Question

So I followed MS article http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms171645.aspx

This is Creating an Explorer Style Interface with the ListView and TreeView Controls Using the Designer.

Right now it loads up a tree view on the left with folders, and then on the rigth it shows the list view.

Now when i select a folder or file on the right hand pane, I would like to get the full file path. Howerver, when I do the listview.selectIndex[0], it only provides me the name. I belive this is becuase the path is being dirrived from the left hand tree view.

Does this make sense? What i want to accomplish is to select the file and it provide me the full path.

Suggestions?

Answer 1

when I do the listview.selectIndex[0], it only provides me the name. I belive this is becuase the path is being dirrived from the left hand tree view.

Correct. You need to combine the path from the TreeView control with the name of the item in the ListView control.

Sample code (where TreeView1 is your left-hand TreeView control, and ListView1 is your right-hand ListView control):

String GetSelectedItemPath()
{
    String path = String.Empty;

    // See if a node is selected in the TreeView
    TreeNode selectedNode = TreeView1.SelectedNode;
    if (selectedNode != null)
    {
        // Also check that an item is selected in the ListView
        ListViewItem item = ListView1.SelectedItems[0];
        if (item != null)
        {
            // Build the full path to the selected item.
            path = selectedNode.FullPath + TreeView1.PathSeparator + item.Text;
        }
    }

    return path;
}