Listbox selected item help.

[Jes|er]

I have a list box that is filled with files. Now I need to be able to take the selected file and then launch a program that will use the file. I know how to launch the program, but I just dont know how to take the selected item and put it into a varible. It wont take strings... So I'm at a loss. Or maybe it will but I dont know how.

Anyway if anyone has some ideas please let me know.

[Edneeis]

Are you trying to get the text of the selected item? Use SelectedText.

[Jes|er]

SeletedText wont work. Its not a member of a listbox.
I assume you ment SeletedItems?

But I did get the code below to work.. Sort of. But I need a way to pass commandline arguments to the "fceu.exe"

Shell(GetSetting("Multi-Front", "NesEmu", "EmuPath_Name"), AppWinStyle.NormalFocus)

Next I would need to add (lstRomsNes.SelectedItems) as a command line argument. Have any ideas?

[Edneeis]

Sorry I guess I was thinking of the ComboBox. Do you want each SelectedItem to be a seperate commandline argument or all run together? Also what are you filling the Listbox items with? Strings? Objects?

'if you want them all run together it'd be something like this
dim sb as New System.Text.StringBuilder()
dim o as Object
For each o in lstRomsNes.SelectedItems
  Sb.Append(o.ToString & ",")
Next
If sb.Length > 1 Then sb.Remove(sb.Length - 1, 1)'trim last comma
'commandline arguments now are in
Msgbox(sb.ToString)

Or if you want them seperate then just set it while doing the for..each loop.

[Jes|er]

Thank you! Thanks works pefectly. Now I have another problem..

The filenames are like: ADAD Corp (U).zip

So when I pass the filename to the program it says
it cant find C:\Dir\ADAD!

So I need to rename the file and then store it in a temp
dir..

Ok so its not that hard.. I got this from VS.NET Help:

Public Sub Rename(ByVal OldPath As String, _
       ByVal NewPath As String)


        Dim OldName, NewName As String
        OldName = "test.txt"
        NewName = "renamed.txt" ' Define file names.
        Rename(OldName, NewName)   ' Rename file.

        OldName = "C:\test.txt"
        NewName = "C:\renamed.txt"
        Rename(OldName, NewName)   ' Move and rename file.


    End Sub

But now I cant figure out how to call this sub! Call Rename() gives me an error, as does just Rename() ..

[Edneeis]

Where are you getting the Rename function from? What error are you getting?

Its probably something like:

IO.File.Rename(OldName,NewName)

Or

File.Rename(OldName,NewName)

[Edneeis]

Wharever is rejecting the path could be expecting a ShortPathname also, which I think you can get from the FileInfo object I believe.

[Jes|er]

IO.File.Rename(OldName,NewName) seems to work.

I also found this to work:

FileCopy("C:\test.txt", "C:\renamed.txt") which is
shorter.

I want to thank you for all your help. You have been of tremendus assistance.