find files

[Lost User]

Why you didn't use my code ? (The first Comment ?) :confused: No offense , it's just a kind of discussion ... :rose: thank you ...

I know nothing , I know nothing ...

[Mike Devenney]

Yep. I use it in a homebaked app to catalog my picture collection.

Mike Devenney

[michaelgr1]

Hello, I tried many ways to do it (as you wrote and another ways) but in all of them it doesn't always find the file i need. For example if the starting path is the immediate folder that contains the file it works fine and finds the file, but when the starting patch is a higher (maybe 2-3 folder upper) it doesn't find this file (i write exactly the same name). It seems it doesn't enough time to the program to collect all the files names inside the folder. I did a little delay but it didn't help. This is my code: foreach (string d in Directory.GetDirectories(Start_dir)) { if (!d.Contains("Shared Documents")) { System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(200); foreach (string f in Directory.GetFiles(d)) { //MessageBox.Show(f); if (f.Contains(search)) { Process.Start(f); review_file_found = true; return; } } dirsearch(d, search); } }

[michaelgr1]

Or it even seems as it doesn't have enough memory to do this search. Because files (in directories) that are located in the "beginning of the list" it finds (and opens), But files that are located a little "deeper" in the list he can't file and even the application get stucked in such situations

[WinSolution]

If there is way so i can send you the project just replace the path, recompile, run the project. put expression and click on the button. list will be displayed. It is working on my PC.

[michaelgr1]

OK, You can send me it to michgr@nana.co.il thanks very much

[WinSolution]

here is it download it http://rapidshare.com/files/238592801/WindowsApplication1.rar.html[^]

[WinSolution]

i have sent a mail also to you i was in hurry so without subject

[michaelgr1]

OK thanks, I will try it and let you know

[michaelgr1]

Hi, The code you sent me works fine, but very very slow. My code works much faster: foreach (string d in Directory.GetDirectories(Start_dir)) { if (!d.Contains("Shared Documents") && !d.Contains("Anna") && !d.Contains("CE Group") && !d.Contains("DEF") && !d.Contains("DtReport") && !d.Contains("images") && !d.Contains("Lists") && !d.Contains("MMGBD") && !d.Contains("Site") && !d.Contains("SP Requests") && !d.Contains("STAM") && !d.Contains("Training") && !d.Contains("uptest") && !d.Contains("X5") && !d.Contains("X8") && !d.Contains("Form") && !d.Contains("Yonah")) { //System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(200); foreach (string f in Directory.GetFiles(d)) { //System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(200); //MessageBox.Show(f); m=f.Replace("\\"+"\\moss.ger.ith.intel.com\\sites\\MPGBD-03\\HAL\\PD\\",""); //MessageBox.Show(m); if (m.Contains(search1)) { MessageBox.Show("found"); //System.Net.WebClient client = new WebClient(); //client.UseDefaultCredentials = true; //client.DownloadFile(f, @"c:\\123.gif"); //Process.Start(@"c:\\123.gif"); //System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(500); //Process.Start(f); review_file_found = true; return; } } dirsearch(d, search1); } } The problem is that with this code (with the messagebox.show("found") it finds the file (the message appears). But when i usethe process.start and try to open the file or even to download it it seems as it doesn't see the file at all (some files it sees and some not). It seems as it doesn't enter the if condition at all (even don't do the - review_file_found=true because outside this method i check the status of the bool and show a messagebox says the file not