Using FolderBrowseDialog from within Property Page

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Using FolderBrowseDialog from within Property Page
Application not responding. 
Patrick Jox


Guest


Hello,
I need to popup the FolderBrowseDialog to sel ect an directory fr om my property page. This is done using the following code: 


      private void SelectApplicationDirectory()
      {
         FolderBrowserDialog fbd = new FolderBrowserDialog();
         OpenFileDialog ofd = new OpenFileDialog();
         try
         {
            // this is only for testing.
            ofd.ShowDialog();

            fbd.SelectedPath = this.ApplicationDirectoryTextBox.Text;
            fbd.ShowNewFolderButton = true;
            if (fbd.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.Cancel)
               return;

            this.ApplicationDirectoryTextBox.Text = fbd.SelectedPath;

         }
         catch (System.Exception ex)
         {
            throw ex;
         }
      }


The line fbd.ShowDialog() causes the application to hang. I tried the OpenFileDialog a few lines above. This works fine. Maybe the Dialog is poped up but not visible?

Since I am using Windows 7 I thought this might be an debug isssue of running Visual Studio as admin while Outlook runs in my normal user context. But starting the outlook the normal way i see the same effect.

Any ideas?

Kind regards
Patrick
Posted 17 Jan, 2010 08:31:47 Top
Andrei Smolin


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Posts: 18816
 Joined: 2006-05-11
Hi Patrick,

You need to use the ShowDialog(IWin32Window) overload. Use the GetOutlookWindowHandle of the add-in module to get the hwnd required for implementing IWin32Window.


Andrei Smolin
Add-in Express Team Leader
Posted 18 Jan, 2010 08:03:52 Top
Patrick Jox


Guest


Hey Andrei,
thanks a lot. One little question is remaining.

The GetOutlookWindowHandle expects a window. Which would be this window? I think the propertydialog but how can I reach this?

Kind regards
Patrick
Posted 18 Jan, 2010 09:34:23 Top
Andrei Smolin


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Hi Patrick,

Pass the active Explorer to that method and release it after that call.


Andrei Smolin
Add-in Express Team Leader
Posted 18 Jan, 2010 09:54:12 Top
Patrick Jox


Guest


OK got it. 


   public class WindowWrapper : System.Windows.Forms.IWin32Window
   {
      public WindowWrapper(IntPtr handle)
      {
         _hwnd = handle;
      }

      public IntPtr Handle
      {
         get { return _hwnd; }
      }

      private IntPtr _hwnd;
   }




            Outlook._Application olApp = ((AddinModule)AddinModule.CurrentInstance).OutlookApp as Outlook._Application;
            System.IntPtr hWnd = AddinModule.CurrentInstance.GetOutlookWindowHandle(olApp.ActiveWindow());
            WindowWrapper w = new WindowWrapper(hWnd);

            if (fbd.ShowDialog(w) == DialogResult.Cancel)
                 return;


Still has the same effect. Do I need the PropertyDialogs handle and how can I get it?

Kind regards.
Patrick
Posted 18 Jan, 2010 09:56:05 Top
Patrick Jox


Guest


hmmm,

Tried out the following 

            Outlook._Application olApp = ((AddinModule)AddinModule.CurrentInstance).OutlookApp as Outlook._Application;
            System.IntPtr hWnd = AddinModule.CurrentInstance.GetOutlookWindowHandle(olApp.ActiveExplorer());
            WindowWrapper w = new WindowWrapper(hWnd);

            if (fbd.ShowDialog(w) == DialogResult.Cancel)
               return;


Still the same effect.

Kind regards
Patrick
Posted 18 Jan, 2010 09:59:16 Top
Patrick Jox


Guest


So I tried to create a new System.Windows.Forms.Form, create it and show it.

This has just the same effect with the one difference, that I can see the new form.


    The new form pops up.
    The forms workspace, respectivly the controls inside the form are not drawn.
    The form remains visible and after a while the property dialogs caption changes to "not responding".
    After clicking in the ne forms area this forms caption too changes to "not responding".


Any ideas?

Kind regards
Patrick
Posted 18 Jan, 2010 11:48:22 Top
Patrick Jox


Guest


OK I got it to work. The problem was, that the buttons through which I opened the forms have been on TabControl / TabPage.

After placing the button directly in the property page everything works.

Kind regards
Patrick
Posted 18 Jan, 2010 12:51:53 Top
Andrei Smolin


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Posts: 18816
 Joined: 2006-05-11
Hi Patrick,

Thank you for letting me know.


Andrei Smolin
Add-in Express Team Leader
Posted 18 Jan, 2010 12:55:38 Top