Visual Studio 2008 folder browser dialog

Question

In Visual Studio 2008 there is a folder browser dialog that looks like this (very similar to file open dialog):

Does anyone know how to invoke it from code

Answer 1

Is this the pinvoke of SHBrowseForFolder, with the BIF_NEWDIALOGSTYLE style? If so there is an example on that page.

Answer 2

At the end I just used the VistaBridge library to open it.

Answer 3

If you're using C#, this solution is for you. Source code provided here: http://www.lyquidity.com/devblog/?p=136 (.NET Win 7-style folder select dialog).

You don't need to use a whole library like VistaBridge, or a Windows API code pack, to get a nice Folder Dialogue, just two small source files. Gives you a nice folder dialogue like this:

Answer 4

Drag a FolderBrowserDialog component from the Dialogs tab of the Toolbox to the form. Add this code to you button handler.

if (folderBrowserDialog1.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
        {
            this.label1.Text = folderBrowserDialog1.SelectedPath;
        }