extracting filename alone from browsing option

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here in the below coding the full path of the file is displayed ,, ehat is the procedure to display only the "file-name.extension"

<pre lang="vb">Public Class Form1

    Dim fdlg As OpenFileDialog = New OpenFileDialog()

    Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
        fdlg.Title = "open"
        fdlg.InitialDirectory = "c:\"
        fdlg.Filter = "All files(*.*)|*.*|RTF files(*.rtf)|*.rtf|document files(*.doc)|*.doc"
        fdlg.FilterIndex = 1
        fdlg.RestoreDirectory = True
        If fdlg.ShowDialog = Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK Then
            ListBox1.Items.Add(fdlg.FileName)
            MessageBox.Show("You selected " & fdlg.FileName)
        End If

    End Sub

Posted 10-Nov-11 19:38pm

ANANTH P

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Amol_27101982, India 11-Nov-11 2:20am

If you got your solution that you are looking for then please mark it as your answer.

ANANTH P 11-Nov-11 2:39am

oh thank u now i got it, but while selecting the rtf files, the rtf file alone displaying,after selecting the .doc file both the files are visible , how can i do to make visible either .doc or .rtf file type using vb.net coding

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Mehdi Gholam · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-10T19:41:00

Solution 1

Use Path.GetFileName(path)

See here : http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.io.path_members%28v=vs.71%29.aspx[^]

Posted 10-Nov-11 19:41pm

Mehdi Gholam

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-10T19:43:00

Solution 2

Use System.IO.Path.GetFileName to extract a file name from full path name, http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.io.path.getfilename.aspx[^].

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—SA

Posted 10-Nov-11 19:43pm

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

Amol_27101982, India · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-10T19:45:00

Solution 3

use following code

string FilePath = fdlg.FileName;

MessageBox.Show("You selected " & Path.GetFileName(FilePath));

~Amol

Posted 10-Nov-11 19:45pm

Amol_27101982, India