Extracting filename

[John]

Hi

I am using openfiledialog to get user to select files and then I am
extracting the files using filenames(). How can I now separate the file path
from the actual filename?

Thanks

Regards

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

* "John" <jo**@nospam.in fovis.co.uk> scripsit:

I am using openfiledialog to get user to select files and then I am
extracting the files using filenames(). How can I now separate the file path
from the actual filename?

Have a look at 'System.IO.Path .GetFileName'.

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Herfried K. Wagner
MVP · VB Classic, VB.NET
<http://www.mvps.org/dotnet>

[Fergus Cooney]

Hi John,

Or you could wonder about the usefulness of:
sFilePath.LastI ndexOf ("\")

Regards,
Fergus

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

* "Fergus Cooney" <fi******@tesco .net> scripsit:

Or you could wonder about the usefulness of:
sFilePath.LastI ndexOf ("\")

Are you sure every platform uses "\" as path separator?

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Herfried K. Wagner
MVP · VB Classic, VB.NET
<http://www.mvps.org/dotnet>

[Fergus Cooney]

Hi Herfried,

There's only one that matters. ;-)

No, I'm just pointing out LastIndexOf(). I leave it to John to decide what
characters to check for.

Regards,
Fergus

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

* "Fergus Cooney" <fi******@tesco .net> scripsit:

There's only one that matters. ;-)

On Windows systems. If the framework is ported to an other platform,
there may be other separators, for example "/".

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Herfried K. Wagner
MVP · VB Classic, VB.NET
<http://www.mvps.org/dotnet>

[Fergus Cooney]

Hi Herfried,

!! There's only one that matters. ;-)
^
^ This bit's the joke that says there's <only Windows>.

!! No,
^
^ This bit tells you that I'm aware of other systems.

!! I leave it to John to decide what characters to check for.
^
^ This bit says it's John's problem (or not - he knows where he's at).

Regards,
Fergus

[Tom Shelton]

In article <bm************ @ID-208219.news.uni-berlin.de>, Herfried K. Wagner [MVP] wrote:

* "Fergus Cooney" <fi******@tesco .net> scripsit:

Or you could wonder about the usefulness of:
sFilePath.LastI ndexOf ("\")

Are you sure every platform uses "\" as path separator?

You could always check System.IO.Path. PathSepartor to find out :)
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Tom Shelton
MVP [Visual Basic]

[Jay B. Harlow [MVP - Outlook]]

Tom,
Actually Path.PathSepara tor is a semi colon, as its the character that
separates a list of paths.

You are thinking Path.AltDirecto rySeparatorChar &
Path.DirectoryS eparatorChar, which separates a directory in a path.

And don't forget about Path.VolumeSepa ratorChar which is the colon between
the drive letter & the rest of the path.

Plus there is Path.InvalidPat hChars for characters we should not be using in
paths.

Hope this helps
Jay

"Tom Shelton" <to*@mtogden.co m> wrote in message
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In article <bm************ @ID-208219.news.uni-berlin.de>, Herfried K.

Wagner [MVP] wrote:

* "Fergus Cooney" <fi******@tesco .net> scripsit:

Or you could wonder about the usefulness of:
sFilePath.LastI ndexOf ("\")

Are you sure every platform uses "\" as path separator?

You could always check System.IO.Path. PathSepartor to find out :)
--
Tom Shelton
MVP [Visual Basic]

[Tom Shelton]

On 2003-10-15, Jay B. Harlow [MVP - Outlook] <Ja********@ema il.msn.com> wrote:

Tom,
Actually Path.PathSepara tor is a semi colon, as its the character that
separates a list of paths.

You are thinking Path.AltDirecto rySeparatorChar &
Path.DirectoryS eparatorChar, which separates a directory in a path.

And don't forget about Path.VolumeSepa ratorChar which is the colon between
the drive letter & the rest of the path.

Plus there is Path.InvalidPat hChars for characters we should not be using in
paths.

Hope this helps
Jay

Jay,

You are of course correct! I posted in haste, as usual :)

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Tom Shelton
MVP [Visual Basic]