To help get started I will be contributing a way to browse for a file in both vb.net and c#.net Here is the code for vb.net Code: Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click Dim ofd As New OpenFileDialog ofd.Filter = "All Files (.)|*.*" ofd.Title = "Select File" If ofd.ShowDialog() = Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK Then TextBox1.Text = ofd.FileName End If End Sub c# Code: private void Button1_Click(System.Object sender, System.EventArgs e) { OpenFileDialog ofd = new OpenFileDialog(); ofd.Filter = "All Files (.)|*.*"; ofd.Title = "Select File"; if (ofd.ShowDialog() == System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK) { TextBox1.Text = ofd.FileName; }