How to list EVERY ITEM in a PATH/Directory??

Hello all,

Supposing I have a path e.g C:\Documents and Settings\jxe3Desktop\Various
and this was called LongPath

Using system.IO how can I get the program to get every item in this path and list it in, say a textbox or listview??

I've tried IO.directory.getfiles() but i can't do anything with it.

Any help much appreciated

Thanks

Actually I would also be willing to use the FIle System object if this happens to be better than IO for this thing. Whatever works.

Bear in mind that i know the full path name but i don't know everything that's physically in the path because some items will filenames will have been truncated making them difficult to locate.

Thanks

Hello all,

Supposing I have a path e.g C:\Documents and Settings\jxe3Desktop\Various
and this was called LongPath

Using system.IO how can I get the program to get every item in this path and list it in, say a textbox or listview??

I've tried IO.directory.getfiles() but i can't do anything with it.

Any help much appreciated

Thanks

This is what I'd use........


Dim FileDirList() As String = Directory.GetFiles(LongPath)
For i As Integer = 0 To FileDirList.GetUpperBound(0)
Debug.WriteLine(FileDirList(i)) 'Obviously change this to add to whatever control you want
Next

Man, I am in your debt.

If you want all the files and subdirectories under that directory as well, use a recursive or iterative search.

http://www.visualbasicforum.com/showthread.php?t=158264