Re: find files - C# Discussion Boards

musefan29-May-09 3:20

musefan

29-May-09 3:20

hmmm.. post the code you are using

Life goes very fast. Tomorrow, today is already yesterday.

michaelgr129-May-09 3:23

29-May-09 3:23

I used exactly the code you wrote.
but it doesn't searches in the directories as i need (as i wrote in the previous post)

michaelgr129-May-09 3:25

29-May-09 3:25

Also i tries this way-

private void dirsearch(string Start_dir, string search)
{
MessageBox.Show(search);
try
{
foreach (string d in Directory.GetDirectories(Start_dir))
{
MessageBox.Show(d);
foreach (string f in Directory.GetFiles(Start_dir))
{
if (f.Contains(search))
{
if (!f.Contains(".doc"))
Process.Start(f);
review_file_found = true;
}
}

dirsearch(d, search);
}
}
catch (System.Exception excpt)
{
Console.WriteLine(excpt.Message);
}
}

But it doesn't find the file as well (but seems that search ok- in the sub-directories)

musefan29-May-09 3:32

musefan

29-May-09 3:32

what string are you passing in as the file to find?

Life goes very fast. Tomorrow, today is already yesterday.

michaelgr129-May-09 3:50

29-May-09 3:50

for example;

061_pmr_c0_txhb_cut_rxhb_to_smx.vl.GIF

WinSolution29-May-09 4:31

29-May-09 4:31

Just open visual studio 2005 / latest

add

one button (to intiate click event ),
one textbox (contains expression you want to search ),
and one listbox to show the results

add click event on Button1 by double clicking on it and paste following code

//replace mine path with your own
DirectoryInfo DirInfo = new DirectoryInfo(@"F:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\");

FileInfo[] DirFiles = DirInfo.GetFiles(textBox1.Text, SearchOption.AllDirectories);
listBox1.Items.Clear();
foreach (FileInfo FileObj in DirFiles)
{
listBox1.Items.Add(FileObj);
}

goto top of file and add a namespace >> using System.IO;

press F5 and run

insert expression to search. click on button. result will be displayed to list box.

if this doesnot work the provide me email address i will mail my project to you

I Believe In GOD29-May-09 4:51

I Believe In GOD

29-May-09 4:51

Why you didn't use my code ? (The first Comment ?) Confused | :confused:

No offense , it's just a kind of discussion ... Rose | [Rose]

thank you ...

I know nothing , I know nothing ...

michaelgr129-May-09 6:06

29-May-09 6:06

Hello,

I tried many ways to do it (as you wrote and another ways) but in all of them it doesn't always find the file i need.
For example if the starting path is the immediate folder that contains the file it works fine and finds the file, but when the starting patch is a higher (maybe 2-3 folder upper) it doesn't find this file (i write exactly the same name).
It seems it doesn't enough time to the program to collect all the files names inside the folder. I did a little delay but it didn't help.

This is my code:

foreach (string d in Directory.GetDirectories(Start_dir))
{
if (!d.Contains("Shared Documents"))
{
System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(200);
foreach (string f in Directory.GetFiles(d))
{
//MessageBox.Show(f);
if (f.Contains(search))
{
Process.Start(f);
review_file_found = true;
return;
}
}
dirsearch(d, search);
}
}

michaelgr129-May-09 6:14

29-May-09 6:14

Or it even seems as it doesn't have enough memory to do this search.
Because files (in directories) that are located in the "beginning of the list" it finds (and opens),
But files that are located a little "deeper" in the list he can't file and even the application get stucked in such situations

WinSolution29-May-09 6:41

29-May-09 6:41

If there is way so i can send you the project

just replace the path, recompile, run the project. put expression and click on the button. list will be displayed. It is working on my PC.

michaelgr129-May-09 6:53

29-May-09 6:53

OK,
You can send me it to michgr@nana.co.il
thanks very much

WinSolution29-May-09 6:59

29-May-09 6:59

i have sent a mail also to you i was in hurry so without subject

michaelgr129-May-09 7:15

29-May-09 7:15

OK thanks,
I will try it and let you know

michaelgr129-May-09 7:52

29-May-09 7:52

Hi,
The code you sent me works fine, but very very slow. My code works much faster:

foreach (string d in Directory.GetDirectories(Start_dir))
{
if (!d.Contains("Shared Documents") && !d.Contains("Anna") && !d.Contains("CE Group") && !d.Contains("DEF") && !d.Contains("DtReport")
&& !d.Contains("images") && !d.Contains("Lists") && !d.Contains("MMGBD") && !d.Contains("Site") && !d.Contains("SP Requests")
&& !d.Contains("STAM") && !d.Contains("Training") && !d.Contains("uptest") && !d.Contains("X5") && !d.Contains("X8")
&& !d.Contains("Form") && !d.Contains("Yonah"))
{
//System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(200);
foreach (string f in Directory.GetFiles(d))
{
//System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(200);
//MessageBox.Show(f);
m=f.Replace("\\"+"\\moss.ger.ith.intel.com\\sites\\MPGBD-03\\HAL\\PD\\","");
//MessageBox.Show(m);
if (m.Contains(search1))
{
MessageBox.Show("found");
//System.Net.WebClient client = new WebClient();
//client.UseDefaultCredentials = true;
//client.DownloadFile(f, @"c:\\123.gif");
//Process.Start(@"c:\\123.gif");

//System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(500);
//Process.Start(f);
review_file_found = true;
return;
}
}
dirsearch(d, search1);
}
}

The problem is that with this code (with the messagebox.show("found")
it finds the file (the message appears).
But when i usethe process.start and try to open the file or even to download it it seems as it doesn't see the file at all (some files it sees and some not). It seems as it doesn't enter the if condition at all (even don't do the -
review_file_found=true
because outside this method i check the status of the bool and show a messagebox says the file not found. But the program does find it if i don't do the process.start

Maybe i need to use another way to open the file?

Here is an example of the file path:
\\moss.ger.ith.intel.com\sites\MPGBD-03\HAL\PD\Puma M Reviewd FIB edits\002_pumam_b0_flsh2.GIF

WinSolution29-May-09 6:57