Search for files

Question

Howdy. I'm new to VB.net but not to programming.... Is there a simple way to search a hard drive for a specific file type? Seems like it would be a common thing yet I'm not having much luck finding anything... Thanks in advance!

Don Woodman · Answer

Thanks Scott. You've got me going. I am having problems when searching at the root directory. When I do I get errors when my program comes to either the recycler or system voloume information. How to get around? Don

Scott Lysle · Answer

Don: Import System.IO and use the Directory.GetFiles methods. You can pass the method a search path and search pattern as arguments and it will return a string array containing the matching files. In the context of a console mode application refer to the following for an example in it a string array called files is created and populated using the Directory.GetFiles call which is passed a search path (C:\Windows) and a search pattern (all executables (*.exe)). Sub Main() Dim files() As String files = Directory.GetFiles( C:\Windows  *.exe ) Console.WriteLine() Console.WriteLine( Found  & files.Length &  EXE files ) Dim file As String For Each file In files Console.WriteLine(file) Next 'wait Console.ReadLine() End Sub