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Category Archives: directories
Merge directories in C#
This example lets you merge directories. Once upon a time, if you used Windows Explorer to move a file from one directory to another and the destination directory already contained a file with that name, you had the option of … Continue reading
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Tagged C#, C# programming, copy files, directories, example, example program, File Explorer, files, merge directories, merge files, move files, system, tools, Windows Explorer, Windows Forms programming
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Compress and decompress directories in C#
The ZipFile class provides remarkably simple methods to compress and decompress directories in the zip format. This class is defined in the .NET Framework version 4.5, so this example is in Visual Studio 2017 instead of an older version. To … Continue reading
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Tagged C#, C# programming, classes, compress, compress and decompress directories, compress directories, compress files, compressions, decompress, directories, example, example program, files, uncompress, unzip, Windows Forms programming, Zip, zip directories, zip files, ZipFile
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Initialize a TreeView control to display a directory hierarchy in C#
This example adds the following LoadFromDirectory extension method to the TreeView control. // Initialize the TreeView from a directory, // its subdirectories, and their files. public static void LoadFromDirectory(this TreeView trv, string directory, int folder_img, int file_img) { DirectoryInfo dir_info … Continue reading
Find files in the startup directory in C#
In some programs you may want to find files that were installed with the program. One way to do that is to put the files in the program’s installation directory. Open the Project menu, select Add Existing Item, find the … Continue reading
Create a directory and intermediate directories in C#
The System.IO.Directory class’s CreateDirectory method creates a directory. If the directory’s path includes missing intermediate directories, it creates them, too. For example, if C:\DirA is empty and you use CreateDirectory to create C:\DirA\DirB\DirC, then the method automatically creates DirB as … Continue reading
Let the user select a folder in C#
This example demonstrates two handy techniques. First, it lets you select a folder. When you click the program’s ellipsis button, the following code displays a FolderBrowserDialog. This lets the user pick a directory instead of needing to type it in. … Continue reading
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Tagged C#, C# programming, directories, directory, example, example program, files, folder, select a folder, select directory, select folder, system, Windows Forms programming
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Number files in a directory in C#
I recently went on a trip where I took almost a thousand pictures. My phone (which has a pretty good camera) gives the pictures file names such as WP_20151106_22_04_47_Pro.jpg. I wanted an easy way to number files so they have … Continue reading
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Find, open, and replace text in files in C#
The example Find files and replace text in them in C# shows how you can find and replace text in files. This example modifies that one to let you open the files you find by double clicking on them in … Continue reading