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TFileDialog.FileName property

Member of TFileDialogpublishedIn unit Dialogs

Contains the UTF-8-encoded name for a file chosen using the dialog.

Declaration

pascal
property FileName: string read FFileName write SetFileName;

Description

FileName is a String property with the name for a file chosen using the dialog. As a String type, it can contain UTF-8-encoded values. If you need the file name using the system encoding, you can use UTF8ToSys from the LazUTF8 unit.

The value in FileName may be used in a different context in descendent classes. For example, it represents a directory name in the TSelectDirectoryDialog descendant.

See also

An experiment, built from Lazarus main 2dfa93c66e of 10-22-2026. Not the official Lazarus documentation.