Question

I would like to populate my ListBox with whatever items there is in the specific path.

string path = @"C:\users\test\desktop";

So whatever items there are on my desktop, the listbox should have those items in it.

I tried making the ListBox1.ItemSource = path , but all that does is it writes the path to the listbox :(.

Any suggestions or help.

Thanks

Answer 1

Take a look at this article. Specifically, these sections:

Once you setup your project properties, open the XAML file and add a Button called “Read File” and attach a Click_Event to it. We will also add a ListBox, so that we can display the text content inside it. Here is the code snippet of the same:

<UserControl x:Class="FileAccessDemo.MainPage"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml">

    <StackPanel x:Name="LayoutRoot" Background="White">
        <Button Width="150" Height="26" Content="Read File" Click="Button_Click"/>
        <ListBox x:Name="lstContent"/>
    </StackPanel>
</UserControl>

Now we need to implement the Click event logic for the Button. To do this, go to the code behind file and write your own logic to read any file present in your system. In our example, we will use the System.IO.File class and read the hosts file. Then we will add the content in our ListBox.

Here is the code implementation:

private void Button_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
    string fileContent = File.ReadAllText(@"c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts");
    lstContent.Items.Add(fileContent);
}

Just call the File.ReadAllText() method and pass the complete file path as the parameter. This will read the content and store it in a local variable called fileContent. Now add the content to our ListBox.