Combobox with drive name?

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Ok after some time of trial and error I am now looking to add some detail to my image combobox. It displays system icons in the correct order but directly after the icon I would like the users drive name and then the drive letter to be displayed instead of just the drive letter. Can anyone shed a little code in my direction to place it in that order?

thank you once again all for your help!! (assuming that someone has an answer)

Posted 6-Jul-11 21:04pm

Dale 2012

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Christian Graus · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-06T21:07:00

Solution 1

I've never done this, but according to google, you do it like this:

VB

Imports System
Imports System.IO

Public Class MainClass
   Shared Sub Main()
        For Each drive_info As DriveInfo In DriveInfo.GetDrives()
            Console.Write(drive_info.Name & "   " )
            Console.WriteLine(drive_info.RootDirectory.ToString)
            If drive_info.IsReady() Then
                Console.WriteLine( drive_info.VolumeLabel())
            End If
        Next drive_info
   End Sub
End Class

Posted 6-Jul-11 21:07pm

Christian Graus

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Dale 2012 7-Jul-11 3:46am

I have tried this and maybe it does work but can you clarify combobox1 in place of console?

Dale 2012 7-Jul-11 3:47am

how can I go about using this code for combobox?

Dave Kreskowiak 7-Jul-11 7:55am

Seriously? You can't add a string to a combobox?

MyComboBox.Items.Add( myString )

S Houghtelin 7-Jul-11 7:55am

This the correct method to use, OP needs to apply method to populating his combobox. +5

S Houghtelin · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-07T01:54:00

Solution 2

Christian showed the correct method to get the drive information, It is a matter of applying the method to how you want to display or use the information provided.

In your case, replace the console.write with ComboBox1.Items.Add

VB

If drive_info.IsReady() Then
        ComboBox1.Items.Add(drive_info.Name & " " & drive_info.VolumeLabel())
End If

Christians example shows 3 ways to display the drive information, choose the one that serves your purpose.

Regards

Posted 7-Jul-11 1:54am

S Houghtelin

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Dale 2012 9-Jul-11 1:57am

Your solution works a treat but I have mistaken my own question. I would like the combobox to display the text as follows:

Icon Localdrive C:\
Icon Seconddrive D:\
icon CdRom E:\

where as right now it only displays

Icon C:\
Icon D:\
icon E:\

Dale 2012 9-Jul-11 1:59am

If the user has renamed the local drive C:\ to something like Windows 7 or the second drive D:\ to Backup then I would like the combobox to read the new volume name