FileListMBS.Close

There is no need to call this method except you want to free all resources of this object now without waiting for Xojo to do it for you.

FileListMBS.Constructor(filelist as FileListMBS, index as Integer, WinFilter as string = "", SkipMode as Integer = 0)

Var f1 as new FileListMBS(SpecialFolder.UserHome)
'MsgBox f1.path

// search first index of a visible folder
Var IndexOfDirectory as integer = 0
while f1.Directory(IndexOfDirectory) = false or f1.Visible(IndexOfDirectory) = false
  IndexOfDirectory = IndexOfDirectory + 1
wend

// list that folder
Var f2 as new FileListMBS(f1, IndexOfDirectory)
'MsgBox f2.path

// show first file and path
MsgBox f2.Name(0)+EndOfLine+f2.ItemPath(0)

If count is 0 after the contrustor the folder is invalid or empty.
On Windows the WinFilter allows you to pass a custom filter like "*.txt" to only find some files there.

SkipMode, added in version 20.1, allows you to skip some files from being part of the file list. Please use BitwiseOr() to combine Skip flags, e.g. BitwiseOr(SkipHidden, SkipFolders) returns only visible files.

See also:

• Constructor
• Constructor(folder as folderitem, WinFilter as string = "", SkipMode as Integer = 0)
• Constructor(Path as String, WinFilter as string = "", SkipMode as Integer = 0)

FileListMBS.Constructor(folder as folderitem, WinFilter as string = "", SkipMode as Integer = 0)

If count is 0 after the contrustor the folder is invalid or empty.
On Windows the WinFilter allows you to pass a custom filter like "*.txt" to only find some files there.

SkipMode, added in version 20.1, allows you to skip some files from being part of the file list. Please use BitwiseOr() to combine Skip flags, e.g. BitwiseOr(SkipHidden, SkipFolders) returns only visible files.

See also:

• Constructor
• Constructor(filelist as FileListMBS, index as Integer, WinFilter as string = "", SkipMode as Integer = 0)
• Constructor(Path as String, WinFilter as string = "", SkipMode as Integer = 0)

FileListMBS.Constructor(Path as String, WinFilter as string = "", SkipMode as Integer = 0)

If count is 0 after the contrustor the directory path is invalid or empty.
On Windows the WinFilter allows you to pass a custom filter like "*.txt" to only find some files there.

SkipMode, added in version 20.1, allows you to skip some files from being part of the file list. Please use BitwiseOr() to combine Skip flags, e.g. BitwiseOr(SkipHidden, SkipFolders) returns only visible files.

See also:

• Constructor
• Constructor(filelist as FileListMBS, index as Integer, WinFilter as string = "", SkipMode as Integer = 0)
• Constructor(folder as folderitem, WinFilter as string = "", SkipMode as Integer = 0)

FileListMBS.CreationDateTime(index as integer, UTC as boolean) as DateTime

Either in UTC time zone or in local time zone.
Raises an exception if index is out of bounds. Index is zero based.