[RESOLVED] need help

i'm trying to build a picture database , i want vb to track a specified folder so when u add new pictures to that folder it will automaticly add it to the database. is that possible in vb6?

thanx.

Welcome to VB Forums :)

There are two possible ways i can think of... one is to have a timer every minute to check the folder for any changes. The other is to use an API. The timer method could possibly use the filelistbox control, and then every minute check the total number of items, if its different then it means something was added or removed. The API method would be something like this (from the API Guide)

VB Code:

Private Const FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_ATTRIBUTES = &H4
Private Const FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_DIR_NAME = &H2
Private Const FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_FILE_NAME = &H1
Private Const FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_SIZE = &H8
Private Const FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_LAST_WRITE = &H10
Private Const FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_SECURITY = &H100
Private Const FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_ALL = &H4 Or &H2 Or &H1 Or &H8 Or &H10 Or &H100
Private Declare Function FindFirstChangeNotification Lib "kernel32" Alias "FindFirstChangeNotificationA" (ByVal lpPathName As String, ByVal bWatchSubtree As Long, ByVal dwNotifyFilter As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function FindCloseChangeNotification Lib "kernel32" (ByVal hChangeHandle As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function FindNextChangeNotification Lib "kernel32" (ByVal hChangeHandle As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function WaitForSingleObject Lib "kernel32" (ByVal hHandle As Long, ByVal dwMilliseconds As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function ResetEvent Lib "kernel32" (ByVal hEvent As Long) As Long
Private Sub Form_Load()
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    'E-Mail: [email][email protected][/email]
    Dim Ret As Long
    'Set the notification hook
    Ret = FindFirstChangeNotification("C:\", &HFFFFFFFF, FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_ALL)
    'Wait until the event is triggered
    WaitForSingleObject Ret, &HFFFFFFFF
    MsgBox "Event Triggered for the first time"
    'Reactivate our hook
    FindNextChangeNotification Ret
    'Wait until the event is triggered
    WaitForSingleObject Ret, &HFFFFFFFF
    MsgBox "Event Triggered for the second time"
    'Remove our hook
    FindCloseChangeNotification Ret
End Sub

But this will pause your program until it finds a change.

thank you for reply,

i think i'm going to try timer first but i cannot find filelistbox control in the component or Refrences. can you help where i can get that control from plz.

its in the VB controls... its icon is white with lines on it (it looks like a textfile)

Just a quick example on how you might use it

VB Code:

Private Sub Form_Load()
    File1.Path = "C:\"
    Timer1.Interval = 60000
End Sub
 
Private Sub Timer1_Timer()
    Static PrevListCount As Long
    File1.Refresh
    If File1.ListCount <> PrevListCount Then
        'go through all the files to check what was added
        PrevListCount = File1.ListCount
    End If
End Sub

thank you very much, i think its clear to me now. :wave: :thumb:

hi again, i made a little progress now, i want to group some pictures in folders. is there any control allow me to track folders creation? actualy i have too much folders with images so i decided to make the program to group my pictures by folder name.

thank you.

You can use a ImageListBox inside your program.
Select ProjectMenu-->Components-->MicrosoftComponets Control

Or the DirListBox, its the control next to the FileListBox (its got the icon of the folder)

thank you guys. :wave: :thumb: