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File names input to List Views

 
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File names input to List Views
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1 Oct, 2008 - 02:51 PM
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Hi, I am new to using C# but sadly quite stuck.

I'm trying to populate a column in my list view with the name of any selected files which the user has picked from within a dialog box.

Currently I can get the name of the file to be input to a label but not in to any of the columns in the list view.

I have used the following code to add to the label:



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OpenFileDialog opensinglefile_dr = new OpenFileDialog();
opensinglefile_dr.ShowDialog();

label1.Text = opensinglefile_dr.FileName;


I have tried replacing the lastline from above, which puts the name in to the label with:

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fileinfoViewer.filename.Text = opensinglefile_dr.FileName;


I thought it would be [listview name].[column header name].Text = dialog box but this doesn't work.

Any suggestions at all?

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RE: File Names Input To List Views
1 Oct, 2008 - 03:16 PM
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When looking to change the text in an item in a ListView in a specific column you need to be looking into the SubItem property. Here's an example. I put a ListView on a form, set it's view to View.Details (that shows column headers, etc), I then created two ListViewItems and added SubItems to them. At the end I changed the text of the second column in the first row by using ListView1.Items(0).SubItems(1).Text = "Hello". Here's the example:

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private void Form2_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
ListView1.View = View.Details;
ListViewItem item1 = new ListViewItem("item1");
item1.SubItems.Add("Item 1");
item1.SubItems.Add("Item 2");


ListViewItem item2 = new ListViewItem("item2");
item2.SubItems.Add("Item 1");
item2.SubItems.Add("Item 2");

ListView1.Columns.Add("Column 1");
ListView1.Columns.Add("Column 2");

ListView1.Items.AddRange(new ListViewItem[] {item1, item2});
ListView1.Items[0].SubItems[1].Text = "Hello";
}


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4 Oct, 2008 - 09:44 AM
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Thanks for the reply there. I was able to understand part of what you meant and used the following line to get the dialog box to add text to the first column in the list view.


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fileinfoViewer.Items.Add(openSingleFile.FileName);




The problem I have now encountered is that this does not just add the name of the file but the path to the file as well so it adds:

C:\New Folder\TestImport.doc

When all I want to add is:

TestImport.doc

I've tried using all sorts of things as well like:

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string fileNameOnly = System.IO.Path.GetFileName(openSingleFile);
fileinfoViewer.Items.Add(fileNameOnly);



I can't get anything at all to work though, I just keep getting error/debug messages no matter what I try. This is only the start of my problems as well!

Anything at all to point me in the right direction would be a great help!
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4 Oct, 2008 - 03:04 PM
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Simple. Rather than using FullName, just use Name

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Example:
openSingleFile.Name
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