Question

I have a property grid control where I want to be able to display a SaveFileDialog as the user is in the process of exporting data to a new file. I can easily hook up an OpenFileDialog with a FileNameEditor but there doesn’t seem to be an equivalent class for saving files.

Is there an existing class that I can specify in the System.ComponentModel.Editor attribute so that a SaveFileDialog is displayed?

Answer 1

So the object that you set in the propertyGrid1.SelectedObject needs a public property like the following:

            private string _saveFile;
    [BrowsableAttribute(true)]
    [EditorAttribute(typeof(SaveFileNameEditor), typeof(System.Drawing.Design.UITypeEditor))]
    public string SaveFileEditorVlad
    {
        get { return _saveFile; }
        set { _saveFile = value; }
    }

in order to make Stewy‘s answer work 🙂 Then at runtime, when you edit the this property, the ellipsis will show and you’ll be able to select a file to Save As.