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  • Mark Rae
    #1

    FolderNameEditor

    Hi,

    I discovered recently the existence of the FolderNameEdito r class which is
    flagged in the MSDN help as being for internal use only, and should not be
    used in apps etc. I have a good contact at Microsoft who informed me that
    any undocumented features of the .NET Framework can be used, but doing so
    will mean that Micorosoft will not provide support for them.

    Therefore, can anyone please tell me if they are using the FolderNameEdito r
    class successfully and, if not, what else would you recommend? I've seen
    "solutions" on the web which involve literally hundreds of lines of code to
    iterate up and down directory structures etc, which I don't really want to
    use. I've also seen solutions which advocate the "old VB6" way i.e. to use
    the Windows API.

    Also, does anyone know if this folder browsing will be available natively in
    Whidbey?

    Regards,

    Mark


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    • Ignacio Machin \( .NET/ C# MVP \)
      #2
      Re: FolderNameEdito r

      Hi Mark,

      You should not use it, as it can change on a future release of the
      framework and your code can get broken, and as you don't know how it changed
      ( cause it's not public info.) debug and correct your code should be much
      difficult.

      If you have an alternate solution for the same problem I strongly advise
      you to use it, you can make a DLL of it and just include it on the others
      projects as needed.


      Cheers,

      --
      Ignacio Machin,
      ignacio.machin AT dot.state.fl.us
      Florida Department Of Transportation

      "Mark Rae" <mark@markrae.c o.uk> wrote in message
      news:uCmaTtwGEH A.1180@TK2MSFTN GP09.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
      > Hi,
      >
      > I discovered recently the existence of the FolderNameEdito r class which is
      > flagged in the MSDN help as being for internal use only, and should not be
      > used in apps etc. I have a good contact at Microsoft who informed me that
      > any undocumented features of the .NET Framework can be used, but doing so
      > will mean that Micorosoft will not provide support for them.
      >
      > Therefore, can anyone please tell me if they are using the[/color]
      FolderNameEdito r[color=blue]
      > class successfully and, if not, what else would you recommend? I've seen
      > "solutions" on the web which involve literally hundreds of lines of code[/color]
      to[color=blue]
      > iterate up and down directory structures etc, which I don't really want to
      > use. I've also seen solutions which advocate the "old VB6" way i.e. to use
      > the Windows API.
      >
      > Also, does anyone know if this folder browsing will be available natively[/color]
      in[color=blue]
      > Whidbey?
      >
      > Regards,
      >
      > Mark
      >
      >[/color]


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        • Mark Rae
          #3
          Re: FolderNameEdito r

          "Ignacio Machin ( .NET/ C# MVP )" <ignacio.mach in AT dot.state.fl.us > wrote
          in message news:O$q6EexGEH A.2408@TK2MSFTN GP10.phx.gbl...
          [color=blue]
          > You should not use it, as it can change on a future release of the
          > framework and your code can get broken, and as you don't know how it[/color]
          changed[color=blue]
          > ( cause it's not public info.) debug and correct your code should be much
          > difficult.[/color]

          Looks like it'll be properly supported in Whidbey...

          http://longhorn.msdn.microsoft.com/lhsdk/ref/ns/system.windows.forms.design/c/foldernameeditor/foldernameeditor.aspx

          http://longhorn.msdn.microsoft.com/lhsdk/ref/ns/system.windows.forms.design/c/foldernameeditor.folderbrowser/folderbrowser.aspx




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