How to create a file system watcher in vb.net

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Posted 19-Jun-13 4:59am

Anupama Rhiyas

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Pheonyx · Answer 1 · 2013-06-19T05:01:00

Solution 1

www.google.com

Do some research, there is a lovely example on the MSDN where it tells you what the file system watcher is, and how to use it.

Posted 19-Jun-13 5:01am

Pheonyx

yogesh daga · Answer 2 · 2013-06-19T05:02:00

VB

Imports System.IO

Public Class Blah
    Public Sub New()
        InitializeComponent()

        Dim watcher As New FileSystemWatcher("C:\")
        watcher.EnableRaisingEvents = True

        AddHandler watcher.Changed, AddressOf watcher_Changed
    End Sub

    Private Sub watcher_Changed(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As FileSystemEventArgs)
        MsgBox(e.FullPath)
    End Sub
End Class