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Hello,
How exactly can I open a directory and search in all text files in it
,for a specific string?
Thank you very much!

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juli jul <ju******@yahoo .com> wrote:
How exactly can I open a directory and search in all text files in it
,for a specific string?
Thank you very much!


Use Directory.GetFi les to get the files in the directory. Use a
StreamReader to read each file in turn, searching for the string.

If you get stuck, please give more detail of exactly where.

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Nov 16 '05 #2


Thanks.How can I open a dialog which will allow me to choose directory?
Do I have to read all the files for that purpose? Isn't there any other
option to seek inside them (some File method)?
Thank you

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juli jul wrote:

Thanks.How can I open a dialog which will allow me to choose directory?
Do I have to read all the files for that purpose? Isn't there any other
option to seek inside them (some File method)?
Thank you

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You can select the directory using a FolderBrowserDi alog for more
information on it see:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...ndowsforms.asp
And if there was such a method it would do the same thing. You need to
open the file some way.

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Nov 16 '05 #4

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