openFileDialog on a Pocket PC Device

I have never worked with C# and I'm having problems with even the simplest tasks. I have to convert some C code into C# but also while working on a Pocket PC Device. I noticed that there are a lot of members that are not supported by the Pocket PC platform. So my question is, what is the C# code to be able to open a file on a Pocket PC?

This is what I have, but I get an error because OpenFile() is not supported by Pocket Pc:

private void butLoad_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            Stream myStream;
            OpenFileDialog openFileDialog1 = new OpenFileDialog();

openFileDialog1.InitialDirectory = "c:\\";

            if (openFileDialog1.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
            {
                if ((myStream = openFileDialog1.OpenFile()) != null)
                {
                    // Insert code to read the stream here.
                    myStream.Close();
                }
            }

        }

Any help is appreciated. If anybody knows how to open just a file in an 8-bit grey scale, that would also be helpful.

Thanks

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raver20y ago
Well, I got the Pocket PC Device to be able to open a .bmp file with this code:

private void butLoad_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
OpenFileDialog fileDialog = new OpenFileDialog();

fileDialog.InitialDirectory = "c:\\";
fileDialog.Filter = "Bitmap Files (*.bmp)|*.bmp";

if (fileDialog.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
{
// Open the selected image
System.Drawing.Bitmap image = new System.Drawing.Bitmap(fileDialog.FileName);
}

}

But if anyone knows how to have the device ONLY open 8-bit grey scale images, then that would still be helpful.

thanks