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Silverlight - SaveFileDialog does not expose the "DefaultFileName" property

Jul 5 2011 10:35AM by Dinesh Sodani

There is no way to specify the default file name that will appear in the SaveFileDialog box in Silverlight.

This is a known issue since Silverlight 3.0. Below was the Microsoft's response on the questions in the forums:

"We've not exposed the "DefaultFileName" property on SaveFileDialog due to time constraints."

Developers still in hope that this will be included in the final release of Silverlight 5.0.

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Dinesh Sodani

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:) This is too much....

commented on Jul 5 2011 4:56AM

Ramireddy

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"Time constraints???", that is the most familiar excuse every developer gives (including myself).

commented on Jul 5 2011 5:58AM

Jacob Sebastian

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Now this has been added in Silverlight5.

commented on Nov 26 2011 4:42AM

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