You don't need to create your own dialog. .NET does this work for you, simply display a OpenFileDialog through which the user can select files to copy. See the documentation for OpenFileDialog here:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.filedialog.aspx[^]

Edit: to open a specific path, show the user a FolderBrowserDialog:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.folderbrowserdialog.aspx[^]

Posted 3-Apr-11 6:18am

Jonathan Cardy

Updated 4-Apr-11 0:17am

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Xonfused 4-Apr-11 6:13am

thanks for the reply.
But i am trying the user only to choose the path where the files want to be copied (on which directory), not the files that is needed to be copied. I am actually trying to make my own installation.

BobJanova 4-Apr-11 6:40am

Check Jonathan's edited solution. I believe FolderBrowserDialog will do what you want.

Xonfused 4-Apr-11 7:19am

Thanks a LOT..