Populate TreeView with file system directory structure
i am new with Nodes here.. :) i came up with this algorithm but it only shows the list of parent nodes.. like this..
a
a.txt
b
c
c
m
n
b
o
p
etc...
i want the next node will be put in one of the node inside the previous node.. so it will come up like this..
a
a.txt
b
o
p
c
m
n
etc...
i have some ideas in mind but i can implement it to codes.. :) any help please..
private void ListDirectory(TreeView treeView, String path)
{
Stack<string> stack = new Stack<string>();
TreeNode DirFilesCollection = new TreeNode();
stack.Push(path);
while (stack.Count > 0)
{
string dir = stack.Pop();
try
{
List<String> parentDir = new List<string>();
parentDir.AddRange(Directory.GetFiles(dir, "*.*"));
parentDir.AddRange(Directory.GetDirectories(dir));
DirectoryInfo d = new DirectoryInfo(dir);
TreeNode TParent = new TreeNode(d.Name);
foreach (String s in parentDir)
{
FileInfo f = new FileInfo(s);
TreeNode subItems = new TreeNode(f.Name);
TParent.Nodes.Add(subItems);
}
DirFilesCollection.Nodes.Add(TParent);
foreach (string dn in Directory.GetDirectories(dir))
{
stack.Push(dn);
}
}
catch
{}
}
Action clearTreeView = () => treeView.Nodes.Clear();
this.Invoke(clearTreeView);
Action showTreeView = () => treeView.Nodes.Add(DirFilesCollection);
this.Invoke(showTreeView);
}
Solution 1:
Option #1: Recursive approach:
private void ListDirectory(TreeView treeView, string path)
{
treeView.Nodes.Clear();
var rootDirectoryInfo = new DirectoryInfo(path);
treeView.Nodes.Add(CreateDirectoryNode(rootDirectoryInfo));
}
private static TreeNode CreateDirectoryNode(DirectoryInfo directoryInfo)
{
var directoryNode = new TreeNode(directoryInfo.Name);
foreach (var directory in directoryInfo.GetDirectories())
directoryNode.Nodes.Add(CreateDirectoryNode(directory));
foreach (var file in directoryInfo.GetFiles())
directoryNode.Nodes.Add(new TreeNode(file.Name));
return directoryNode;
}
Option #2: Non-recursive approach:
private static void ListDirectory(TreeView treeView, string path)
{
treeView.Nodes.Clear();
var stack = new Stack<TreeNode>();
var rootDirectory = new DirectoryInfo(path);
var node = new TreeNode(rootDirectory.Name) { Tag = rootDirectory };
stack.Push(node);
while (stack.Count > 0)
{
var currentNode = stack.Pop();
var directoryInfo = (DirectoryInfo)currentNode.Tag;
foreach (var directory in directoryInfo.GetDirectories())
{
var childDirectoryNode = new TreeNode(directory.Name) { Tag = directory };
currentNode.Nodes.Add(childDirectoryNode);
stack.Push(childDirectoryNode);
}
foreach (var file in directoryInfo.GetFiles())
currentNode.Nodes.Add(new TreeNode(file.Name));
}
treeView.Nodes.Add(node);
}