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Programming Talk / VB / VB.net - how to display directory structure using vb6 treeview control.

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re faze
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Posted: 26th Nov 2005 00:45
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pretty much summed up in the title.

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Posted: 26th Nov 2005 02:49
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Umm, did you put any effort into this? I don't have VB6 installed on this computer, but why don't you just use the directory list control?


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Posted: 26th Nov 2005 03:14
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tried this already but i want a tree view that shows files AND folders. additionally i want to know if i must use recursion to set the tree view up or, can i rather set the path of the tree to a directory and let the path seperator sort it out.

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Posted: 26th Nov 2005 03:33 Edited at: 26th Nov 2005 03:34
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similar to how netbeans displays filesystems

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Posted: 26th Nov 2005 08:55
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Amazing what you can find with a simple search engine.
http://www.vbip.com/miscellaneous/directory-info/dir-info-01.asp
http://www.vb2themax.com/ShowContent.aspx?ID=0f091b7c-6ef3-46fa-8d3b-243db1145a1c


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Posted: 26th Nov 2005 14:38
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Nice find, Phaelax, but he was asking for VB6, not VB.net. The treeview controls are a bit different. From what I understand, you have to go through the Windows API if you want to use a tree view control to show a directory tree.

@Greed, you may be able to find an ActiveX control that already does this. I haven't really searched for one. If all you need is a simple file / folder viewer, you could just use the common dialog control.


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Posted: 26th Nov 2005 19:11
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i am trying my hand at an ide, and im trying to make a filesystem browser like the ever so sexy ide netbeans, but I guess im going to have to do it recursively. oh well.

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Posted: 26th Nov 2005 21:16
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I imagine it would involve recursively populating the treeview. Try searching for a directory lister routine in VB6, it's easy to modify it to add treenodes instead of whatever the routine does.

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Posted: 28th Nov 2005 19:29
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oops, i just saw vb.net in the thread title and assumed. i think i'll just stick to the java threads.


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Posted: 28th Nov 2005 22:54
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speaking of java and the web, would syntax coloring be better done using css and a webbrowser gadget or trickery using richtext?

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Posted: 29th Nov 2005 22:13
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I've tried doing syntax highlighting in java using styled documents, and it was a huge headache. I wasn't that familiar with the classes anyway, but still was more work than I expected. I've attached my unfinished editor java project. You can take a look if you want to. I also have a class in there doing line numbering that wasn't implemented into the main project yet.


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while we are on the topic, can i draw directly on a richtext control or do i need to make some sort of overlay?

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