Application #30. Use Common Dialog Boxes

This sample shows you how to use the OpenFileDialog, SaveFileDialog, ColorDialog, and FontDialog controls within your Windows Forms applications. These dialog boxes are standard to Microsoft Windows operating systems, and they give your applications a common look and feel with which users will instantly be familiar. The sample application consists of a single form with two tab pages, as shown in Figure 4-2.

Figure 4-2. Common Dialogs sample application.
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The first tab page lets the user select a text file by using the OpenFileDialog control. Once the user selects a text file, the ...

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