[RESOLVED] [2005] Validating Path

[rjbudz]

techgnome, don't get me wrong. I very much appreciate everyone's input, and the diligence shown it trying to resolve the issue!

The post you quoted is the actual program as laid out by my predecessor. As such, the user can type into the textbox anything they want (though a suggested folder name is presented.

[bgmacaw]

OK, try this.

    Private Sub TextBox1_TextChanged(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles TextBox1.TextChanged
        Try
            Dim PathPattern As String = "^(([a-zA-Z]:|\\)\\)?(((\.)|(\.\.)|([^\\/:\*\?""\|<>\. ](([^\\/:\*\?""\|<>\. ])|([^\\/:\*\?""\|<>]*[^\\/:\*\?""\|<>\. ]))?))\\)*[^\\/:\*\?""\|<>\. ](([^\\/:\*\?""\|<>\. ])|([^\\/:\*\?""\|<>]*[^\\/:\*\?""\|<>\. ]))?$"
            If System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex.IsMatch(TextBox1.Text, PathPattern) Then
                Debug.Print("True")
            Else
                Debug.Print("False")
            End If
        Catch ex As Exception
            Debug.Print("Exception")
        End Try
    End Sub