Drive List Box

[Marge]

are there any examples of suggested methods to get the same results as
the old DriveListBox & DirListBox from VB6.

Express uses the openfiledialog but examples would be a great time
saver, useful to see things in action to get a better idea.

The openfiledialog isn't a visible object so I'm guesiing its used in
conjuction with a standard combobox?

 

[James Hahn]

The file dialogs replace the whole set of controls you needed in earlier
versions of VB - the call to the dialog returns the selected file, so there
is no need for any list box.

If you really have to create and manage your own list of files, use the
FolderBrowserDialog, Directory.GetFiles and a FileInfo object, and whatever
type of collection you prefer.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.folderbrowserdialog.aspx

 

[Marge]

Thanks James,

did copy & run the code sample, its a useful learning sample for me
but I did really want the visual effect of a drive list & folder list
which give the user visual clues to where they are continually.

The project I was re-writing in Express was a very simple sound file
player, just wanted the practice of writing it in .net but it seems
too difficult unless I add com references to the project which sort of
defeats the object.

 

[Kerry Moorman]

Marge,

Environment.GetLogicalDrives returns an array containing the names of the
logical drives on the current computer. You could display the array in a
listbox or combobox as a way to emulate the Drive list box.

Directory.GetDirectories gets the names of subdirectories in a specified
directory. You could display the results in a listbox, etc.

Directory.GetFiles gets the names of files in a particular directory. You
could display the results in a listbox, etc.

Kerry Moorman

 

[GHim]

Check out Shell MegaPack shell browser UI components from
http://www.ssware.com
Same as Windows Explorer, plus controls so they sit right on your own form
(unlike OpenFileDialog).
They are commercial though.

GHim

 

[Marge]

Thanks Kerry thats about as good as it going to get I guess. It seems
VISUAL BASIC really as become much less VISUAL (

The simple beauty of VB was the fact that you dragged a visual image
of the control you wanted to use onto your form which then gave you
coding clues, now it seems you have to do so much more in code with
less visual help.

The sample that James linked to shows how to search & open RTF files,
this is a MS sample but it doesn't link or show how to do the same for
any other file type I may want to do a similar thing with, why do they
have to make everything so time consuming I seems to spend far to much
time looking for examples than I do actually using VB?

I need an EXCELLENT book or I think I best save my time (