Get folder name of selectedpath in folderBrowserDialog

Question

Hi how can I display selected folder name in textbox. I have 3 Folder. It display the 2 folders in the textbox but the other one it won't display.

For example:

C:\EmpRecord\Details\Name\MiddleName\Lastname

The 2 folder name display without a problem.

For the Middlename here's the code:

middleName.Text = Path.GetFileName(Path.GetDirectoryName(folderBrowserDialog1.SelectedPath));

Lastname:

lastName.Text = new DirectoryInfo(folderBrowserDialog1.SelectedPath).Name;

For the Name it doesn't display in the textbox. How can I display it in textbox?

Does [this](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/401304/how-does-one-extract-each-folder-name-from-a-path) answer your incomprehensible question ? — Orace, Nov 24 '22 at 18:09

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 23 '22 at 00:54

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You just need to call GetFileName and GetDirectoryName multiple times, e.g.

var folderPath = @"C:\EmpRecord\Details\Name\MiddleName\Lastname";

Console.WriteLine(Path.GetFileName(folderPath);

folderPath = Path.GetDirectoryName(folderPath);

Console.WriteLine(Path.GetFileName(folderPath);

folderPath = Path.GetDirectoryName(folderPath);

Console.WriteLine(Path.GetFileName(folderPath);

That will display the following:

Lastname
MiddleName
Name

answered Nov 23 '22 at 00:54

jmcilhinney

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How to implement for textbox? – Tintin Santos Nov 23 '22 at 01:11
@TintinSantos, you're seriously asking me how to display a `string` in a `TextBox`? Apart from that, you're already displaying the result of `Path.GetFileName` in a `TextBox` in your own code so why do I need to show you how to do something that you're already doing? – jmcilhinney Nov 23 '22 at 01:22

Jonathan Barraone · Answer 2 · 2022-11-23T01:20:14.823

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Try this:

Name.Text = folderBrowserDialog1.SelectedPath.Substring(folderBrowserDialog1.SelectedPath.LastIndexOf(@"\") + 1).Substring(4));

edited Nov 23 '22 at 01:20

answered Nov 23 '22 at 00:57

Jonathan Barraone

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I tried this but it does not work – Tintin Santos Nov 23 '22 at 01:10
Does you code make sure that a folder is selected? – Jonathan Barraone Nov 23 '22 at 01:13
Yes the folder is selected. it display MiddleName not the Name – Tintin Santos Nov 23 '22 at 01:15
No, don't try that. Always use the `Path` class to manipulate file and folder paths unless you have a specific reason not to. No such reason exists in this case. – jmcilhinney Nov 23 '22 at 01:25
It tried but it only remove the letters. For example Name -> me – Tintin Santos Nov 23 '22 at 01:27

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 24 '22 at 17:48

Another one using the Uri class:

Uri uri = new Uri(folderBrowserDialog1.SelectedPath);            
if (uri.Segments.Length >= 3)
{
    lastName.Text = uri.Segments[uri.Segments.Length - 1].Trim('/');
    middleName.Text = uri.Segments[uri.Segments.Length - 2].Trim('/');
    firstName.Text = uri.Segments[uri.Segments.Length - 3].Trim('/');
}

Get folder name of selectedpath in folderBrowserDialog

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