Provide the FullName property in the IFileInfo interface

Hello Edgar,

Thank you for sharing your opinion with us. We do not have plans to add this property to the IFileInfo interface in the near future, and you need to use the combination of the DirectoryName and Name properties instead.

As a possible solution, you can create a corresponding extension:

C#
public static class FileInfoExtensions {  
    public static string GetFullName(this IFileInfo fileInfo) {  
        if(fileInfo != null) {  
            return fileInfo.DirectoryName + "\\"+ fileInfo.Name;  
        } else {  
            return string.Empty;  
        }  
    }  
}  

and use it to retrieve a full file name:

C#
IFileInfo file = OpenFileDialogService.Files.First();  
var ResultFileName = file.GetFullName();  

If we decide to add this property, we will post corresponding information on our website. Please stay tuned to our announcements.

Thanks,
Andrey

I know this is an old post, but something's changed for the positive. This works for me. I can convert a MVVM.IFileInfo to a System.IO.FileInfo.

C#
( ( DevExpress.Mvvm.UI.FileInfoWrapper )this.FileDialogService.File ).FileInfo and then I am able to access the IO.FileInfo properties.  

Hope it helps someone else!

Hello,

Thank you for sharing this information. I agree that it can help other customers.

Just in case, we implemented the GetFullName extension method (this method is a part of the DevExpress.Mvvm.FileInfoExtensions class) for the IFileInfo interface in the context of this thread: T262161 - Add the FullPath property to the IFileInfo interface. I posted a corresponding Answer in this thread so that other customers can find this information more easily.

Thanks,
Andrey