c#: How to change title of FolderBrowserDialog using P/Invoke?

Question

FolderBrowserDialog displayed a text "Browse For Folder" as the title.

This Link says that using P/Invoke we can do that. Whats that? How to use P/Invoke for this?

Is there any other way also to change this?

Answer 1

In short, the answer is no. P/Invoke allows you to call native Windows API functions. You can read an old, but still relevant article, about it here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc164123.aspx

Unfortunately, the specific function you would need to invoke ShBrowseForFolder does not allow you to specify different text for the window title.

Answer 2

I dont think we can change the caption of the folder browser dialog, if there is a way then its using complex p/Invoke calls.

I know there is a interesting XBrowseForFolder - Wrapper for SHBrowseForFolder alternative available.

Its a vc++ component, you can use this component in your c# project with little coding effort from your side.

Cheers

Answer 3

If you are developing software for Windows 7 (and using .NET 3.5 SP1) then you can download and use the Windows API Code Pack which bring along a bunch of additional controls which may offer an alternative to the FolderBrowserDialog.

Here's what is included in the Windows API Code Pack

Windows 7 Taskbar

• Jump Lists, Icon Overlay, Progress Bar, Tabbed Thumbnails, and Thumbnail Toolbars

Windows Shell

• Windows 7 Libraries
• Windows Shell Search API support
• Explorer Browser Control
• A hierarchy of Shell Namespace entities
• Windows Shell property system
• Drag and Drop for Shell Objects
• Windows Vista and Windows 7 Common File Dialogs, including custom controls
• Known Folders and non-file system containers

DirectX

• Direct3D 11.0, Direct3D 10.1/10.0, DXGI 1.0/1.1, Direct2D 1.0, DirectWrite, Windows Imaging Component (WIC) APIs

Others

• Windows Vista and Windows 7 Task Dialogs
• Sensor Platform APIs
• Extended Linguistic Services APIs
• Power Management APIs
• Application Restart and Recovery APIs
• Network List Manager APIs
• Command Link control and System defined Shell icons

Answer 4

You cannot change the dialog box title. If you want that, you can consider using the commercial FolderBrowserDialog replacement component available in Shell MegaPack