[RESOLVED] [2005] How to get list of files under selected folder ??

[Abhilash007]

Hi!
I am required to acquire the filenames of all the bitmap (.bmp) files inside a folder which is selected by the user.

I am using the FolderBrowserDialog to recieve the path of the selected folder but i dont know how to get to the files inside the folder. I think that the filenames can be stored in an Array but i am not able to do it. Can anyone please me out..

Please gimme the code if you can.. thx


cheers
Abhilash

[jmcilhinney]

IO.File.GetFiles

[Abhilash007]

Hey
I dont know how to use that command.. i tried looking at the msdn library but nothing comes up.. can u tell me how to use IO.File.GetFiles


cheers
Abhilash

[jmcilhinney]

Put file.getfiles into the MSDN library index and it will come up. If you include the leading IO it won't, but you should include the IO namespace when you use it in code.

[RaviIntegra]

'This code will work to get all the file names in your directory
        Dim path As String = "E:\pictures"
        Dim file_name() As String = {}
        Dim i As Integer = 0
        Dim fld As New System.IO.DirectoryInfo(path)
        Dim fil As System.IO.FileInfo
        ReDim file_name(fld.GetFiles("*.bmp").Length - 1)
        For Each fil In fld.GetFiles("*.bmp")
            file_name(i) = fil.Name
            i = i + 1
        Next

[Abhilash007]

Hey Ravi!
The code you sent works perfect.. is thr a way to remove the extension name and get only the filename.. i need it to compare with another record.. so i need only the filename without extension... please Advise


cheers
Abhilash

[jmcilhinney]

For Each filePath As String In IO.Directory.GetFiles("folder path here", "*.bmp")
    MessageBox.Show(IO.Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(filePath)
Next filePath

[Abhilash007]

Hey..
your method works fine... thx a lot


cheers
Abhilash