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

10-27-2004, 04:41 AM

VBISCOOL

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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

10-27-2004, 10:31 AM

VBISCOOL

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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

10-27-2004, 08:30 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by VBISCOOL

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

Code:

    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

10-28-2004, 03:53 AM

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Man, I am in your debt.

10-28-2004, 06:32 AM

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

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