{"id":11264,"date":"2024-03-14T13:42:46","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T13:42:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-can-i-read-the-file-names-in-a-folder-using-vb\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T09:36:31","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T09:36:31","slug":"how-can-i-read-the-file-names-in-a-folder-using-vb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-can-i-read-the-file-names-in-a-folder-using-vb\/","title":{"rendered":"VB Read Folder File Names: Quick Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In VB, you can use the Directory.GetFiles method to retrieve the file names from a specified folder. Here is an example code:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">Imports<\/span> System.IO\r\n\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">Module<\/span> Module1\r\n\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">Sub<\/span> Main()\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">Dim<\/span> folderPath <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">As<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-type\">String<\/span> = <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"C:\\Users\\Username\\Documents\\TestFolder\"<\/span>\r\n\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-comment\">'\u83b7\u53d6\u6587\u4ef6\u5939\u4e0b\u7684\u6240\u6709\u6587\u4ef6\u540d<\/span>\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">Dim<\/span> files() <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">As<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-type\">String<\/span> = Directory.GetFiles(folderPath)\r\n\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">For<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">Each<\/span> file <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">As<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-type\">String<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">In<\/span> files\r\n            Console.WriteLine(file)\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">Next<\/span>\r\n\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">End<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">Sub<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">End<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">Module<\/span>\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In the above example, we begin by importing the System.IO namespace. 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