Using a TreeView to display the directory structure
Imports System Imports System.Drawing Imports System.Windows.Forms Imports System.IO Public Class MainClass Shared Sub Main() Dim myform As Form = New FrmTreeViewDirectory() Application.Run(myform) End Sub ' Main End Class Public Class FrmTreeViewDirectory Inherits Form #Region " Windows Form Designer generated code " Public Sub New() MyBase.New() 'This call is required by the Windows Form Designer. InitializeComponent() 'Add any initialization after the InitializeComponent() 'call End Sub 'Form overrides dispose to clean up the component list. Protected Overloads Overrides Sub Dispose(ByVal disposing As Boolean) If Disposing Then If Not (components Is Nothing) Then components.Dispose() End If End If MyBase.Dispose(Disposing) End Sub ' contains view of c: drive directory structure Friend WithEvents treDirectory As System.Windows.Forms.TreeView 'Required by the Windows Form Designer Private components As System.ComponentModel.Container 'NOTE: The following procedure is required by the Windows Form Designer 'It can be modified using the Windows Form Designer. 'Do not modify it using the code editor. <System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThrough()> Private Sub InitializeComponent() Me.treDirectory = New System.Windows.Forms.TreeView() Me.SuspendLayout() ' 'treDirectory ' Me.treDirectory.Dock = System.Windows.Forms.DockStyle.Fill Me.treDirectory.ImageIndex = -1 Me.treDirectory.Name = "treDirectory" Me.treDirectory.SelectedImageIndex = -1 Me.treDirectory.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(296, 293) Me.treDirectory.TabIndex = 0 ' 'FrmTreeViewDirectory ' Me.AutoScaleBaseSize = New System.Drawing.Size(5, 13) Me.ClientSize = New System.Drawing.Size(296, 293) Me.Controls.AddRange(New System.Windows.Forms.Control() {Me.treDirectory}) Me.Name = "FrmTreeViewDirectory" Me.Text = "TreeViewDirectoryStructure" Me.ResumeLayout(False) End Sub #End Region Public Sub PopulateTreeView(ByVal directoryValue As String, _ ByVal parentNode As TreeNode) Try Dim directoryArray As String() = Directory.GetDirectories(directoryValue) If directoryArray.Length <> 0 Then Dim currentDirectory As String For Each currentDirectory In directoryArray Dim myNode As TreeNode = New TreeNode(currentDirectory) parentNode.Nodes.Add(myNode) ' PopulateTreeView(currentDirectory, myNode) Next End If Catch unauthorized As UnauthorizedAccessException parentNode.Nodes.Add("Access Denied") End Try End Sub Private Sub FrmTreeViewDirectory_Load(ByVal sender As Object, _ ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load treDirectory.Nodes.Add("C:") PopulateTreeView("C:\", treDirectory.Nodes(0)) End Sub End Class