FileSystemWatcher Class.. Filters?

[Ryan Rogers]

The FileSystemWatcher Class has a filter property where you can tell it what
files you want it to watch for. I need it to watch for *.p** and *.f**
files both and have tried giving the filter the following strings
"*.p**;*.f**" and "*.p**,*.f**" and Each one on its own. Only when I supply
each one on its own does it pick up anything. My way around this was to
just use an if statement in the event triggers to look at the filename there
and drop it if its not what I want. I'm wondering if there is a better way?
Do I have the filter String Syntax wrong?

Ryan Rogers

[Jared Parsons [MSFT]]

I think your main problem is your filter string is incorrect and you need to
create multiple FileSystemWatcher objects to achieve your goal. Here is
some sample code.

watcher1 = new FileSystemWatcher(Application.StartupPath);

watcher2 = new FileSystemWatcher(Application.StartupPath);

watcher1.Filter = "*.p*";

watcher2.Filter = "*.f*";

watcher1.EnableRaisingEvents = true;

watcher2.EnableRaisingEvents = true;

watcher1.Created += new FileSystemEventHandler(this.HandleFileCreatedEvent );

watcher2.Created += new FileSystemEventHandler(this.HandleFileCreatedEvent );

watcher1.Deleted += new FileSystemEventHandler(this.HandleFileDeletedEvent );

watcher2.Deleted += new FileSystemEventHandler(this.HandleFileDeletedEvent );
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The FileSystemWatcher Class has a filter property where you can tell it what files you want it to watch for. I need it to watch for *.p** and *.f**
files both and have tried giving the filter the following strings
"*.p**;*.f**" and "*.p**,*.f**" and Each one on its own. Only when I supply each one on its own does it pick up anything. My way around this was to
just use an if statement in the event triggers to look at the filename there and drop it if its not what I want. I'm wondering if there is a better way? Do I have the filter String Syntax wrong?

Ryan Rogers