Virtual file-view (tree and list)

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To retrieve files from a directory on your hard drive use the FindAllFiles function that has been posted here in the forum.

To store the content I would suggest that your write your own Class and/or Object structure, which represents a hierarchial structure (like in a 'Tree'). For example, you write a class called "TFolder" containing a List (e.g. a StringList) of a files you have in it and then you have a seperate List of "SubFolders" (TObjectList containing other TFolder instances for example). Using the List-Classes you can easily switch items between single instances of TFolder.

The easiest way to display those element would be (as seen in your screenshot) to have a tree containing just the folders on the left, and then a list that contains all elements (files & folders) from the selected or the root Folder on the left.

When using TTreeView you have to replicate the tree-like structure from your classes (here TFolder). You create a TTreeNode for each TFolder object by using TreeView.Items.AddChild Use the "Parent" Parameter of this method to represent the hierarchial structure of TFolder.

Greets,