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Method

Xojo.IO.FolderItem.Children(resolveAlias As Boolean = True) As Xojo.Core.Iterable

Supported for all project types and targets.

Returns an iterator which can be used with a For Each...Next loop to go through all the files in a folder.

Parameters

Value	Description
resolveAlias	If True and the child FolderItem returned points to an alias or shortcut, it will resolve to the actual file or folder.

Exceptions

• RuntimeException if the FolderItem is not a folder.

Sample Code

Get all the files in the Documents folder and add their names to an array:

Using Xojo.IO
Var docs As FolderItem
docs = SpecialFolder.Documents

Var files() As Text
For Each f As FolderItem In docs.Children
files.AddRow(f.Name)
Next