You use the Frameworks OpenFileDialog to implement this functionality.
using System.Text;
using System.IO;
....
private void button1_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
OpenFileDialog dlg = new OpenFileDialog();
dlg.Title = 'Open text file' ;
dlg.InitialDirectory = @'c:\' ;
dlg.Filter = 'txt files (*.txt)|*.txt|All files (*.*)|*.*' ;
if(dlg.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
{
StreamReader sr = File.OpenText(dlg.FileName);
string s = sr.ReadLine();
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
while (s != null)
{
sb.Append(s);
s = sr.ReadLine();
}
sr.Close();
textBox1.Text = sb.ToString();
}
}
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