by Hari Reddy (5 Submissions)
Category: Miscellaneous
Compatability: VB 6.0
Difficulty: Unknown Difficulty
Originally Published: Thu 13th December 2001
Date Added: Mon 8th February 2021
Rating: 
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Code to create entire file system as XML File in VB.NET
VBcoders
Imports System
Imports System.IO
Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic.Compatibility.VB6.FileSystem
Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic.Compatibility.VB6
Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic
Module General
Dim g_oWriter As New MSXML2.MXXMLWriter() 'create instance of xml writer object
Public Sub Main()
Dim sPath As String
Call FindSubFolders("c:\")
If g_oWriter.output <> "" Then Call CreateFile()
MsgBox("File Has Been Created", MsgBoxStyle.Information, "Done")
g_oWriter.output = vbNullString
g_oWriter = Nothing
End Sub
Private Function FindSubFolders(ByVal sPath_In As String) As Boolean
Dim oDirs() As Directory
Dim oFolder As Directory
Dim sPath As String
Dim lDirCnt As Long
Try
oDirs = system.IO.Directory.GetDirectoriesInDirectory(sPath_In)
If oDirs.Length > 0 Then g_oWriter.startElement_2("", "Directory", "Directory", Nothing)
For Each oFolder In oDirs
With g_oWriter
.startElement_2("", "D" & CStr(lDirCnt), "D" & CStr(lDirCnt), Nothing)
.characters_2(oFolder.ToString)
.endElement_2("", "D" & CStr(lDirCnt), "D" & CStr(lDirCnt))
End With
Call FindFiles(oFolder.ToString)
sPath_In = oFolder.ToString
Call FindSubFolders(sPath_In)
lDirCnt = lDirCnt + 1
Next
If oDirs.Length > 0 Then g_oWriter.endElement_2("", "Directory", "Directory")
Catch
End Try
FindSubFolders = True
End Function
Private Sub FindFiles(ByVal sPath_In As String)
Dim oFiles() As File
Dim oFile As File
Dim lFileCnt As Long
Try
oFiles = System.IO.Directory.GetFilesInDirectory(sPath_In)
'Create filename element
If oFiles.Length > 0 Then g_oWriter.startElement_2("", "FileName", "FileName", Nothing)
For Each oFile In oFiles
With g_oWriter
.startElement_2("", "F" & CStr(lFileCnt), "F" & CStr(lFileCnt), Nothing)
.characters_2(oFile.ToString)
.endElement_2("", "F" & CStr(lFileCnt), "F" & CStr(lFileCnt))
End With
lFileCnt = lFileCnt + 1
Next
If oFiles.Length > 0 Then g_oWriter.endElement_2("", "FileName", "FileName")
Catch
End Try
End Sub
Private Function CreateFile() As Boolean
open(1, "c:\directory.xml", OpenMode.Output)
Print(1, g_oWriter.output)
close(1)
End Function
End Module
