How to get full path of selected file from OpenFileDialog ?

Question

hi i want to get path of selected file using OpenFileDialog but its shown File operation not permitted. Access to path is denied. error. I have user following code and want to display full path in text box OpenFileDialog dlg = new OpenFileDialog(); dlg.Multiselect = false;dlg.Filter = Video Files (*.mp4)|*.mp4|Video Files (*.mpeg)|*.mpeg|Video Files (*.wmv)|*.wmv; dlg.FilterIndex = 1; bool? retval = dlg.ShowDialog(); if (retval != null && retval == true) { UploadVideo(dlg.File.Name dlg.File.OpenRead()); //string filePath = Path.GetDirectoryName(dlg.File.Name); txtVideoPath.Text = dlg.File.Name; } Any idea how to get full path?

Marutharasu P · Answer

OpenFileDialog ofd = new OpenFileDialog(); if((bool)ofd.ShowDialog()) { string directoryName = ofd.File.DirectoryName; string fullName = ofd.File.FullName; string name = ofd.File.Name; }

Vulpes · Answer

For security reasons it will only work in 'trusted applications' but you should be able to get the full path with: txtVideoPath.Text = dlg.File.FullName;

ravi rayana · Answer

Hi Prabhu This is not System.Windows.Forms.OpenFileDialog this is System.Windows.Controls.OpenFileDialog. Here we do not have RestoreDirectory & FileName properties.

Prabhu Raja · Answer

Hi Sachin Try this OpenFileDialog dlg = new OpenFileDialog(); dlg.Multiselect = false; dlg.InitialDirectory = C:\; dlg.Filter = Video Files (*.mp4)|*.mp4|Video Files (*.mpeg)|*.mpeg|Video Files (*.wmv)|*.wmv; dlg.FilterIndex = 0; dlg.RestoreDirectory = true; if (dlg.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK) { try { UploadVideo(dlg.FileName dlg.OpenFile ); txtVideoPath.Text = dlg.FileName; } catch (Exception ex) { MessageBox.Show(Error: can not read file from disk.Original error:  + ex.Message); } } --------------------------------- If this post helps you then mark as Correct Answer