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[curtis m. west]

hi NG

sorry for this maybe stupid question:
i have this construction:
----->>>> CUT ON <<<<<-----
Dim objFso As Object
Dim objFolder As Object
Dim objFile As Object

objFso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
objFolder = objFso.GetFolder("<mypath>")
For Each objFile In objFolder.Files
Console.WriteLine(objFile.Name)
Next
objFile = Nothing
objFolder = Nothing
objFso = Nothing
----->>>>> CUT OFF <<<<<----

so far, so good. but how can i get only
ONE filename - only the name of the
"first" file. i don't care about a special
order.

"Files" seems to be a collection
of "file-objects", so how can i
access only one item?

my guess would be anything like:
objFile = objFolder.Files.Item(1)
objFile = objFolder.Files(1)
objFile = objFolder.Files[1]
instead of the "for each next"-construction...
but - no success yet... :(

thanks for a short feedback
greetz, curtis

[Ken Tucker [MVP]]

Hi,

Take a look at the classes in the system.io namespace. Especially
the directoryinfo and fileinfo classes.

Dim di As New System.IO.DirectoryInfo("C:\")

For Each fiCur As System.IO.FileInfo In di.GetFiles

Trace.WriteLine(fiCur.Name)

Next fiCur

Ken

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hi NG

sorry for this maybe stupid question:
i have this construction:
----->>>> CUT ON <<<<<-----
Dim objFso As Object
Dim objFolder As Object
Dim objFile As Object

objFso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
objFolder = objFso.GetFolder("<mypath>")
For Each objFile In objFolder.Files
Console.WriteLine(objFile.Name)
Next
objFile = Nothing
objFolder = Nothing
objFso = Nothing
----->>>>> CUT OFF <<<<<----

so far, so good. but how can i get only
ONE filename - only the name of the
"first" file. i don't care about a special
order.

"Files" seems to be a collection
of "file-objects", so how can i
access only one item?

my guess would be anything like:
objFile = objFolder.Files.Item(1)
objFile = objFolder.Files(1)
objFile = objFolder.Files[1]
instead of the "for each next"-construction...
but - no success yet... :(

thanks for a short feedback
greetz, curtis