FileDialogs: Add network locations in all dialogs

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Last Updated: 10 Sep 2018 08:24 by ADMIN

ADMIN

Martin

Created on: 13 Oct 2017 12:54

Category: FileDialogs

Type: Feature Request

FileDialogs: Add network locations in all dialogs

13 comments

ADMIN

Ralitsa

Posted on: 10 Sep 2018 08:24

Hi all, 

The network shared locations support will be available in our next official version – R3 2018, scheduled for the middle of September.

Best regards,
Ralitsa Kumanova

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Petar Mladenov

Posted on: 18 Jul 2018 10:48

Thank you David. We may try to enable this option in the ContextMenu that is opened on "MyComputer" / "This PC" node. However, it might not be easy to refresh the structure in this case.

For a pinned network shared folders , I would suggest a workaround you can try even with the current version of our FileDialogs:

this.openFileDialog.CustomPlaces.Add("\\\\telerik.com\\distributions");

This should add the shared folder "distributions" in the custom places (similar to quick access in windows), if the 'telerik.com' is a name of a network computer or server.

David Storey

Posted on: 18 Jul 2018 08:47

Hi Petar, can the dialog also display saved network locations (stored under "Computer")?
That is if you right click on Computer in explorer (win 7) you get the option to "add a network location".  This would allow you to create a "folder" under Computer with a friendly name to map to a dns address such as \\mycompanyname\myfolder\.

ADMIN

Petar Mladenov

Posted on: 18 Jul 2018 08:26

Thanks Sebastian. We will include typing UNC paths and network computer names in the address bar.

Sebastien

Posted on: 17 Jul 2018 09:18

In a enterprise environment where a lot of files are on network hard drive, this is a mandatory features.
I am agree with Gary Shank, we need the same level of functionalities than Windows.
It may be obvious of what is needed but I really have to choose one feature it would be the possibility to enter a network path address and see the contained files (see attached image).

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Petar Mladenov

Posted on: 16 Jul 2018 12:48

Thanks for your input, Gary.

Gary

Posted on: 16 Jul 2018 12:34

Petar,  I believe the functionality we need is there with the exception that you cannot use network locations in the dialog.  As stated previously, I guess I would expect at least the same level of functionality that the Windows file explorer provides.  Thanks for following up.

ADMIN

Petar Mladenov

Posted on: 16 Jul 2018 07:09

We will try to add this feature for the upcoming R3 2018. 
Meanwhile, please share you thaughts regarding what is *must* for this feature or any specifics you would like to see implemented.

David Storey

Posted on: 04 Jul 2018 11:47

This request has been open for 9 months any timescales on this feature being added as its currently not usable in our environment

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Petar Mladenov

Posted on: 04 Jul 2018 11:21

Hi Joshua,
RadOpenFolderDialog does not support this feature. In future we will target all dialogs to include i, when we work on the implementation.

Joshua

Posted on: 25 Jun 2018 16:22

I just wanted to second this, would be the difference between using the RadOpenFolderDialog and not using it.

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Stefan

Posted on: 30 Apr 2018 13:11

Thank you for your input Gary.

Gary

Posted on: 22 Mar 2018 21:04

This is needed!!  Should have same as Windows file explorer.