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Eng.RedWolf
Eng.RedWolf

Reputation: 33

How to list only file name?

I have program to find files in a directory and list them in a listbox, but the following code I'm using adds the full path for the file found.

Is there something I'm missing to make it only add the file name and not the full path?

If My.Computer.FileSystem.DirectoryExists(My.Computer.FileSystem.CurrentDirectory & "\" & Details.IDL.Text) Then
    For Each FoundFile As String In My.Computer.FileSystem.GetFiles(My.Computer.FileSystem.CurrentDirectory & "\" & Details.IDL.Text)
        ListBox.Items.Add(FoundFile)
    Next
Else
    My.Computer.FileSystem.CreateDirectory(My.Computer.FileSystem.CurrentDirectory & "\" & Details.IDL.Text)
End If

so to fix it i only had to put ListBox.Items.Add(IO.Path.GetFileName(FoundFile)) instead of ListBox.Items.Add(FoundFile)

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1248

Answers (1)

Brad
Brad

Reputation: 1480

Here is a working example to list file name individually with GetFileNameWithoutExtension, along with the way you are using GetFileName. 

Dim fileName As String = "C:\mydir\myfile.ext"
Dim pathname As String = "C:\mydir\"
Dim result As String

result = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(fileName)
Console.WriteLine("GetFileNameWithoutExtension('{0}') returns '{1}'", fileName, result)

result = Path.GetFileName(pathname)
Console.WriteLine("GetFileName('{0}') returns '{1}'", pathname, result)

Upvotes: 1

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