Question

Is there a .net control I can use which will allow me to create a program which allows me to browsers through drives and folders to open any given file in the associated program and start any program?

Would OpenFileDialog do this, or is there a windows explorer type control I could use?

Answer 1

No, there’s no control. However:

• Using Process.Start on a filename will automatically open it with the default handler.
• You can enable people to open it with another program by passing it as arguments to the program, at least, usually.
• You can use the IO.DirectoryInfo and IO.FileInfo types to retrieve the directory structure.
• You can use TreeViews and ListViews to emulate Explorer’s controls.