[RESOLVED] [2005] List box read off folders

[smart_phil_dude1]

i want my listbox to show every file of a certain file type in a specified folder (audio files to be more specific)

how would i go about doing that?

thnx
Phil

[stimbo]

I can't remember the format for the pattern searching so that bit is probably wrong but the code works perfectly. Just check out how to specify a search pattern:

Dim di As New IO.DirectoryInfo("Path here")
        Dim diArr As IO.FileInfo() = di.GetFiles("*.mp3")  'This gets certain type. I can't remember the format though
        For Each dri As IO.FileInfo In diArr
            listbox1.Items.Add(dri.Name)  'Add to listbox
        Next dri

[smart_phil_dude1]

sweet it works! thanks a bunch. is there a way so that it doesn't show the extension (.mp3)?

[stimbo]

You can either process the items in the list and remove the extension or you can check out the:

IO.Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(String)

Method. The above code I posted wont work as is with this method however due to the new method using a string to function.

Dim tmp As String = "D:\My Documents\"
        Dim Files() As String
        Files = System.IO.Directory.GetFiles(tmp, "*.mp3")
        For Each str As String In Files
            ListBox1.Items.Add(IO.Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(str))
        Next

[smart_phil_dude1]

kickass thanks a bunch