Code to loop through a directory and retreive file information

[LisaB]

I am new to Visual Basic .Net and would like to build a simple application
that searches a directory and returns the Path, Size and DateModified of all
files that end in ".MDB".

a) I would create a form to allow the user to enter the directory to be
searched - EX.. "C:\" or "D:\Program FIles" would be entered by the user

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b) The form would have a button with the following on_Click logic
-Go to the directory entered by the User (txtDirectory)
-Loop through each file in that directory and each file in any sub
directories
- If the file end in ".MDB", output it to a comma delimited text
file
- the output should have the full path and file name, the file size,
and the date last modified
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c) some other things will also be done, but I think I can manage from here
on

I need help with writing the code to loop through a directory and return the
Path, Size and Modified information for each .mdb file

If anyone can please help or point me in the right direction I would greatly
appreciate it.

Thanks

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Re: Code to loop through a directory and retreive file information

"LisaB" <lbagley(ReTHis )@mayatech.com> schrieb:[color=blue]
> I need help with writing the code to loop through a directory and return
> the
> Path, Size and Modified information for each .mdb file[/color]

Untested (written from scratch):

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Imports System.IO
..
..
..
Dim al As New ArrayList
SearchFiles("*. mdb", "C:\", al)
For Each FileName As String In al
Console.WriteLi ne(FileName)
Console.WriteLi ne(File.GetLast AccessTime(File Name).ToString( ))
...
Next FileName
..
..
..
Public Sub SearchFiles( _
ByVal Pattern As String, _
ByVal Path As String, _
ByVal FilesFound As ArrayList _
)
FilesFound.AddR ange(Directory. GetFiles(Path, Pattern))
For Each FolderPath As String In Directory.GetDi rectories(Path)
SearchFiles(Pat tern, FolderPath, FilesFound)
Next FolderPath
End Sub
///

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[Crouchie1998]

RE: Code to loop through a directory and retreive file information

Hi Lisa,

The person who wrote the code is the author of Programming Microsoft Visual
Basic .NET (ISBN: 0 - 7356 - 1375 - 3)

Here's an example of what you need:

http://www.vb2themax.com/ShowContent.aspx?ID=0f091b7c-6ef3-46fa-8d3b-243db1145a1c