[RESOLVED] Problems with creating directory

I tried this code:

Code:

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Imports System.IO
Public Class Form1
    Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
        If Directory.Exists("c:\testDir1") Then
            'shows message if testdir1 exist
            MsgBox("Directory 'testDir' Exist ")
        Else
            'create the directory testDir1
            Directory.CreateDirectory("c:\testDir1")
            MsgBox("testDir1 created ! ")
            'create the directory testDir2
            Directory.CreateDirectory("c:\testDir1\testDir2")
            MsgBox("testDir2 created ! ")
            'move the directory testDir2 as testDir in c:\
            Directory.Move("c:\testDir1\testDir2", "c:\testDir")
            MsgBox("testDir2 moved ")
            'delete the directory testDir1
            Directory.Delete("c:\testDir1")
            MsgBox("testDir1 deleted ")
        End If
    End Sub
End Class

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i am getting errors such as:

Code:

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Exists is not a member of directory
          CreateDirectory is not a member of directory....... and so on

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how to remove these errors?

thank you

It ought to work the way you've shown it so I think there must be something you are not showing us. This perhaps?

Code:

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Private Class Directory
End Class

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If you have that in your code, the compiler will look there instead of in System.IO. You could get rid of the errors by giving an unambiguous reference, for example:

Code:

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If System.IO.Directory.Exists(path) ..

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Or change the name of your own Directory object. Did I guess right?

bye, BB

hi bb,

i pasted exactly the same code that id did in my project.........

to remove the bug i just placed an IO before all the Directory...........i.e,IO.Directory.Exists,IO.Directory.CreateDirectory and so on...........

Can you say why is it behaving like this?

you need to import the system.io namespace

make sure that it is included in your app properties/references/imported namespaces

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Originally Posted by Megalith

make sure that it is included in your app properties/references/imported namespaces

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what do you mean by this?

you can see my first post where i imported System.IO

but i cant understand what you meant by the above.............

need your help

thank you

ok now i did this:
Attachment 75360

then i did exactly the same code that i gave in the first post,but still the same problem..............it tells

exists is not a member of directory

for this particular line od the code:

Code:

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Directory.exists("C:\testDir")

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need some help

thank you

I don't have access to vb.net at the moment so I typed this in Notepad so please amend the syntax errors if any...

Could you tell me what do you get when you use this code?

Code:

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Imports System.IO
Public Class Form1
    Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, _
    ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
        MsgBox DirExst("C:\testDir1")
    End Sub

    Public Function DirExst(ByVal Path As String) As Boolean
        On Error Resume Next
        Dim myIO As New FileInfo(Path)
        If Not myIO.Exists() Then
            myIO = New DirectoryInfo(Path)
        End If
        Return myIO.Exists()
    End Function
End Class

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