I want Search In a Directory for multiple pattern ( For Example : *.jpg,*.png,Davood,*.dj ) that Result shoud return all files and folders that matched with my pattern,
View 1 RepliesHow can I do this? I tried doing looking in
My.Computer.Filesystem
and
FileIO.Filesystem
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I am creating an application that will pull all of the files ending with .txt out of a directory, however, the directory contains folders with .txt files in them as well. How can I search the entire directory including sub directories to get all .txt files to show up in my list box? Right now I am only getting .txt files that are right in the directory, but not the .txt files that are located in other folders located within the directory I chose.
I have downloaded a program for moving files and it accepts visual basic instructions. I want to down a level all the files from multiples subdirectories to its parent directory. Example:
I have this:
C:VIDEOSTHEWIRESEASON 22X012X01.avi
C:VIDEOSTHEWIRESEASON 22X022X02.avi
C:VIDEOSTHEWIRESEASON 22X032X03.avi
And I want to have all the files in just one directory, like this:
C:VIDEOSTHEWIRESEASON 22X01.avi
C:VIDEOSTHEWIRESEASON 22X02.avi
C:VIDEOSTHEWIRESEASON 22X03.avi
I link a combobox to display folders in a directory and a list view to show the files within that folder?
View 1 Replieshow to copy, delete, show files, show current directory, change directory, make folder, rename folder. My problem is i have a method on deleting a file and copying a file, but i don't know how to pass the method so that when i click the delete button it would let me choose what file to delete. By the way im using buttons on each function.[code...]
View 2 Repliesone of the BIG hurdles in my simple project, making a search engine. I don't know how at all. The search engine need only to search in one Directory with its sub directories and txt files for criteria, and display the results, with option open from the results. any basic code or example maybe?
View 5 RepliesI'm trying to list all subdirectories in a directory. I wan't to show only the Name of the directory. For example "Program Files" not "C:Program Files".
This will not work for me, because it returns full paths.
Dim Dirs As String() = IO.Directory.GetDirectories("C:")
I tried using:
Dim di As New IO.DirectoryInfo(Path)
Dim Drs As IO.DirectoryInfo = di.GetDirectories()
But it returns an error. What should I use instead?
I'm trying to get files from a directory and all the sub directory's to show in a checked list box. This is my first time working with arrays?here is the code
Public Class add_to_play_list
'IO.Directory.GetCurrentDirectory & "\x"'
Dim Home As String
Dim Fi As New ArrayList
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I have a sansa fuze and i have to make my own playlist for it so i want to have the program read the songs that are on there and show it to you in the list box and you can check off the ones you want then it will read the mp3 files to make the playlist, it needs the path, name, and duration from the mp3 file. i can get the name and the path so far...
I have made this installation program and everything work just fine, but I wish to improve it a little. Atm. all the files being installed is in a seperate folder, and the installation program simply move them to the right location.There is a builder program too.I would like it to add all files from a list to the programs resource.folder instead of a seperate folder.Atm I add the installation file to the destination folder with the following line. [code]
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Private Sub Button6_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button6.Click
If FolderBrowserDialog1.ShowDialog = Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK Then
End If
End Sub
I have managed to get drag and drop working if this is any help:
Private Sub ListBox1_DragEnter(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As _
System.Windows.Forms.DragEventArgs) Handles ListBox1.DragEnter
If e.Data.GetDataPresent(DataFormats.FileDrop) Then
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I am trying to create a program which will read the files that exist in a directory, and then write in a text file the specific information (full file name, date created)i have found several code in the site but i cant make it work, the machine i am running the code is XP and i am using VB2008.The code i have found is the following:
Imports System.IO
Imports System.String
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I have this code which will search for all files with .mp3 format in a directory:
Dim di As New DirectoryInfo("C:\")
For Each fi In di.GetFiles
If Path.GetExtension(fi.FullName).ToUpper = ".MP3" Then
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How do I make it search within subdirectories of the desired directory? Also if anyone who could come up with a code for a progressbar. I know all the rules about 'we wont do your homework', but I'm just asking to give me a basic place to start
Basically I am trying to enable the user the ability to select a folder and the folders music files populate a list box. I want two list boxes on the page, one with all the contents of the folder and then the other one for files selected from the first box. I have no clue on how to do this at all...
View 4 Replieshow I can search a folder of csv files to find out if one of the csv files has a particular name in ?I'm currently searching a folder to bring back all csv files using the code below and this is working fine.
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But now I want to take it a step further and actually search within the files themselves.
I have a SQL Server table with a list of files (path + filename), and a folder with multiple layers and files in each layer. I'm looking for a way to reconcile the two without having to process the list twice. Currently, I'm doing this:
For Each f as FileInfo In FileListFromDatabase
If f.Exists is False, mark it as deleted in the database
Next
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Is there a better way to do this? I'd like to avoid converting all the matching files (of which most will be) to FileInfo objects twice. Since I'm a T-SQL developer first, I'm picturing something like an OUTER JOIN of the two lists where they don't match. Something LINQ-ish?
I'm running in to a problem and all the google searching for the past 3 hours haven't solved it.I'm using Visual Studio 2008 on a Windows 7 Enterprise x64 OS.Programs Intended Use: This will be a pre-deployment assessment program, to be run by the end-user to calculate difficulty of the deployment(setting up of new computer) to see if we can send a student or send a full time staff.It will grab the username, computername, os, etc which are all already working. I want it to grab the size of the user profile (C:Users%Username of currently logged in person). This is where I'm having difficulty.The function works fine on the desktop folder, but on mydocs it comes up with access denied errors, as well as "LocalApplication Data" being access denied.[code]
View 3 RepliesI've got a form which loads all the files from a selected directory into a list box, a user then enters a string into a textbox and then loops though all items in my listbox, there is a match it adds it to another list box - this is a simple method of search for all documents. I can only seacrh for perfect matching strings right now.
View 12 RepliesI can't figure out how to do this...I'm trying to search a directory for files,I have files that are like this:
File.doc
File 1.doc
File 2.doc
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I need to search in a directory all .xml files and remove it. But this directory can has more subdirectories and folders (depends the user)
View 1 Repliesi have been trying to search a specified directory and all sub directories for all files that have the specified file extension. However the inbuilt command is useless as it errors up and dies if you dont have access to a directory.
Private Function dirSearch(ByVal path As String, Optional ByVal searchpattern As String = ".exe") As String()
Dim di As New DirectoryInfo(path)
Dim fi As FileInfo
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However i get an "System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object." when i try to access the data stored inside the filelist string array.
I'm currently using this
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To grab a specific file from a specified directory, read the lines and display them in a text box. What I want to do, is search for multiple text files in a specified directory, display each name in a Listview and, as I click on them, their info is displayed in the text box below.
How to list all files in a folder including subfolder files.
View 9 RepliesWindows Media Player has hosed up my library, making multiple copies of the same songs.I am looking at making a VB express app to search for duplicate files (songs) in my music directory, and allow me to delete or move.Where can I go learn about the files and directory controls I would need to use to point to the directory I want to search?
View 5 RepliesI Am trying to get all files in a folder and all of its subfolders and i am almost there...
My Testfolders and files:
Test1
|--Test1.txt
|--Test2
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Dim astrFiles As String() = Directory.GetFiles(Path, SearchOption.AllDirectories)
The console pops up but does not show anything.
I am trying to make a program where I browse for a folder and that Browse dialog displays user selection into a Text Box that part I have completed, when that user selects the folder it will recursively search all folders and subfolders in the directory the user has chosen and display that list in a ListBox here is the code I have so far. Also to note I have found a function for recursively search a folder but I have no idea how to implement it to display in the ListBox from the User selected directory.
This code is the code that lets the user select the folder and display it in the textbox
Private Sub SourceButton_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles SourceButton.Click
With SourceBrowse
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On a side note I also want the list to display all the files in the folder as well.
I am trying to make a program where I browse for a folder and that Browse dialog displays user selection into a Text Box that part I have completed, the part I need help with is when that user selects the folder it will recursively search all folders and subfolders in the directory the user has chosen and display that list in a ListBox here is the code I have so far. Also to note I have found a function for recursively search a folder but I have no idea how to implement it to display in the ListBox from the User selected directory.
This code is the code that lets the user select the folder and display it in the textbox
Private Sub SourceButton_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles SourceButton.Click
With SourceBrowse
If .ShowDialog = DialogResult.OK Then
SourcePath.Text = .SelectedPath
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On a side note I also want the list to display all the files in the folder as well.
I have a problem: I want to make a searchengine that search for files' name and show it in the data grid...
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I have some problem with copying the file from one Directory to another directory by create the folder if that folder is not exists in destination directory.
Example:
Source path: C: emp est1.txt
destination path: C:Data
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I am trying to build a program to delete temporary files from my c drive.
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