I am using following code to search a specific file with .doc extension. How can I get this info into a variable to be used later. Thanks
Dim di As New DirectoryInfo("d:\")
Dim files() As FileInfo = di.GetFiles("*.doc", SearchOption.AllDirectories)
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You already do have the info, in your files() array.
You can then use files() array to get a count of matches files.Length, or iterate through the matching files foreach file as FileInfo in files {}.
PaulG
2010-09-02 10:50:29
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Not sure what the issue is, but the files variable in your code sample already contains this information.
This line:
Dim files() As FileInfo = di.GetFiles("*.doc", SearchOption.AllDirectories)
Gets the file information and assigns it to the files() array. This can now be used as it contains the information returned by the GetFiles method.
Oded
2010-09-02 10:52:00
That is right. But when I try to get the path bymsgbox(files(1))It throws an error "Prompt Can not be converted into String"I need to display the path of each file obtained in a message boxThanks
2010-09-03 06:42:24
@user415037 - Each item in the `files` array is a [`FileInfo`](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.io.fileinfo_members.aspx) object, not a file path. You can do `msgbox(files(1).FullName))` to get the full path.
Oded
2010-09-03 06:49:49
This works well ! Thank youHow Can I know how many elements are there in Files(), so I could run a loop.Thnaks
2010-09-03 07:36:29
@user415037 - Use `files.GetUpperBound(0)`. You need to learn about arrays and how to use them. Here is a useful link: http://www.vbdotnetheaven.com/UploadFile/ssivkumar/ExploringArrays04212005060650AM/ExploringArrays.aspx
Oded
2010-09-03 07:51:50
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From the code you've written, you've already got all the files .doc files in the files() array.
What exactly do you want to do?
Alex Essilfie
2010-09-02 10:57:00