display a file list to enable downloading

[Paul Wilson]

How do i display the list of files in a particular directory (only the file
name), in a grid or similar control, with hyperlinks to be able to download
those files.

Regards,
Paul

 

[Guest]

Hi Paul,

U can use the DirectoryInfo.GetFiles() method to get the list of files in the directory and then bind the result to a datagrid. Here's some sample code:

//to be put in the codebehind file
DirectoryInfo di=new DirectoryInfo("C:\\");
FileInfo[] fi=di.GetFiles();
DataGrid1.DataSource=fi;
DataGrid1.DataBind();

//in the aspx file
<aspataGrid id="DataGrid1" runat="server" AutoGenerateColumns=false>
<Columns>
<asp:BoundColumn HeaderText="Name" DataField="Name"/>
<asp:BoundColumn HeaderText="Date Created" DataField ="CreationTime" />
</Columns>
</aspataGrid>