I want to make a function that will search c:\ for doc files and show them in list view(2 collums one for the name of document and the other for directory info of the document)
exemple

blabla.doc C:\documents

Hi.

this is a recursive function that search in a specified path.
it returns an arrayList of paths, you can put it in a listbox after.
see that you don't have UnauthorizedAccessException.

calling the function:


Dim results As ArrayList = searchDirectory("c:\", "*.doc")

Private Function searchDirectory(ByVal path As String, ByVal filetype As String) As ArrayList
        Dim arr As New ArrayList

        Dim dirs As String() = Directory.GetDirectories(path)
        Dim dir As String
        For Each dir In dirs
            arr.AddRange(searchDirectory(dir, filetype))
        Next

        Dim files As String() = Directory.GetFiles(path, filetype)
        Dim file As String
        For Each file In files
            arr.Add(file)
        Next
        Return arr
    End Function




hope it helps.

yeah helped thank you very much