How to I make this open pictures not just folders

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i am trying to make a file picture converter program but when i use this code it only finds folders not anything else; how do i make this open programs/pictures?

What I have tried:

FolderBrowserDialog fdb = new FolderBrowserDialog();
if (fdb.ShowDialog() == System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK)
textBox1.AppendText(fdb.SelectedPath);

Posted 19-Jul-18 9:46am

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Updated 19-Jul-18 17:44pm

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Gerry Schmitz · Answer 1 · 2018-07-19T10:30:00

Solution 1

You need to get a "list" of the file (names) in the selected folder; then load each file for processing.

c# - How to loop through all the files in a directory in c # .net? - Stack Overflow[^]

Posted 19-Jul-18 10:30am

Gerry Schmitz

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Member 13915301 19-Jul-18 16:59pm

please can you make an example? thanks

phil.o 19-Jul-18 17:25pm

You can find usage's description here:
Directory.GetFiles Method[^].
There is also a clear example in the link Gerry provided you.

Eric Lynch 19-Jul-18 20:28pm

One thing, I suggest using Directory.EnumerateFiles. With Directory.GetFiles, you can't start doing anything until the information for ALL files has been loaded. With Directory.EnumerateFiles, you can process the file information as its discovered. The signatures are nearly identical, but it can make a big performance difference for directories with large numbers of files. Of course, this assumes that the caller doesn't do something dumb like tack a ToArray/ToList onto the IEnumerable :)

Blutfaust · Answer 2 · 2018-07-19T17:45:00

Solution 2

Maybe you should try the OpenFileDialog instead of the FolderBrowserDialog.

Posted 19-Jul-18 17:45pm

Blutfaust