[Stephen68]

Hello...

I'm using getfiles() to help me grab all the files of a type from a directory. I have a combobox
that lets a user pick the first two letter of the file name. The problem I'm having is that some
files have upper case for first two chars some have lower case or a combination of both. So I was
wondering if somebody could point me in the direction on where I can find out how to make the first
2 chars upper.

Here is the code I'm using in the getfiles()

 fileNames = Directory.GetFiles(dirLocation, product.SelectedItem + ".rlt");

Thanks for your time in helping me

Stpehen

[modi123_1]

You know the string namespace has a 'to upper' and 'to lower' method, right? Combine that with the substring method and you should be there (assuming you convert your user's input into a similar fashion of 'to upper' or 'to lower').

<string name>.Substring(0, 2).ToUpper()

[AthenaDX]

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/312890

Is this what you're looking for? Converting to uppercase?

Edit: Darn that Modi and beatin' me to it.

This post has been edited by AthenaDX: 16 November 2012 - 08:23 AM

[Skydiver]

If you are running on a Windows platform, the Directory.GetFiles() is going to be case insensitive anyway, so it doesn't matter if product.SelectedItem is upper case, lower case, or some combination of upper and lower case.

[Stephen68]

Ya just found this out thanks for the good info. guys
My big problem was I had to down wrong, it was

fileNames = Directory.GetFiles(dirLocation, product.SelectedItem + ".rlt");

and it should of been

fileNames = Directory.GetFiles(dirLocation, product.SelectedItem + "*.rlt");

again thanks so much for your input, I read the link and learned something as well.

Cheers!
Stephen