How Can I Search Files In A Folder And It's Folder And Then Open Them In Listview C#

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C#

private void button2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
 {
     try
     {
         // Check if directory is present or not
         if (Directory.Exists(@"C:\data"))
         {
             string names = textBox1.Text + "(" + textBox2.Text + ")" + ".jpg";

             string[] files = Directory.GetFiles(@"c:\data", names, SearchOption.AllDirectories);


             foreach (string file in files)
             {
                 string filename = Path.GetFileName(file);
                 string ext = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(filename);


                 ListViewItem item = new ListViewItem(file);

                 listView1.Items.Add(item);



                 foreach (ListViewItem i in listView1.Items)
                 {
                     if (i.Selected)
                     {
                         item = i;
                     }
                 }

                     foreach (string f in files)
                     {
                         if (f == item.Text)
                         {
                             ext = f;
                         }


                     }
              Process.Start("explorer.exe", Path.GetDirectoryName(ext));





             }


         }





         else
             MessageBox.Show("KLASÖR BULUNAMADI");
     }
     catch (Exception ex)
     {
         MessageBox.Show(ex.Message, "HATA");
     }


 }

like on my code, i'm trying to searching files on C:\data folder and it's subfolders. Then i want to list them on my listview1 window and open these folders when i click on them. Is it possible? For this code, filepaths list on my listview and open their directories automatically. All i need is open their directories when i double click on them.

Posted 19-Dec-14 0:25am

Member 10587827

Updated 19-Dec-14 2:02am

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Sid_Joshi 19-Dec-14 7:14am

It's Possible

Tomas Takac 19-Dec-14 7:56am

So tell us, where exactly are you stuck?

Member 10587827 19-Dec-14 9:17am

i updated my question :) For this updated code, filepaths list on my listview and open their directories automatically. All i need is open their directories when i double click on them.

Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan 19-Dec-14 8:44am

You should reply to their comment in order to notify them.

Member 10587827 19-Dec-14 9:17am

thanx

BillWoodruff 19-Dec-14 9:31am

Is your code working now, or is it not working ? If it is not working, describe how it's not working, and give details on any error messages.

Member 10587827 19-Dec-14 9:56am

there is no error messages. it is working but when i click on button, paths on the listview are opening automatically. I want to open these folders by clicking on their path on listview

Sid_Joshi 20-Dec-14 1:07am

https://www.dropbox.com/s/axukh24jgyo1z1s/FileExplorer.zip?dl=0

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BillWoodruff · Answer 1 · 2014-12-19T05:19:00

"there is no error messages. it is working but when i click on button, paths on the listview are opening automatically. I want to open these folders by clicking on their path on listview"

The files are opening "autotmatically" because you are executing:

C#

Process.Start("explorer.exe", Path.GetDirectoryName(ext));

Take that line of code out, and write a handler for the ListView SelectedIndexChanged Event: in that EventHandler "do the right thing" to open the file(s) based on which ListViewItem(s) was/were clicked on.

To eliminate complex look-up of the filepath data that correspond to each ListViewItem's Value, I would use a Dictionary ... like this:

C#

private Dictionary<listviewitem,> dctLVItemToString = new Dictionary<listviewitem,>(); 

// simulation: sample initialization of a ListView and the Dictionary
for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
{
    string iStr = i.ToString();

    ListViewItem lvItem = new ListViewItem(iStr);

    listView1.Items.Add(lvItem);

    // file path simulated here
    dctLVItemToString.Add(lvItem, "file " + iStr);
}

// sample use of the Dictionary in the ListView SelectedIndexChanged EventHandler:
private void listView1_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    ListView.SelectedListViewItemCollection selectedItems = listView1.SelectedItems;

    if (selectedItems.Count != 0)
    {
        string filePath = dctLVItemToString[selectedItems[0]];

        // for demo purposes only
        MessageBox.Show(filePath);
    }
}

The idea is to simplify, and speed-up, look-up.