topic Re: Esri version of FolderBrowserDialog in ArcGIS Pro SDK Questions

Esri version of FolderBrowserDialog

StevenCorpus — Mon, 10 Apr 2023 21:28:54 GMT

I have a part in my code that requires the user to select a folder. I've been using the microsoft dialog FolderBrowserDialog do this. It works fine except that the dialog isn't dark when the ArcGIS Pro user has set Pro to dark theme.

Is there an Esri equivelent to the FolderBrowserDialog, or is there a way that I can configure an Esri dialog to do the same task?

Thanks

Re: Esri version of FolderBrowserDialog

KenBuja — Mon, 10 Apr 2023 21:48:38 GMT

The OpenItemDialog is what you're looking for. You can set the BrowseProjectFilter to a folder. The full list of filters is here. This snippet shows how to use it.

Re: Esri version of FolderBrowserDialog

CharlesMacleod — Mon, 10 Apr 2023 22:09:31 GMT

Set the dialog filter to ItemFilters.Folders. A FolderConnectionProjectItem will be returned.

var home = Project.Current.HomeFolderPath; var opn_dlg = new OpenItemDialog(); opn_dlg.Title = "Select a Folder"; opn_dlg.InitialLocation = home; opn_dlg.MultiSelect = false;//or true, whichever opn_dlg.Filter = ArcGIS.Desktop.Catalog.ItemFilters.Folders;//select folders only bool? ok = opn_dlg.ShowDialog(); if (ok == true) { var folder = opn_dlg.Items[0] as FolderConnectionProjectItem; var path = folder.Path; //TODO - use folder selection }

Re: Esri version of FolderBrowserDialog

RichardDaniels — Mon, 10 Apr 2023 22:16:13 GMT

To control the color like you describe you may need to build your own FoldierLocator dialog and use the showdialog() command to open it. If you create your own form there is a BackColor property you can use. You would call the following Subroutined after instantiating the form but Before showing it. In this example I've stored my desired Form color in the myAppColor environment variable. I've used 'Named' colors as available from the SystemColors collection.

Sub setControlColor(ByRef theForm As System.Windows.Forms.Form) Dim theControl As Control Try theForm.BackColor = My.Settings.Default.myAppColor Catch eX As Exception 'unable to get the color theForm.BackColor = SystemColors.Control End Try For Each theControl In theForm.Controls If theControl.GetType Is GetType(TextBox) Then 'do nothing since we want white backgrounds in our text box Else theControl.BackColor = My.Settings.Default.myAppColor theControl.Invalidate() End If If theControl.GetType Is GetType(System.Windows.Forms.Button) Then Dim theButton As System.Windows.Forms.Button theButton = theControl theButton.UseVisualStyleBackColor = False End If Next theForm.Refresh() End Sub