VB.NET OpenFileDialog

Here is code to use open file dialog control in a windows based application.
Put a File dialog control on the form and a button and add the below code in the button click event.

OpenFiledialog.Filter = "Image Files*.jpg;*.gif;*.bmp;*.png;*.jpegAll Files*.*"
OpenFiledialog.InitialDirectory = "C:\"
OpenFiledialog.FilterIndex = 1
OpenFiledialog.Title = "Open File"
If (OpenFiledialog.ShowDialog() = Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK) Then
thumb = OpenFilephoto.FileName
Picturephoto.Image = Image.FromFile(thumb)
End If


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