BrowseAll(IDirectoryContents2,Boolean) Method

Enumerates subdirectories and files in the given directory, recursively.

Syntax

[Extension()]
[ElementsNotNull()]
[NotNull()]
public static IEnumerable<FileSystemNodeTreePosition> BrowseAll( 
   IDirectoryContents2 directoryContents2,
   bool includeFiles
)

[Extension()]
[ElementsNotNull()]
[NotNull()]
public:
static IEnumerable<FileSystemNodeTreePosition^>^ BrowseAll( 
   IDirectoryContents2^ directoryContents2,
   bool includeFiles
)

'Declaration
 
<ExtensionAttribute()>
<ElementsNotNullAttribute()>
<NotNullAttribute()>
Public Overloads Shared Function BrowseAll( _
   ByVal directoryContents2 As IDirectoryContents2, _
   ByVal includeFiles As Boolean _
) As IEnumerable(Of FileSystemNodeTreePosition)

'Usage
 
Dim directoryContents2 As IDirectoryContents2
Dim includeFiles As Boolean
Dim value As IEnumerable(Of FileSystemNodeTreePosition)
 
value = IDirectoryContents2Extension.BrowseAll(directoryContents2, includeFiles)

Parameters

directoryContents2: The directory contents object that will perform the operation.
includeFiles: Specifies whether to include file objects in the returned tree.

Return Value

Returns a sequence of directories and files.

Exceptions

Exception Description

Exception	Description
System.ArgumentNullException	A `null` reference (`Nothing` in Visual Basic) is passed to a method that does not accept it as a valid argument. This is a usage error, i.e. it will never occur (the exception will not be thrown) in a correctly written program. Your code should not catch this exception.

System.ArgumentNullException

A null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) is passed to a method that does not accept it as a valid argument.

This is a usage error, i.e. it will never occur (the exception will not be thrown) in a correctly written program. Your code should not catch this exception.

Requirements

Target Platforms: .NET Framework: Windows 10 (selected versions), Windows 11 (selected versions), Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2022; .NET: Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows

Reference

IDirectoryContents2Extension Class
IDirectoryContents2Extension Members
Overload List

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