Option Strict On Public Class Form1 Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form #Region " Windows Form Designer generated code " Public Sub New() MyBase.New() 'This call is required by the Windows Form Designer. InitializeComponent() 'Add any initialization after the InitializeComponent() call End Sub 'Form overrides dispose to clean up the component list. Protected Overloads Overrides Sub Dispose(ByVal disposing As Boolean) If disposing Then If Not (components Is Nothing) Then components.Dispose() End If End If MyBase.Dispose(disposing) End Sub Friend WithEvents Button1 As System.Windows.Forms.Button Friend WithEvents FileSystemWatcher1 As System.IO.FileSystemWatcher Friend WithEvents ListBox1 As System.Windows.Forms.ListBox 'Required by the Windows Form Designer Private components As System.ComponentModel.Container 'NOTE: The following procedure is required by the Windows Form Designer 'It can be modified using the Windows Form Designer. 'Do not modify it using the code editor. Private Sub InitializeComponent() Me.Button1 = New System.Windows.Forms.Button() Me.ListBox1 = New System.Windows.Forms.ListBox() Me.FileSystemWatcher1 = New System.IO.FileSystemWatcher() CType(Me.FileSystemWatcher1, System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize).BeginInit() Me.SuspendLayout() ' 'Button1 ' Me.Button1.Font = New System.Drawing.Font("Verdana", 9.75!, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Regular, System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit.Point, CType(0, Byte)) Me.Button1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(80, 8) Me.Button1.Name = "Button1" Me.Button1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(256, 32) Me.Button1.TabIndex = 0 Me.Button1.Text = "Start Monitoring" ' 'ListBox1 ' Me.ListBox1.Font = New System.Drawing.Font("Verdana", 9.0!, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Regular, System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit.Point, CType(0, Byte)) Me.ListBox1.ItemHeight = 14 Me.ListBox1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(8, 56) Me.ListBox1.Name = "ListBox1" Me.ListBox1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(408, 186) Me.ListBox1.TabIndex = 1 ' 'FileSystemWatcher1 ' Me.FileSystemWatcher1.EnableRaisingEvents = True Me.FileSystemWatcher1.NotifyFilter = ((System.IO.NotifyFilters.FileName Or System.IO.NotifyFilters.DirectoryName) _ Or System.IO.NotifyFilters.LastWrite) Me.FileSystemWatcher1.Path = "C:\" Me.FileSystemWatcher1.SynchronizingObject = Me ' 'Form1 ' Me.AutoScaleBaseSize = New System.Drawing.Size(5, 13) Me.ClientSize = New System.Drawing.Size(424, 253) Me.Controls.AddRange(New System.Windows.Forms.Control() {Me.ListBox1, Me.Button1}) Me.Name = "Form1" Me.Text = "FileSystemWatcher Demo" CType(Me.FileSystemWatcher1, System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize).EndInit() Me.ResumeLayout(False) End Sub #End Region Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click If Button1.Text = "Start Monitoring" Then FileSystemWatcher1.EnableRaisingEvents = True Button1.Text = "Stop Monitoring" Else FileSystemWatcher1.EnableRaisingEvents = False Button1.Text = "Start Monitoring" End If End Sub Private Sub FileSystemWatcher1_Changed(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.IO.FileSystemEventArgs) Handles FileSystemWatcher1.Changed, FileSystemWatcher1.Created, FileSystemWatcher1.Deleted Select Case e.ChangeType Case IO.WatcherChangeTypes.Changed ListBox1.Items.Add("CHANGED" & vbTab & e.FullPath) Case IO.WatcherChangeTypes.Created ListBox1.Items.Add("CREATED" & vbTab & e.FullPath) Case IO.WatcherChangeTypes.Deleted ListBox1.Items.Add("DELETED " & vbTab & e.FullPath) End Select End Sub Private Sub FileSystemWatcher1_Renamed(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.IO.RenamedEventArgs) Handles FileSystemWatcher1.Renamed ListBox1.Items.Add("RENAMED" & vbTab & e.OldFullPath & " TO " & e.FullPath) End Sub Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load FileSystemWatcher1.Path = "c:\" FileSystemWatcher1.IncludeSubdirectories = False FileSystemWatcher1.Filter = "*.txt" FileSystemWatcher1.NotifyFilter = IO.NotifyFilters.CreationTime Or IO.NotifyFilters.LastWrite Or IO.NotifyFilters.LastAccess Or IO.NotifyFilters.FileName FileSystemWatcher1.EnableRaisingEvents = False End Sub Private Sub FileSystemWatcher1_Error(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.IO.ErrorEventArgs) Handles FileSystemWatcher1.Error If FileSystemWatcher1.EnableRaisingEvents Then FileSystemWatcher1.EnableRaisingEvents = False FileSystemWatcher1.InternalBufferSize = 2 * _ FileSystemWatcher1.InternalBufferSize FileSystemWatcher1.EnableRaisingEvents = True End If End Sub End Class