Don't know where to start.

[Shook1s]

I want to build an app to do the following:

Part I
-Create a list of files from a specific directory
-Check the "Comments" field in the files properties for values
-If the value is Null then place a check box that is unchecked beside the filename
-If there is a value the check box should be checked.

Part II
-IF the user clicks on the filename it will open it (All files will be PDFs)
-The user will review the file and close acrobat(reader) and then if they check the checkbox beside the file name it will add the username - date - time to the "comments" field of the file properties
-The transaction is logged.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.

SHOOK

[kleinma]

smells like teen homework

what have you got so far. That is a good outline to work with, so I would start by doing the first thing you mentioned

-Create a list of files from a specific directory

and work from there

[Shook1s]

Believe it or not ... this is not an assignment ... for school at least.

I want to one up some people and impress others. This is a potential career booster application


I used to do a lot of programming in school but since graduating my skills have become stale. I also have been trying to wrap my head around this whole VB.NET monster.

I will post what I have when I get home tonight.

Thanks for the quick response.

[ZeroCool]

this will give you a small start

Dim di As New System.IO.DirectoryInfo("c:\")
 
 
        Dim files() As IO.FileInfo = di.GetFiles("*.pdf") ' get a list of all pdf files on c:\
 
        For I As Integer = 0 To files.GetUpperBound(0)
            'Open all pdf files
            Process.Start(files(I).FullName)
        Next

[Shook1s]

Thanks for the start ZeroCool