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Prevent dialog box from validating file
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Imports System.IO
Imports System.Windows.Forms
Module Module1
Sub Main()
Dim FileDB As New OpenFileDialog()
FileDB.Filter = "All files | *.* | Text files | *.txt"
FileDB.FilterIndex = 2
FileDB.InitialDirectory = "C:\Temp"
FileDB.AddExtension = True
FileDB.DefaultExt = "txt"
' Prevent dialog box from validating file
FileDB.CheckFileExists = False
FileDB.CheckPathExists = False
If (FileDB.ShowDialog() = DialogResult.OK) Then
Dim SourceFile As StreamReader
Try
SourceFile = New StreamReader(FileDB.FileName)
Console.WriteLine(SourceFile.ReadToEnd())
SourceFile.Close()
Catch Except As Exception
Console.WriteLine("Error: " & Except.Message)
End Try
Else
Console.WriteLine("User selected Cancel")
End If
End Sub
End Module
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