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• hcar

  My code also does that. It just needs to be made recursive so it iterates over subfolders on it's own, so that it can skip folders it's not allowed to read.

  
  
  

• Evan2

  No, if you make your code recursive and call GetDirectories itself on all the sub directories, then all you'd need to do is catch that exception on each iteration. The problem with my code is, if you catch the exception, the whole search fails, not just for the subfolder.

  
  
  

• xizzy44

  I just looked up C# example of directory.getfiles here:

  http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.php p=2156918#post2156918

  The search engines have about the same amount of code. Additional code in mine id wildacard processing (no to mention the panel resizing code which I threw in for free.)

  
  
  

• simon.bruynsteen

  thanks for all your help!

  
  
  

• BenWillett

  Good Lord. That is totally not what I had in mind.

  Directory.GetFiles takes a search string, I wouldn't expect to ask for all files and then filter it myself.

  
  
  

• Parikshit A. Bhinde

  I just noticed something....

  I cut and pasted twice...... I just eliminated half of the code.

  My code is recursive.....

  What makes my code long winded is the abilitiy to search for things like

  *k*.*x*

  
  
  

• TITRA FILM

  Directory.GetDirectories and Directory.GetFiles can be used to recurse over a directory structure and apply a search string.

  
  
  

• emirac

  I tryed do a directory/file recursive search (from the root level) a while back using Directory.GetDirectories and Directory.GetFiles and kept running into specialized or system protected directories. So I moved on to other stuff.

  Just tryed:

  Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click

  Dim dirar As String() = Directory.GetFiles("c:\", "*.jpg", SearchOption.AllDirectories)

  End Sub

  and get: Access to the path 'c:\System Volume Information' is denied.

  Sorry to butt in on the thread here but it is kind of on topic.

  Is code as long-winded as Renee's example required to get around all the exceptions

  
  
  

• ruiefree

  Dim files as String() = System.IO.Directory.GetFiles(tbRootDir.Text, tbFilter.Text, IO.SearchOption.AllDirectories))

  Dim dir As String

  For Each dir In files

  MessageBox.Show(dir)

  Next

  This code works fine, and the filter requires wildcard characters or complete names to work. The only problem is, if you start in your root dir, you'll get an error when you try to read into protected system folders. I'm not sure how to get around that.

  Note - this code comes from a demo project that defines tbRootDir and tbFilter as text boxes. You'd replace this with code that contains teh strings in your project. I used the root dir of my development folders and *.csproj to test it, it worked fine.

  
  
  

• odrejesus

  What Cgraus is describing would look like this

  Imports System.IO

  Public Class Form1

      Protected filename As String

      Protected LastDirectory As String

      Protected LastFoundDirectory As String

      Protected MatchString As New ArrayList

      Protected bStop As Boolean

      Protected fileObjectList As New ArrayList

      Protected StringSegmentList As New ArrayList

      Protected Threads As Integer

      Protected FoundFiles As Long

      Protected Numfiles As Long

      Protected DriveInfo As System.IO.DriveInfo()

   

      Protected sFilestring As String

      Protected ExtDict As New Dictionary(Of Integer, String)

      Protected NameDict As New Dictionary(Of Integer, String)

      Protected bListAllFiles As Boolean

      Protected bFullnameCompare As Boolean

      Protected bExtCompare As Boolean

      Protected bNameCompare As Boolean

      Protected bNamescan As Boolean

      Protected bExtscan As Boolean

      Protected bRequiredActions As Byte

   

   

      Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load

          SetupListview()

      End Sub

   

      Private Sub cbSearch_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles cbSearch.Click

          'fileObjectList.Clear()

   

          If cbSearch.Text.Contains("Search") Then

              StringSegmentList.Clear()

              LastDirectory = ""

              MatchString.Clear()

              SetupListview()

              cbSearch.Text = "Stop"

              Application.DoEvents()

              Parse()

              ProcessAllDirectories("g:\")

          Else

              bStop = True

              cbSearch.Text = "Search"

          End If

      End Sub

      Private Sub SetupListview()

          lv1.Clear()

          With lv1

              .View = View.Details

              'Add a column with width 20 and left alignment

              .Columns.Add("Files", 200, HorizontalAlignment.Center)

              .Columns(0).Tag = "String"

              .Columns.Add("Pid", 45, HorizontalAlignment.Right)

              .Columns(1).Tag = "Numeric"

          End With

      End Sub

     

      Private Sub ProcessAllDirectories(ByVal strPath As String)

          Dim objException As Exception

          Try

              Dim objDirectoryInfo As New DirectoryInfo(strPath)

              ProcessDirectory(objDirectoryInfo)

          Catch objException

           End Try

          cbSearch.Text = "Search"

      End Sub

      Private Sub ProcessDirectory(ByVal objDirectoryInfo As DirectoryInfo)

          'Static ListviewIndex

          Static Drive As Char

          Threads += 1

          If bStop Then GoTo Common_Exit

   

          Try

   

              If objDirectoryInfo.GetFiles().Length > 0 Then

                  Dim objFiles As FileInfo()

                  Dim objFileInfo As FileInfo

   

                  objFiles = objDirectoryInfo.GetFiles()

                  If objDirectoryInfo.FullName <> LastDirectory Then

                      LastDirectory = objDirectoryInfo.FullName

                  End If

   

                  If bListAllFiles Then ListAllFiles(objFileInfo, objFiles)

                  If bFullnameCompare Then FullnameCompare(objFileInfo, objFiles)

   

              End If

   

              If objDirectoryInfo.GetDirectories().Length > 0 Then

                  Dim arrobjDirectoryInfo As DirectoryInfo()

                  arrobjDirectoryInfo = objDirectoryInfo.GetDirectories()

                  Dim objChildDirectory As DirectoryInfo

                  For Each objChildDirectory In arrobjDirectoryInfo

                      If bStop Then GoTo common_exit

                      slFiles.Text = "Files: " & Numfiles

                      slFound.Text = "Files Found: " & FoundFiles

                      slDirectory.Text = "Directory: " & LastDirectory

                      ProcessDirectory(objChildDirectory)

                  Next

              End If

          Catch objException As Exception

              Throw (objException)

          End Try

  Common_Exit:

          Application.DoEvents()

      End Sub

      Private Sub ListAllFiles(ByVal fileinfo As FileInfo, ByVal files As FileInfo())

   

          For Each fileinfo In files

              If bStop Then GoTo common_exit

              Numfiles += 1

              lv1.Items.Add("     " & fileinfo.Name)

              FoundFiles += 1

              slFiles.Text = "Files Found: " & FoundFiles

          Next

  Common_exit:

      End Sub

   

   

      Private Sub FullnameCompare(ByVal fileinfo As FileInfo, ByVal files As FileInfo())

          For Each fileinfo In files

              If bStop Then GoTo common_exit

              Numfiles += 1

              If fileinfo.Name.ToLower.Contains(sFilestring.ToLower) Then

                  If LastFoundDirectory <> LastDirectory Then

                      LastFoundDirectory = fileinfo.DirectoryName

                      lv1.Items.Add(LastFoundDirectory.Substring(0, 1).ToUpper & LastDirectory.Substring(1)) '.ForeColor = Color.AliceBlue

                  End If

                  lv1.Items.Add("     " & fileinfo.Name)

                  FoundFiles += 1

                  slFiles.Text = "Files Found: " & FoundFiles

              End If

          Next

          'End If

   

  Common_exit:

      End Sub

   

   

      Private Sub tb1_KeyPress(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.KeyPressEventArgs) Handles tb1.KeyPress

   

          If e.KeyChar = Chr(Keys.Enter) Then

              cbSearch_Click(sender, New System.EventArgs)

              e.Handled = True

          End If

   

      End Sub

   

      Private Sub Parse()

   

          Dim i As Integer

          Dim illegalchars = "\/<>:;""'|^ "

          bListAllFiles = False

          bFullnameCompare = False

          bExtCompare = False

          bNameCompare = False

          bNamescan = False

          bExtscan = False

          bRequiredActions = 0

   

          sFilestring = tb1.Text.Trim

          Dim ISlm1 As Short = sFilestring.Length - 1

   

          'Scan for illegal characters

   

          If sFilestring <> "" Then

              For ii As Short = 0 To ISlm1

                  For i = 0 To illegalchars.length - 1

                      If sFilestring(ii) = illegalchars(i) Then

                          Dim status As Integer = MsgBox("'" & sFilestring(ii) & "' is an illegal filename character." & vbCrLf & "Do you want to continue ", MsgBoxStyle.YesNo, _

                          "Illegal Character")

                          If status = Microsoft.VisualBasic.MsgBoxResult.Yes Then

                              Exit For

                          Else

                              GoTo Common_Exit

                          End If

   

                      End If

                  Next

              Next

          Else

              bListAllFiles = True

              bRequiredActions += 1

              GoTo Common_Exit

          End If

   

   

          ' One contiguous asterisk please

   

          While sFilestring.Contains("**")

              sFilestring = sFilestring.Replace("**", "*")

          End While

   

   

          If ((sFilestring = "") Or (sFilestring = "*") Or sFilestring = ("*.*") Or sFilestring = ("*.") _

          Or sFilestring = (".*")) Then

              bListAllFiles = True

              bRequiredActions += 1

              GoTo Common_Exit

          End If

   

          Dim StarCount As Short

          Dim DotCount As Short

   

          ISlm1 = sFilestring.Length - 1 ' Recalculate

   

          For i = 0 To ISlm1

              If sFilestring(i) = "*" Then StarCount += 1

              If sFilestring(i) = "." Then DotCount += 1

          Next

   

   

          If (((StarCount = 0) And (DotCount = 0)) And ISlm1 > 0) Then

              bFullnameCompare = True

              bRequiredActions += 1

              GoTo Common_Exit

          End If

   

   

          Dim name As String = sFilestring.Substring(0, sFilestring.LastIndexOf("."))

          Dim ext As String = sFilestring.Substring(sFilestring.LastIndexOf(".") + 1, ISlm1 - sFilestring.LastIndexOf("."))

   

          If (Not name.Contains("*")) And (Not ext.Contains("*")) Then

              bFullnameCompare = True

              bRequiredActions += 1

              GoTo Common_Exit

          End If

   

   

          If Not name.Contains("*") And ext = "*" Then

              bNameCompare = True

              bRequiredActions += 1

              GoTo Common_Exit

          End If

   

          If Not ext.Contains("*") And name = "*" Then

              bExtCompare = True

              bRequiredActions += 1

              GoTo Common_Exit

          End If

   

          If Not name.Contains("*") And name.Length > 0 Then

              bNameCompare = True

              bRequiredActions += 1

          End If

   

          If Not ext.Contains("*") And ext.Length > 0 Then

              bExtCompare = True

              bRequiredActions += 1

          End If

   

          'do a name scan

   

   

          SplitI(name, "*", NameDict)

          Select Case NameDict.Count

              Case Is = 1

                  bNameCompare = True

              Case Is > 1

                  bNamescan = True

                  bRequiredActions += 1

          End Select

   

   

          SplitI(ext, "*", ExtDict)

          Select Case ExtDict.Count

              Case Is = 1

                  bExtCompare = True

              Case Is > 1

                  bExtscan = True

                  bRequiredActions += 1

          End Select

   

   

  Common_Exit:

      End Sub

   

      Private Sub SplitI(ByVal Instring As String, ByVal Splitchar As String, ByVal dictionary As Dictionary(Of Integer, String))

          dictionary.Clear()

          Dim TestArray() As String = Split(Instring, Splitchar)

          ' TestArray holds {"apple", "", "", "", "pear", "banana", "", ""}

          Dim LastNonEmpty As Integer = -1

          For i As Integer = 0 To TestArray.Length - 1

              If TestArray(i) <> "" Then

                  dictionary.Add(i, TestArray(i))

              End If

          Next

      End Sub

   

      Private Sub Form1_Resize(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Resize

          pnl.Height = Me.Height - (mnu.Height + ss.Height)

          pnl.Width = Me.Width - 8

          pnl.Top = mnu.Height

      End Sub

   

   

      Private Sub pnl_Resize(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles pnl.Resize

          lv1.Height = pnl.Height - 100

          lv1.Width = pnl.Width

          lv1.Top = Me.Top + mnu.Height

      End Sub

   

    

      Private Sub cbExit_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles cbExit.Click

          End

      End Sub

  End Class

   

   

  
  
  

• JMCD73

  That just does directories, not directories and files.
  
  
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