treeview node.ToString problem

[markvbuser]

Hi all,

I'm just learning vb2008 and i have a problem, I'm populating a
treeview with a hard drive
directory structure. This is my code:

I've populated the treeview with the available drives and the first
level of directories for each drive.

Then I'm using this code to get the selected node when the user
expands the node

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Private Sub TreeView1_Befor eExpand(ByVal sender As System.Object,
ByVal e As System.Windows. Forms.TreeViewC ancelEventArgs) Handles
TreeView1.Befor eExpand

Me.TreeView1.Se lectedNode = e.Node
getsubDirectori es(e.Node)

End Sub
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Then i'm passing the selected node to this subroutine:

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Public Sub getsubDirectori es(ByVal baseNode)

Dim subDirectories( ) As String
Dim myNodeCollectio n As TreeNodeCollect ion =
Form1.TreeView1 .SelectedNode.N odes
Dim basePath As String = Replace(baseNod e.ToString, "TreeNode:
", "")

For Each subNode In myNodeCollectio n
Dim subdirectoryPat h As String = Replace(subNode .ToString,
"TreeNode: ", "")
Dim thisPath As String = basePath & subdirectoryPat h

Try
subDirectories = Directory.GetDi rectories(thisP ath)
For Each thisDirectory In subDirectories
'add node to treeview
Next

Catch ex As Exception

End Try
Next

End Sub
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If the user expands the C drive the value for the selected node
contains "TreeNode: "

eg. TreeNode:C\:

and i need to strip the unwanted text to provide a valid path for
getdirectories.

How can i get the value without stripping the unwanted text ?

regards.

[Jeff Gaines]

Re: treeview node.ToString problem

On 07/08/2008 in message
<96189f63-415e-4bdc-83d4-475139669608@v2 6g2000prm.googl egroups.com>
markvbuser wrote:

>How can i get the value without stripping the unwanted text ?

It may be easier to set the Tag of each node to the Path of the Directory
that it refers to, e.g.

tnNew = new TreeNode(Direco tryName, iconIndex, selectedIconInd ex)
tnNew.Tag = Directory Path.

Then you can get the Path you need:

string newPath = (string)e.Node. Tag

(you may need to juggle this into VB)

You could also use the FullPath property of the TreeNode but that won't
work if you have a root node with the computer name, or if you use drive
names rather than drive paths in your display.

--
Jeff Gaines Damerham Hampshire UK
There is absolutely no substitute for a genuine lack of preparation