Files opened or saved using WPF’s file dialogs (OpenFileDialog, SaveFileDialog or OpenFolderDialog) are by default added to the Windows Explorer’s recent files list and can also impact the Recommended section of the Start Menu in Windows 11. To disable this behavior, you can set AddToRecent to false on your dialog before calling the ShowDialog() method….
A new ClientGuid property, introduced with .NET 8, allows you to uniquely identify dialogs such as the OpenFileDialog and the OpenFolderDialog, with the purpose of storing state – such as window size, position and last used folder – separately per dialog. To benefit from this behavior, configure the ClientGuid of your dialog to a known…
Starting with .NET 8, you can constrain the OpenFileDialog and OpenFolderDialog folder tree to a given root folder. You can do so by setting the RootDirectory property on the dialog before calling ShowDialog(). It’s very important to note that this does not limit the selection and the navbar navigation in any way. The user will…
.NET 8 introduces a new OpenFolderDialog to Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF). This enables application users to browse and select one or multiple folders. Usage is simple: create a new OpenFolderDialog, provide a Title, and an InitialDirectory. And if you want to allow your users to select multiple folders, set Multiselect to true. Next, a simple…
WPF applications use by default software rendering when accessed over remote desktop, even if the system has hardware rendering capabilities. With .NET 8, a new option is introduced which allows you to opt into hardware acceleration when using the Remote Desktop Protocol. This can result in improved performance and an overall more responsive application. You…
Are you a Silverlight / WPF developer? Want to start developing for Windows 8 as well? If that’s the case, this upcoming SilverlightShow webinar is guaranteed to give you a jump start. The webinar will teach you how to use your Silverlight / WPF experience to build amazing Windows 8 apps by presenting the similarities…