Populate combobox from contents of folder

[gobblegob]

hi guys,

I would like to populate a combobox list with the contents of a folder which contains text files , which will later be opened.

Thanks in advanced for any help :)

Gobble.

[debasisdas]

Kindly post what you have tried.

NOTE: Try to use Filelistbox for the purpose.

[gobblegob]

Kindly post what you have tried.

NOTE: Try to use Filelistbox for the purpose.

Well i couldnt work how to add all folder contents to a combobox, But i did workout another way to do what i need.

    Dim combolist As String
    Combo1.Clear
    Open "c:\list\listpop.txt" For Input As #1
    Do While EOF(1) = False
    Line Input #1, combolist
    Combo1.AddItem combolist
    Loop
  Close #1

[debasisdas]

Does the text file contains the list of files in the folder.

[jamesd0142]

This is vb.net code:

 Private Sub load()
        ComboBox1.Items.Clear()
        ComboBox1.Text = Nothing
        'Dim startpath As String = "C:\a"
        Dim myfolder As DirectoryInfo = New DirectoryInfo(startpath & "\")
 
        'get all file in folder with .txt extension
        Dim strFiles() As FileInfo = myfolder.GetFiles("*.txt")
 
        'for each file add to combobox
        For Each myItem As FileInfo In strFiles
            ComboBox1.Items.Add(myItem)
        Next
    End Sub