SaveFileDialog.InitialDirectory

property · SaveFileDialog · cAlgo.API Since 5.1

DesktopCLICloud

Gets or sets the initial directory that is displayed by a file dialog.

Environment behaviour

CLI — not supported. No dialog can be shown in the CLI: ShowDialog returns FileDialogResult.None, nothing is written and the dialog settings are only stored.

Cloud — not supported. No dialog can be shown in the cloud: ShowDialog returns FileDialogResult.None, nothing is written and the dialog settings are only stored.

Definition

C#Python

public string InitialDirectory {get; set;}

saveFileDialog.InitialDirectory: str

Returns string

Examples

C#Python

var saveFileDialog = new SaveFileDialog { InitialDirectory = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.Desktop) };
saveFileDialog.ShowDialog();

from System import Environment
saveFileDialog = SaveFileDialog()
saveFileDialog.InitialDirectory = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.Desktop)
saveFileDialog.ShowDialog()