Store directory info and file info in generic list

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hello

in one of my application i want to show the directories, sub directories and files which is present in a remote computer through winforms. is ther any control to accomplish this ??

and also before populating it to a controll i would like to store the info of dir, subdir and files in list. i am working on custom list of classes but failed.. is ther any alternate solution for this ??

thank u

Posted 6-Apr-15 18:56pm

vikaskallidantheyil

Updated 6-Apr-15 18:58pm

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 7-Apr-15 1:29am

You cannot store anything to a generic list. Generic type is generic, if first can be instantiated into a complete type, and only a complete type can be instantiated into an object, type instance.
"But failed" is not informative. What have you tried so far?
—SA

vikaskallidantheyil 7-Apr-15 1:43am

sorry
i tried to create a class like this
public class Dir
{
List directoryinfo SubDirInfo;
List fileinfo FileInfo;
}
and i made a list of this
List dir Dirs;
but it traverse only one step.. i want the files and dirs in the subdir also...

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2015-04-06T20:03:00

In order to store subdirectories, you have to use the appropriate overload which reads all files, or arrange your Dir class to both store hierarchical information (by containing a list of Dir instances) and recursively parse the folders to build up the information.

However, you will not necessarily be able to access the remote files and folders anyway - only public shared folders are available under normal circumstances.