"Opa Vito" <gebr***@dit.niet> schreef in bericht
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> Hi, my project needs a way to list the filenames of files of a certain
> folder. To my understanding a ListBox is best for this purpose. It lists
> the filenames and one can select a file and pass this name to a
> string-variable for further use. That's what I intend to do anyway.
>
> I found many examples of binding a ListBox to a database but none to a
> folder .... for some strange reason it seems seldom to be used this way.
> So here's my question:
> How do I 'connect' a Listbox to a folder and read the filenames?
>
> Many thanks
>
> Vito
> (from Flanders/Belgium/Europe)

> Hi, my project needs a way to list the filenames of files of a certain
> folder. To my understanding a ListBox is best for this purpose. It lists
> the filenames and one can select a file and pass this name to a
> string-variable for further use. That's what I intend to do anyway.
>
> I found many examples of binding a ListBox to a database but none to a
> folder .... for some strange reason it seems seldom to be used this way.
> So here's my question:
> How do I 'connect' a Listbox to a folder and read the filenames?
>
> Many thanks
>
> Vito
> (from Flanders/Belgium/Europe)

"Opa Vito" <gebr***@dit.niet> schrieb:
>> I guess the reason a listbox is seldom used for this task is that most
>> people use the OpenFileDialog control.
>>
>> You may be able to directly bind to a folder using a list box but I
>> would just simply iterate through the files in the folder and add them
>> to the listbox.
>>
>> dir1 = New DirectoryInfo(DirPath)
>> For Each Item As FileInfo In dir1.GetFiles()
>> listbox.Items.Add(Item.ShortName)
>> Next
>
> I changed the code to this:
>
>  Dim dir1 As New DirectoryInfo("c:\pictures")
>  For Each Item As FileInfo In dir1.GetFiles()
>  ListBox1.Items.Add(Item.Name.Substring(0, Item.Name.IndexOf(".")))
>  Next
>
> and it works.