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Neil Davidson
Extending the save file dialog class in .NET
25 August 2004

Using the GetSaveFileName function to extend the Save File dialog class

Sometimes programming is like doing a jigsaw puzzle with a missing corner.

I work at Red Gate Software, the company that produces SQL Compare, which is written in C#. Although C# and the .NET framework enable us to write good code quickly, the combination has its drawbacks. More often than not I find that even though .NET covers 95 percent of the native Windows API, the five percent that’s missing is the five percent I need. This article describes one of these situations.

Read the full article at: http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/GetSaveFileName.asp



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Neil Davidson is Joint CEO of Red Gate Software.

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