FolderBrowserDialog problem

eelisMX · July 11th, 2005, 02:47 AM

Hi,

I added a FolderBrowserDialog object to my app. The object was working well but now when I call the ShowDialog() method the dilog appears but no folders are shown in the dialog (the description does appear).
The code is as follows:

Code:

If Me.FolderBrowserDialog1.ShowDialog = DialogResult.OK Then
       Me.txtPath.Text = Me.FolderBrowserDialog1.SelectedPath
End If

I'm using VS 2003 with .NET 1.1 on Win2K SP4 (all win updates installed)

eelisMX · July 11th, 2005, 06:46 AM

The problem is apparently caused by threading.
The form where the FolderBrowserDialog is placed was running on a seperate thread from the main UI thread.

Code:

With New System.Threading.Thread(AddressOf DisplayLogs)
      .Start()
End With

Everything worked well except for the FolderBrowserDialog object. When I changed the code to open the form as - Form.ShowDialog() - the FolderBrowserDialog was executed well.
Is this some kind of a known bug or am I trying to do it wrongly ?

ssware · November 12th, 2008, 05:40 AM

Does your Main method have the STAThread attribute? This is required for it to work properly.

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