How do you get a list of files from server folder to display on in a list control

[maglev_now]

I'm using .net 1.1 trying to get a list of files in folder on the server.
The user would select the file they want to download from a DropDownList.
Can someone tell me how this should be done? I can't find the right class
or object to use. Is it the File class or the FolderBrowser? Stuck like
Chuck!!! Any suggestions welcome. Thanks.

[Shahzad Godil]

You can use FileSystemObjec t like this.

<%
Set objFSO=Server.C reateObject("Sc ripting.filesys temobject")
Set objFold=objFSO. GetFolder("E:\a dmin\uploads")
Set objfiles=objFol d.files
%>
and then generating my drop down using

<select name="productTh umb" id="productThum b">
<option><%For Each objFile in objFolder.files
objFile.Name
Next
%></optio

Shahzad Godil

Karachi-Pakistan.
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I'm using .net 1.1 trying to get a list of files in folder on the server.
The user would select the file they want to download from a DropDownList.
Can someone tell me how this should be done? I can't find the right class
or object to use. Is it the File class or the FolderBrowser? Stuck like
Chuck!!! Any suggestions welcome. Thanks.

[Laurent Bugnion]

Hi,

Shahzad Godil wrote:

You can use FileSystemObjec t like this.

<%
Set objFSO=Server.C reateObject("Sc ripting.filesys temobject")
Set objFold=objFSO. GetFolder("E:\a dmin\uploads")
Set objfiles=objFol d.files
%>
and then generating my drop down using

<select name="productTh umb" id="productThum b">
<option><%For Each objFile in objFolder.files
objFile.Name
Next
%></optio

Shahzad Godil

Karachi-Pakistan.

Are you seriously proposing using the FileSystemObjec t in an ASP.NET
environment? That's sub-optimal to say the least

To the OP: You get a list of files in a folder using the
System.IO.Direc toryInfo class.

For example:

DirectoryInfo dir = new DirectoryInfo( "c:\\temp" );
if ( dir.Exists )
{
FileInfo[] filesInDir = dir.GetFiles();
}

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...ctoryinfo.aspx

HTH,
Laurent

>

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>I'm using .net 1.1 trying to get a list of files in folder on the server.
The user would select the file they want to download from a DropDownList.
Can someone tell me how this should be done? I can't find the right class
or object to use. Is it the File class or the FolderBrowser? Stuck like
Chuck!!! Any suggestions welcome. Thanks.

--
Laurent Bugnion, GalaSoft
Software engineering: http://www.galasoft-LB.ch
Private/Malaysia: http://mypage.bluewin.ch/lbugnion
Support children in Calcutta: http://www.calcutta-espoir.ch

[maglev_now]

Thanks for the responses...

This is what I got using a DropDownList and a Button.

Dim parentfolder As String = "recipes"
Dim myDir As New DirectoryInfo(S erver.MapPath(p arentfolder))
Me.DDLFileNames .DataSource = myDir.GetFiles( "*.doc")
Me.DDLFileNames .DataBind()
Session("FilePa th") = myDir.ToString

**Click the download button and...
Session("FileNa me") = Me.DDLFileNames .SelectedItem.T oString
Response.Redire ct("FileDownloa d.aspx")

**page load in FileDownload.as px
Dim filename As String = DirectCast(Sess ion("FileName") , String)
Dim filepath As String = DirectCast(Sess ion("FilePath") , String)
Dim fullpath As String = filepath + "\" + filename
Response.Clear( )
Response.Conten tType = "applicatio n/octet-stream"
Response.AddHea der("Content-Disposition", _
"attachment ; filename=""" & filename & """")
Response.Flush( )
Response.WriteF ile(fullpath)
Session.Abandon ()

This works great running at home but when I upload it to my server the
file(aword.doc) gets downloaded and it is empty. Any ideas why that is?
Thanks again.
"Laurent Bugnion" <ga*********@bl uewin.chwrote in message
news:%2******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP02.phx.gbl. ..

Hi,

Shahzad Godil wrote:

>You can use FileSystemObjec t like this.

<%
Set objFSO=Server.C reateObject("Sc ripting.filesys temobject")
Set objFold=objFSO. GetFolder("E:\a dmin\uploads")
Set objfiles=objFol d.files
%>
and then generating my drop down using

<select name="productTh umb" id="productThum b">
<option><%Fo r Each objFile in objFolder.files
objFile.Name
Next
%></optio

Shahzad Godil

Karachi-Pakistan.

Are you seriously proposing using the FileSystemObjec t in an ASP.NET
environment? That's sub-optimal to say the least

To the OP: You get a list of files in a folder using the
System.IO.Direc toryInfo class.

For example:

DirectoryInfo dir = new DirectoryInfo( "c:\\temp" );
if ( dir.Exists )
{
FileInfo[] filesInDir = dir.GetFiles();
}

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...ctoryinfo.aspx

HTH,
Laurent

>>

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news:ev******* **********@news svr27.news.prod igy.net...

>>I'm using .net 1.1 trying to get a list of files in folder on the
server. The user would select the file they want to download from a
DropDownLis t. Can someone tell me how this should be done? I can't find
the right class or object to use. Is it the File class or the
FolderBrowser ? Stuck like Chuck!!! Any suggestions welcome. Thanks.

--
Laurent Bugnion, GalaSoft
Software engineering: http://www.galasoft-LB.ch
Private/Malaysia: http://mypage.bluewin.ch/lbugnion
Support children in Calcutta: http://www.calcutta-espoir.ch

[maglev_now]

Problem solved... Thanks for the help.
"ma********@yah oo.com" <Ma********@yah oo.comwrote in message
news:Lt******** ***********@new ssvr27.news.pro digy.net...

Thanks for the responses...

This is what I got using a DropDownList and a Button.

Dim parentfolder As String = "recipes"
Dim myDir As New DirectoryInfo(S erver.MapPath(p arentfolder))
Me.DDLFileNames .DataSource = myDir.GetFiles( "*.doc")
Me.DDLFileNames .DataBind()
Session("FilePa th") = myDir.ToString

**Click the download button and...
Session("FileNa me") = Me.DDLFileNames .SelectedItem.T oString
Response.Redire ct("FileDownloa d.aspx")

**page load in FileDownload.as px
Dim filename As String = DirectCast(Sess ion("FileName") , String)
Dim filepath As String = DirectCast(Sess ion("FilePath") , String)
Dim fullpath As String = filepath + "\" + filename
Response.Clear( )
Response.Conten tType = "applicatio n/octet-stream"
Response.AddHea der("Content-Disposition", _
"attachment ; filename=""" & filename & """")
Response.Flush( )
Response.WriteF ile(fullpath)
Session.Abandon ()

This works great running at home but when I upload it to my server the
file(aword.doc) gets downloaded and it is empty. Any ideas why that is?
Thanks again.
"Laurent Bugnion" <ga*********@bl uewin.chwrote in message
news:%2******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP02.phx.gbl. ..

>Hi,

Shahzad Godil wrote:

>>You can use FileSystemObjec t like this.

<%
Set objFSO=Server.C reateObject("Sc ripting.filesys temobject")
Set objFold=objFSO. GetFolder("E:\a dmin\uploads")
Set objfiles=objFol d.files
%>
and then generating my drop down using

<select name="productTh umb" id="productThum b">
<option><%F or Each objFile in objFolder.files
objFile.Nam e
Next
%></optio

Shahzad Godil

Karachi-Pakistan.

Are you seriously proposing using the FileSystemObjec t in an ASP.NET
environment? That's sub-optimal to say the least

To the OP: You get a list of files in a folder using the
System.IO.Dire ctoryInfo class.

For example:

DirectoryInf o dir = new DirectoryInfo( "c:\\temp" );
if ( dir.Exists )
{
FileInfo[] filesInDir = dir.GetFiles();
}

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...ctoryinfo.aspx

HTH,
Laurent

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I'm using .net 1.1 trying to get a list of files in folder on the
server. The user would select the file they want to download from a
DropDownList . Can someone tell me how this should be done? I can't
find the right class or object to use. Is it the File class or the
FolderBrowse r? Stuck like Chuck!!! Any suggestions welcome. Thanks.

--
Laurent Bugnion, GalaSoft
Software engineering: http://www.galasoft-LB.ch
Private/Malaysia: http://mypage.bluewin.ch/lbugnion
Support children in Calcutta: http://www.calcutta-espoir.ch