FileExplorer

The FileExplorer node provides a set of functions to explore the content of the file system. It does not support any functionality to create/copy/move or delete entries. The FileExplorer node is included in the Importers Plugin.

Platform support

This node is supported on XR-Windows platform only.

Directory content representation

The listDirectoryContent field gets the full content of a directory path. It returns an stable. The table is empty if the provided path does not exist.

These are the columns in the table.

Code example

This is a code example for the FieldExplorer node.

<!-- first register plugin the create the FileExplorer -->

<plugin file="plugins\Importers\ImportersPlugin.dll" />

<FileExplorer name="dirInfo" />

<!-- list box to host the directory content -->

<ListBox2D name="directory" templateInfo="ListBox2D|directory" position="28 297" size="600 600" visible="true" items="" selectedIndex="0" active="true" />

<!-- some useful variables -->

<var name="filesTable" type="stable" />

<var name="dirPath" type="sstring" value="" />

<!-- initial set-up -->

<Command name="cmd_startup" execute="true">

<set name="dirPath.value" value="C:\" />

<execute command="cmd_listFiles" dirPath="[@dirPath.value]" />

</Command>

<!-- command to update the listbox with the content of the directory -->

<Command name="cmd_listFiles" args="dirPath=sstring">

<local name="files" type="stable" value="[@dirInfo.listDirectoryContent.execute([@%dirPath%])]" />

<set name="filesTable.value" value="[@%files%]" />

<local name="idx" type="sint" value="0" />

<local name="type" type="sstring" value="" />

<local name="val" type="sstring" value="" />

<local name="names" type="mstring" value="" />

<while condition="@%idx%@&lt;[@%files%.rows]" >

<set name="type" value="[@%files%.elementAtColumn([@%idx%],Type)]" />

<set name="val" value="[@%files%.elementAtColumn([@%idx%],Name)]" />

<modify name="names" op="add" value="[@%val%]" condition="[@%type%]==file" />

<modify name="names" op="add" value="\[[@%val%]\]" condition="[@%type%]==dir" />

<set name="idx" value="#[@%idx%]+1#" />

</while>

<set name="directory.items" value="[@%names%]" />

</Command>

FileExplorer fields

These are the fields for FileExplorer node. Only the node-specific fields are indicated, not fields obtained by inheritance.

Field inheritance: NodeBase > FileExplorer