Roots in SaveFileDialog

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Sergio Granzzotto asked 2023-08-18 17:44:58 UTC

I have some questions about the roots inside the SaveFileDialog:

• Even setting up the complete InitialDirectory, for example "C:\Folder" the files are not shown. Am I obligated to change the InitialDirectory to "C:" and add a new root referring the folder "Folder"?

• Am I obligated to select a root to see the files? Can I select a default root programmatically avoiding to select the root manually?

Thanks in advance!

Sergio

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Alaa (ITG) answered 2023-08-21 17:16:07 UTC

Hi Sergio,

To answer your questions:

• You can set both InitialDirectory and the Root as the same path, "C:\Folder". If you have the root as "C:" and the InitialDirectory as "C:\Folder", the moment you select the root you'll be inside "C:\Folder"

• Unfortunately, you can't select the root programatically for now.

HTH,
Alaa

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John Manilla answered 2025-07-11 21:49:46 UTC

Has there been an update to this?

Wisej.Web.SaveFileDialog dialog = new Wisej.Web.SaveFileDialog();
dialog.Roots.Add(new FileSystemProvider(Application.Session["GlobalProperties.DataFileLocation"] + "Project", "Project"));
dialog.InitialDirectory = Application.Session["GlobalProperties.DataFileLocation"] + "Project";

DialogResult result = dialog.ShowDialog();

No existing files are displayed

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If we do this:

Wisej.Web.SaveFileDialog dialog = new Wisej.Web.SaveFileDialog();
dialog.Roots.Add(new FileSystemProvider("./", "Main_Directory"));
DialogResult result = dialog.ShowDialog();

And the user navigates to the Project folder, then the files in the Project folder are displayed.

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We do not want users to be able to navigate outside of the Project folder, but we want to display the contents of the Project folder when the dialog is displayed.

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Julie (ITG) answered 2025-07-14 13:39:21 UTC

John-

Your code does work. See attached test case. I am able to open the Project folder and view the file inside.

Julie