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Translate 6 lines of code to C#?

I'm good at programming AutoHotkey scripts. I'm learning C#. Could someone translate this snippet of code to C# for me?

  objShell := ComObjCreate("Shell.Application")
  objFolder := objShell.Namespace(TargetFolder . "\")

  i := 0
  loop, 30
  {
    Tstr := objFolder.GetDetailsOf(objFolder.Items, i)
    <write Tstr to console>
  }

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Carl Tawn

Not being familiar with AutoHotKeys myself, maybe you could explain what the code is doing?

DOTNET_GURU

objShell = new ComObjCreate("Shell.Application");
objFolder = objShell.Namespace("TargetFolder");

for (int i=0;i<30;i++)
{
Tstr = objFolder.GetDetailsOf(objFolder.Items, i);
Console.WriteLine("You Output : " + Tstr);
}

Carl Tawn

Yeah, I think it's going to take a little more than just changing it to look a little more like C# syntax!!

mac-will

You are printing the contents of a directory to the console?

[NOTE: using System.IO;]


            DirectoryInfo source = new DirectoryInfo(@"\");
            foreach (DirectoryInfo diSourceSubDir in source.GetDirectories())
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Directory: " + diSourceSubDir.Name);
            }

            foreach (FileInfo fi in source.GetFiles())
            {
                Console.WriteLine("File: " + fi.Name);
            }

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deleyd

ASKER

OK I see I need to give a bit more of what I'm trying to do. In Windows File Explorer it lists various attributes for a file. Under VIEW -> CHOOSE DETAILS there's an extensive list of things I can list about a file, such as if it's a music file I can list the 'Album', 'Artists', 'Title', 'Comments', 'Year', etc.

I can get this info from Shell32 (C:\Windows\System32\shell32.dll). The AutoHotkey script above does this using a COM interface.

I bet there's a better way in C# since COM is sort of old and going obsolete from what I've been reading lately.

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deleyd

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Super! (thought I already said "Super!". Surprised to see question is still open. OK I'll say "Super!" again. See if it works this time.)