JComboBox and System Drive INFo

Hi all,
I would like to add my system drives(exa:- C:,D:,E: and mapped network drives ) to a combobox.SO , which method i should use to add all these at runtime.see,my network drives may change dynamically.so i need to add all these drives at run time only.this question is just like the "Look in:" item available in windows start menu -> find -> files & folders tabpage 1.


Thanks & Regards
Panda
EXIMSoft
Bangalore
rp_panda@blr.reliancesystems.com

[kannanbalu]

Hi,
The following should give you the system drives.

File[] roots = FileSystemView.getFileSystemView().getRoots();
for (int i = 0; i < roots.length; i++)
{
comboBoxinstance.addItem(roots[i]);
}

Good Luck.
Kannan

[shozi]

Can we differenciate between network drive (Mapped drive) and local drive (Hard Disk Drive)? You provide code for listing of all drives, but how about identification of both ?

[2MuchRiceMakesMeSick]

try this

   DriveInfo[] driveList = DriveInfo.GetDrives();

   // Loop through the list of drives

   foreach (DriveInfo drive in driveList)

   {

      // It's a HDD

      if (drive.DriveType == DriveType.Fixed)

      {

         treeDrives.Nodes.Add(drive.ToString(), drive.ToString(), 3);

      }

      // It's a CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, CD-RW, DVD+-RW or any other similar drive

      else if (drive.DriveType == DriveType.CDRom)

      {

         treeDrives.Nodes.Add(drive.ToString(), drive.ToString(), 0);

      }

      // It's a floppy drive

      else if (drive.DriveType == DriveType.Removable)

      {

         treeDrives.Nodes.Add(drive.ToString(), drive.ToString(), 2);

      }

      // It's a network drive

      else if (drive.DriveType == DriveType.Network)

      {

         treeDrives.Nodes.Add(drive.ToString(), drive.ToString(), 4);

      }

      // It's a RAM drive

      else if (drive.DriveType == DriveType.Ram)

      {

         treeDrives.Nodes.Add(drive.ToString(), drive.ToString(), 6);

      }

[gmrowe1075]

try this

   DriveInfo[] driveList = DriveInfo.GetDrives();

   // Loop through the list of drives

   foreach (DriveInfo drive in driveList)

   {

      // It's a HDD

      if (drive.DriveType == DriveType.Fixed)

      {

         treeDrives.Nodes.Add(drive.ToString(), drive.ToString(), 3);

      }

      // It's a CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, CD-RW, DVD+-RW or any other similar drive

      else if (drive.DriveType == DriveType.CDRom)

      {

         treeDrives.Nodes.Add(drive.ToString(), drive.ToString(), 0);

      }

      // It's a floppy drive

      else if (drive.DriveType == DriveType.Removable)

      {

         treeDrives.Nodes.Add(drive.ToString(), drive.ToString(), 2);

      }

      // It's a network drive

      else if (drive.DriveType == DriveType.Network)

      {

         treeDrives.Nodes.Add(drive.ToString(), drive.ToString(), 4);

      }

      // It's a RAM drive

      else if (drive.DriveType == DriveType.Ram)

      {

         treeDrives.Nodes.Add(drive.ToString(), drive.ToString(), 6);

      }

Not only was the question you answered 4 years old, the answer was not even in Java.