save file dialogue

[MJV57]

I have a button that I want to have open a dialogue box to select a file and then rename it and save it in a specific directory. I have the following code which opens a dialogue box but it is not setting the pick directory and when I try to save it tries to save in the same directory as the file I picked.


private void attachfileBN_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
SaveFileDialog sfd = new SaveFileDialog();
sfd.ShowDialog();
sfd.InitialDirectory = "C";
sfd.FileName = "//server1/common/estimatedocs/estimatenoTextBox.Text";

}

 

[HarleyQuinn]

You're setting the value for the initial directory after you've displayed the dialog box (your code won't get control back until the dialog box is closed after you call sfd.ShowDialog(). You've also not included the code for saving the file, I imagine that you're getting the message that the file exists already? This is catered for in the code below (which should help you on the right track):

SaveFileDialog sfd = new SaveFileDialog();
            
            sfd.InitialDirectory = "C:\\";

            sfd.OverwritePrompt = false;

            if (sfd.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
            {

                string Filename = sfd.FileName;
                string NewFile = "//server1/common/estimatedocs/" + estimatenoTextBox.Text;

                // your code to save the file goes here

            }

            sfd.Dispose();

Hope this helps

HarleyQuinn
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