"Stefan Hoffmann" wrote:

> hi Ray,
>
> Ray Mitchell wrote:
> > When the folderBrowserDialog.ShowDialog(); statement is executed sometimes
> > the dialog opens and works perfectly but a large percentage of the time it
> > never opens and my application just hangs until I kill it.  I'm running in
> > the debug mode and I've tried stepping into that function but it will go no
> > farther and just hangs without showing me any more code.  Any ideas?
> Sure? This dialog needs to enumerate folders first. When having a lot of
> mapped and unreachable devices this may last its time...
>
>
> mfG
> --> stefan <--
>

"Ray Mitchell" <RayMitchell_NOSPAM_@MeanOldTeacher.com> wrote in message
news:0A6D2D05-CAE0-442D-8718-CED72192AC1C@microsoft.com...
> Hello,
>
> I'm using VS2005 Pro & WinXP.  I have the following code to open a
> FolderBrowserDialog, with its initial path set to the directory specified
> by
> "oldDirectoryName", which does exist.
>
>         FolderBrowserDialog folderBrowserDialog = new
> FolderBrowserDialog();
>         folderBrowserDialog.ShowNewFolderButton = allowCreateNewDirectory;
>         folderBrowserDialog.SelectedPath = oldDirectoryName;
>         DialogResult result = folderBrowserDialog.ShowDialog();
>         if (result == DialogResult.OK)
>            return folderBrowserDialog.SelectedPath;
>         return oldDirectoryName;
>
> When the folderBrowserDialog.ShowDialog(); statement is executed sometimes
> the dialog opens and works perfectly but a large percentage of the time it
> never opens and my application just hangs until I kill it.  I'm running in
> the debug mode and I've tried stepping into that function but it will go
> no
> farther and just hangs without showing me any more code.  Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
> Ray
>

On Dec 15, 6:07 pm, "G Himangi" <nos...@nospam.com> wrote:
> Does your main function have the STAThread attribute. This is necessary for
> it to work correctly.
>
> ---------
> - G Himangi,   LogicNP Software      http://www.ssware.com
> Shell MegaPack: GUI Controls For Drop-In Windows Explorer like File/Folder
> Browsing Functionality (.Net & ActiveX Editions).
> EZNamespaceExtensions: Develop namespace extensions rapidly in .Net and
> MFC/ATL/C++
> EZShellExtensions: Develop all shell extensions,explorer bars and BHOs
> rapidly in .Net & MFC/ATL/C++
> ---------
>
> "Ray Mitchell" <RayMitchell_NOSP***@MeanOldTeacher.com> wrote in message
>
> news:0A6D2D05-CAE0-442D-8718-CED72192AC1C@microsoft.com...
>
> > Hello,
>
> > I'm using VS2005 Pro & WinXP.  I have the following code to open a
> > FolderBrowserDialog, with its initial path set to the directory specified
> > by
> > "oldDirectoryName", which does exist.
>
> >         FolderBrowserDialog folderBrowserDialog = new
> > FolderBrowserDialog();
> >         folderBrowserDialog.ShowNewFolderButton = allowCreateNewDirectory;
> >         folderBrowserDialog.SelectedPath = oldDirectoryName;
> >         DialogResult result = folderBrowserDialog.ShowDialog();
> >         if (result == DialogResult.OK)
> >            return folderBrowserDialog.SelectedPath;
> >         return oldDirectoryName;
>
> > When the folderBrowserDialog.ShowDialog(); statement is executed sometimes
> > the dialog opens and works perfectly but a large percentage of the time it
> > never opens and my application just hangs until I kill it.  I'm running in
> > the debug mode and I've tried stepping into that function but it will go
> > no
> > farther and just hangs without showing me any more code.  Any ideas?
>
> > Thanks,
> > Ray

> On Dec 15, 6:07 pm, "G Himangi" <nos...@nospam.com> wrote:
>> Does your main function have the STAThread attribute. This is necessary for
>> it to work correctly.
>>
>> ---------
>> - G Himangi,   LogicNP Software      http://www.ssware.com
>> Shell MegaPack: GUI Controls For Drop-In Windows Explorer like File/Folder
>> Browsing Functionality (.Net & ActiveX Editions).
>> EZNamespaceExtensions: Develop namespace extensions rapidly in .Net and
>> MFC/ATL/C++
>> EZShellExtensions: Develop all shell extensions,explorer bars and BHOs
>> rapidly in .Net & MFC/ATL/C++
>> ---------
>>
>> "Ray Mitchell" <RayMitchell_NOSP***@MeanOldTeacher.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:0A6D2D05-CAE0-442D-8718-CED72192AC1C@microsoft.com...
>>
>>> Hello,
>>> I'm using VS2005 Pro & WinXP.  I have the following code to open a
>>> FolderBrowserDialog, with its initial path set to the directory specified
>>> by
>>> "oldDirectoryName", which does exist.
>>>         FolderBrowserDialog folderBrowserDialog = new
>>> FolderBrowserDialog();
>>>         folderBrowserDialog.ShowNewFolderButton = allowCreateNewDirectory;
>>>         folderBrowserDialog.SelectedPath = oldDirectoryName;
>>>         DialogResult result = folderBrowserDialog.ShowDialog();
>>>         if (result == DialogResult.OK)
>>>            return folderBrowserDialog.SelectedPath;
>>>         return oldDirectoryName;
>>> When the folderBrowserDialog.ShowDialog(); statement is executed sometimes
>>> the dialog opens and works perfectly but a large percentage of the time it
>>> never opens and my application just hangs until I kill it.  I'm running in
>>> the debug mode and I've tried stepping into that function but it will go
>>> no
>>> farther and just hangs without showing me any more code.  Any ideas?
>>> Thanks,
>>> Ray
>
> If there are too many files in some folder, or maybe too many sub
> folders in a folder, windows explorer will hangs when open it. I guess
> your suitation may be the same.
Hi Ray,