[DataFlowJoe]

Hi There,

I'm relatively new to vb .net coming from an Access VBA background. I'm wanting to become more familiar with creating and using classes.

I'm using a function to return an array of jpg image filenames that are found in a folder. I want to click a next and previous button to move through the array and dynamically show the jpg image in a picturebox. I am able to do this using global variables stored in a global module, what I would like to do is have this all working in an encapsulated class.

This is the code I'm using to call the function after a folder has been selected.....

	Private Sub btnOpenFolder_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnOpenFolder.Click
		Try

			'Create a new Open Dialog object to get our image folder
			Dim openDLG As New FolderBrowserDialog
			openDLG.Description = "Select the directory that you want to use As the default."
			openDLG.RootFolder = Environment.SpecialFolder.MyComputer
			openDLG.SelectedPath = "C:\Documents and Settings\Photos\images"
			If openDLG.ShowDialog = DialogResult.OK Then

				'then show the folder path selected and populate the array
				txtFolderPath.Text = openDLG.SelectedPath
			Dim extensions() As String = {"*.jpg"}
			Dim files() As FileInfo = GetFilesByExtensions(CStr(txtFolderPath.Text), extensions)

			End If


		Catch exc As Exception

			MessageBox.Show(exc.Message, " Error", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error)

		End Try
	End Sub 

This is the global function that populates the array....

	Public Function GetFilesByExtensions(ByVal strPath As String, ByVal colExtensions() As String) As FileInfo()
		' The collection we will be using to store the file information in
		Try
			Dim tmpCollection As New Collection

			' Loop through all the extensions and files, and add them to the collection.
			For Each strExtension As String In colExtensions
				For Each aFile As FileInfo In New DirectoryInfo(strPath).GetFiles(strExtension)
					tmpCollection.Add(aFile)
				Next
			Next

			' Variables to convert the collection to type FileInfo (more convenient to the programmer)
			Dim tmpFiles(tmpCollection.Count - 1) As FileInfo, i As Integer = 0

			' Loop through the collection and convert it into FileInfo
			For Each aFile As FileInfo In tmpCollection
				tmpFiles(i) = aFile
				i += 1
			Next

			' Return the files
			Return tmpFiles
		Catch exc As Exception

			MessageBox.Show(exc.Message, " Error", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error)

		End Try
	End Function

Thanks in advance for any help with this!

This post has been edited by DataFlowJoe: 06 December 2008 - 12:45 PM