Prevent Directory.GetFiles() From Searching Short File Names?
Jun 9, 2012
I have a directory 'C:Test' with three files in it:
A23456789.txt
A1.txt
G 5.txt
And I run this command:
Dim FileArr = Directory.GetFiles("C:Test", "*1.txt", SearchOption.AllDirectories)
All three files are returned.I understand that this is by design and .NET searches the 8.3 short file names as well.But is there any way to override this and search the actual file names only?Surely, in this day and age there must be a function to do this. Or do I have to write my own?I would like the search function to have the same behavior as the Windows Explorer for consistency.
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Feb 20, 2012
I'm trying to load the most recent file from a directory, but my following code doesn't work. Am i getting something obvious terribly wrong?!
Dim myFile = Directory.GetFiles("C:UsersJoeDesktopXML Logs").OrderByDescending(Function(f) f.LastWriteTime).First()
I get two error messages:
Data type(s) of the type parameter(s) in extension method 'Public Function OrderByDescending(Of TKey)(keySelector As System.Func(Of String, TKey)) As System.Linq.IOrderedEnumerable(Of String)' defined in 'System.Linq.Enumerable' cannot be inferred from these arguments. Specifying the data type(s) explicitly might correct this error.
And:
'LastWriteTime' is not a member of 'String'.
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Aug 18, 2009
I have some code that does what I need it to do, But I am going to have make changes to accommodate the user request. Basically the program searches a folder for a paint code, ex. 351X035. When the code is found it displays a link so the user can click it to open up a PDF. The way I have it setup now is that they have to know the exact paint code for it to pull the link to the file. I need to search to find the file(s) with less than the exact code.
Imports System
Imports System.Drawing
Imports System.Windows.Forms
[Code].....
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Apr 30, 2009
I need code for the function filesystemobject which gets the text files from a folder when searched for.
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Apr 6, 2011
I can't figure out how to use the (because im noob)ystem.io.directory.getfilesIf I try to put it in a textbox for example textbox1.text = system.io.directory.getfiles("my directory") then I just get the error message "Value type of '1-dimensional string of array' cannot be converted to 'string'. First of all I have no idea what the '1-dimensional string of array'thing is.And if I try to put in a msgbox for example sgbox(system.io.directory.getfiles("my directory")) then I can run the program but when I click my button then it says "it can not convert argument prompt to string(google translated)". And second, I don't know what the prompt thing is either
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May 12, 2010
I have a few questions that are bugging me.
1. How can i get file names from a directory and put them in a ListBox? Not the full path to them?
2. Can someone explain how to make a program default to .lua openings?
3. How could i put an icon in the Notification area?
4. When a dialog is open, like options, how can i disable clicking of the main form?
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Feb 15, 2012
it has been a while since I have asked a question here so I thought now would be a great time to do so. I am creating an application that loops through the file names of a specific directory, in this case, the System32 folder. I want the program to compile a list of the file names and then I want the file names to be displayed on a Timer_Tick event so the name will change on every tick. If anyone could provide a snippet of code to achieve this that would be great. I have been researching and debugging all night with no luck.
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Apr 27, 2009
I am wondering if there is a simple method to filter the result returned by Directory.GetFiles(). Basically I am looking to retrive all of the jpg files in a selected folder into an array. My current code works fine if the folder only has jpgs in it which should be the case in operation but I would like to make sure it works correctly when the folder contains other types of files as well. The line I am currently using is..
Code:
files = Directory.GetFiles(IMAGE_DIRECTORY) files is defined as an array earlier in the program and as I mentioned my program works fine when the folder has nothing but jpegs within. The problem is that I am creating a listview with thumbnails from these files and run into some indexing issues when there are non jpgs in the target folder. The easiest solution would seem to be a filter on the getfiles method that would return only files witht he given extension.
Anyone know how to do this or will I need to parse the files out of the array in a second process?
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Jan 18, 2010
i need to set more filters (or patterns) in:
vbcode
System.IO.Directory.GetFiles(path, "*.jpg")
i need to get not only jpg but more extension,how?
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Aug 25, 2011
I think it was Joshdbr) a long time ago a directory rename program. However, I need help changing this to a file rename program. Our work directory will have a root folder, subfolder and .tif images:
Root
subfolder
22_38839283_939393939.tif
33_23343423_432232434.tif
subfolder
34_34342343_234245252.tif
[Code]...
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Sep 20, 2011
I'm using Silverlight 4 OOB & elevated trust.
I need to get all the filenames on specific directory & populate an object List(Of String)
The compiler throws an error "Method not found" on .Getfiles() method.
Dim files() As String = System.IO.Directory.Getfiles(Path) 'this line is failing..
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Aug 18, 2010
In the code below I got a UnauthorizedAccessException unhandled, access is denied to the directory
'c:WindowsSystem32LogFilesWMIRtBackup'.
A first chance exception of type
'System.UnauthorizedAccessException'
occurred in mscorlib.dll.
How can I make the search only in allowed access directory's???
Dim searchResults As String() = Directory.GetFiles("c:", "*.idw", SearchOption.AllDirectories)
For Each result As String In searchResults
MessageBox.Show(result)
Next
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Jun 9, 2011
I'm new to VB.net and i wanted to find out how i could load the names of files(in a specified dir) into a combobox?
1. get the number of files in specified dir
2. add names of files as items in combobox (using a loop structure)
3. when an item is selected. display the contents in a textbox[code]...
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Apr 26, 2010
This is the code I have set up to scan a directory of files:
Dim fileArray() As String
fileArray = Directory.GetFiles(System.AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory & "help")
And it successfully gets all files in the directory, but it gets their absolute paths as well. For example, one of the entries in fileArray() is:
F:ProjectProjectinx86Debughelpook_troubleshoot.html
And I want it to just be:
book_troubleshoot.html
Is there a way to do this without parsing through all the array entries to trim off the path?
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Jan 2, 2012
When I have a directory setup with a subdirectory and both the top directory and sub directory have files in them I get a list of all the files with no directory info. That's OK, but I need to restore them to another location with the same directory structure in place. I'm essentially copying all files in a directory and it's subs to another location. The problem is the sub directory info is not in the files list so everything goes into the main directory. How do I get around this or can I? Here is what I'm using now.
I have a directory, NewProg in Program Files and a sub directory under it called Sub.
files=dir.getfiles("C:Program FilesNewProg",searchoption.alldirectories)
My.Computer.FileSystem.CopyFile("C:Program FilesNewProg" & File.Name, "C:NewProg" & File.Name,True)The Sub directory is not created and even when it is there, it always comes up empty with all it's files copied into the main NewProg.
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Aug 16, 2010
I have several groups of files with idential names, but the files inside may or may not have identcal names, and may differ only in the size or date stamp. I want to combine them to save all unique directory names, and unique file names, and if the date/sizes are unique, then add some number on the end of the file name to make them unique as well. Only idential file sizes and names and dates will be discarded. How do you open directories to compare directory/file names and other properties?
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Apr 10, 2012
I am trying to populate a combobox with a list of filenames from a selected directory. I am getting the directory OK but the combobox instead of having a list of 8 files max shown when I select the combobox has a full list of all the files selected from that directory.
Private Sub BrowseButton_Click(sender As System.Object, e As System.EventArgs) Handles BrowseButton.Click
If FolderBrowserDialog1.ShowDialog() = DialogResult.OK Then
TextBox1.Text = FolderBrowserDialog1.SelectedPath
End If
[Code].....
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Apr 20, 2011
I am using Directory.Getfiles(DirPath,"Pattern")to locate specific files in a folder. This works fine unless no files are found. How can I get my code to determine whether no files have been found?
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Jun 8, 2012
My question is how best to avoid SQL Injection with the method I am currently using.EDIT (Reasoning): There are many of columns in a number of tables (a number which grows (only) and is maintained elsewhere). I need a method of allowing the user to decide which (predefined) column they want to query (and if necessary apply string functions to). The query itself is far too complex for the user to write themselves, nor do they have access to the db. There are 1000's of users with varying requirements and I need to remain as flexible as possible - I shouldn't have to revisit the code unless the main query needs to change - Also, there is no way of knowing what conditions the user will need to use
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Jun 8, 2009
I have an array of filenames, and an array of files in a directory. I use a for loop in a for loop to check if those files are in that directory. Look at the below code to illustrate my problem. [code]
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Jan 29, 2011
If so, what is it? I am using VB 2010, and am relatively new to VB.
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Jul 14, 2010
i use the code below to collect all the files in a search. work great but i all so need to collect all the directorys at the same time..
Public Function GetFilesRecursive(ByVal initial As String) As List(Of String)
' This list stores the results.
Dim result As New List(Of String)[code].....
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Aug 16, 2011
Using VB.net im after a way of serching through active directory and returning the ou a computer is currently in.
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Jan 19, 2010
I'm creating an app that has check boxes that will define a search. The files all reside in one folder. I've looked at some tutorials that use io.directory.getfiles and I can get this to work. But what I think i want to use is: io.path.getfilename because I don't need the path (though I'm about ready to make an exception).
When should I use io.path.getfilename and can I use that method to do a search? I can't figure that out. I would think it would react as io.directory does but I am incorrect.....
Here is the code. Its short becasue I'm just figuring things out first:
Public Class Form1
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
Dim afiles() As String
[Code]....
The commented out line is what I can't get to work and I'm thinking that is what I need to work.
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Mar 25, 2010
I'm looking for a solution that will search a given directory and if it finds any illegal Windows file names it alerts the user:
/ : * ? " < > |
But I have no idea where to even start.
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Jul 14, 2010
Our organization has users that have similar first and last names, but different users ID. How do I search the Active Directory to find all the users?
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Nov 30, 2009
I'm writing a small app that finds the directory of an active program and displays it in a message box. e.g. Microsoft Word is open and running... click a button and the app finds the Microsoft Word's directory. It has to be able to differentiate between the active program and inactive copy of the program.
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Jun 1, 2010
I've got a listbox showing events that have been added on my sports event planner, but how do I get the listbox to just show the directory name, not the entire path? [code]I found this code on the internet, and the 2nd msgbox displays exactly the information i need.how would i go about using that method with what i've already got.note that the 2nd code isn't written with arrays in mind, and the 1st is.[code]
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May 11, 2012
I am trying to search AD for a computer name typed in a textbox and return any matches or at least return true or false if it exists I am confused wether to use directory services or ADODB connection or ADSI
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Nov 7, 2010
I am trying to code a Search option for the user to search for any word in the KJV Bible in my program and the search should return every instance of the search word or phrase i.e. "Love".I checked the MSDN and forums and found an example that uses the FindInFiles method. I have a textbox called "Search" and a Go button. Under the click_event of the Go button, I have the following code (it returns the error "IOException was Unhandled"..."The directory name is Invalid".) [code] The entire KJV Bible is in my solution explorer folder: "KJV Bible". I don't understand the error. Is it my syntax?
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