OpenFileDialog.ShowDialog() throws an exception?

Question

I am trying to show a dialog from one of my WPF view model commands however when i call ShowDialog() it throws a System.ArgumentException , I was wondering if anyone could give me a hint as to why?

Here is my code:

Public ReadOnly Property OpenParser As ICommand
    Get
        Return New RelayCommand(Sub(param As Object) OpenParserExecute(DirectCast(param, Frame)))
    End Get
End Property

Public Sub OpenParserExecute(ByVal mFrame As Frame)
    SaveParserExecute()
    Dim mOpenDialog As OpenFileDialog = OpenDialog
    If mOpenDialog.ShowDialog() Then ' Lines the throws the exception
        CurrentParser = New ParserEditorModel(mOpenDialog.FileName)
        mFrame.Navigate(New ParserEditor(CurrentParser))
    End If
End Sub

StackTrace as requested:

at MS.Internal.Interop.HRESULT.ThrowIfFailed(String message)
at MS.Internal.AppModel.ShellUtil.GetShellItemForPath(String path)
at Microsoft.Win32.FileDialog.PrepareVistaDialog(IFileDialog dialog)
at Microsoft.Win32.FileDialog.RunVistaDialog(IntPtr hwndOwner)
at Microsoft.Win32.FileDialog.RunDialog(IntPtr hwndOwner)
at Microsoft.Win32.CommonDialog.ShowDialog()
at WinTransform.GUI.MainWindowModel.OpenParserExecute(Frame mFrame) in C:\Users\Alex\Desktop\MEDLI\branches\WinTransform\GUI\ViewModels\MainWindowModel.vb:line 38

Answer 1

Because ShowDialog() itself returns a Nullable(Of Boolean) and your If statement is expecting a non-Nullable Boolean .

You'll have to cast the dialog's return value to a Boolean and if it's True retreive the selected file through your dialog's Filename property.

Example .