Generate listbox from file folder

[sheena]

Help!!! Is there a way to generate a listbox from a folder of pdfs that will generate the list and make them clickable to lauch each individual pdf from clicking the name of the file?

[Desrat]

--code to find pdf files and populate listbox
--place in a button or onshow of page

--Purge listbox of all previous data
ListBox.DeleteItem("Name Of Listbox", LB_ALLITEMS);

--find all pdf files in the folder
tblPDF = File.Find("C:\\Path To Folder", "*.pdf", false, false, nil, nil);

--ensure there was a result and continue
if (tblPDF) then 

	--loop to step through table adding items to listbox
	for i, v in tblPDF do
	
	--split file path so we can get the file name
	tblSplit = String.SplitPath(tblPDF[i]);
	
	--add filename as text and filepath as data
	ListBox.AddItem("Name Of Listbox", tblSplit.Filename, tblPDF[i]);
	end
	
	
--no pdf files found
else Dialog.Message("Notice", "No PDF files found", MB_OK);

end

--code for on click event of listbox
--get selected item
tblSelected = ListBox.GetSelected("Name Of Listbox");

--ensure there is a valid selection
if (tblSelected) then 

--get data for selected item i.e the file path
strFilePath = ListBox.GetItemData("Name Of Listbox", tblSelected[1]);

	--ensure no errors
	if strFilePath == "" then
	Dialog.Message("Notice", "No filepath found", MB_OK);
	
	--no error so open file
	else File.Open(strFilePath, "", SW_SHOWNORMAL);
	
	end
	
--no listbox item selected
else Dialog.Message("Notice", "No Item selected", MB_OK);

end

[sebalius]

Will this work for you ?
Regards
sebalius

[DaSoulRed]

I use this code and the Apz runs just fine... but i need to use this path "c:\\somedir\\otherdir" and when i use my hard drive i cant populate the files to the list box why is that any one can helpme a Byte.

myCategory = "PDFfiles"; --set the name to your own folder

bFound = Folder.DoesExist("AutoPlay\\Docs\\"..myCategory);

if bFound == true then

tFiles = File.Find("AutoPlay\\Docs\\"..myCategory, "*", false, false, nil, nil);

if tFiles then

ListBox.DeleteItem("ListBox1", -1); -- clears the previous choice

for i,sFilePath in pairs(tFiles) do
tFileParts = String.SplitPath(sFilePath); -- this breaks everypart of the filepath
sFileName = tFileParts.Filename; -- this one is the Filename only
sFileExtension = tFileParts.Extension; -- this one is File Extension only
sFullFileName = sFileName..sFileExtension; -- concatenate
ListBox.AddItem("ListBox1", sFileName, sFilePath); -- add to the ListBox
end

end

end

[DaSoulRed]

I Just Bumb it...

About populate a listbox from hard drive using C:\\pathhere\\somefolder

http://www.indigorose.com/forums/thr...ht=#post179470

[Cybergraph]

Why you use a sub-path of the application ("AutoPlay\\Docs\\"..) if you instead need the path "c:\\somedir\\otherdir" ?

The code you posted works fine, but you are making confusion with file paths.

[DaSoulRed]

I want to populate from "c:\\somedir\\otherdir but does not work... any example will help...


THANKS AND ENJOY LIFE... ANY HOW...

[mikeln]

my_docs_path = _DesktopFolder.."\\screens\\";
--or in your example my_docs_path = "c:\\somedir\\otherdir\\"
-- Search the user's My Documents folder for the text files.
search_resultsb = File.Find(my_docs_path, "*.txt", true, false, nil, nil);
for index, pathb in search_resultsb do
ListBox.AddItem("ListBox1", pathb, "")
end
else

end