files collection

[motte]

Hi,

I have a problem. I have a files collection. It holds all the files in a directory. I want to be able to only print out the first 5. I've tried to add the element numbers to the collection, but I get an error. Is there a way to access different elements in a collection w/o having to loop thru and see every one of them?

Mike

Below is the section of code that gives me problems. I can loop thru and print them all, but I don't want that.
############################################################
set array2=obfolder.Files

'This line here won't work. How can I access the first one?
response.write(&quot;<h2><b>&quot; & array2(0) & &quot;</b></h2>&quot

for each file in array2
response.write(&quot;<img src=graphics/&quot; & file.name & &quot; width=50 height=50 alt=&quot; & file.name &&quot;>&quot
response.write(file.name&&quot;<br>&quot
next
############################################################

 

[FengShui1998]

motte,

Did you DIM your array?

fengshui1998

 

[JohnYingling]

&quot;set array2=obfolder.Files&quot;
Array2 is not an array just beacuse you called it array. The SET causes it to be an object, in this case, a Files Collection. Collections are numbered from 1. That is why array2(0) fails.

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[motte]

Ok, I'm back. Here is a better version of it: (I do know calling something an array won't make it one. I read that the collection is returned in an array. So to make it simple, I just named it that.)
############################################################
dim array3()
dim totalpics
totalpics=0

for each file in array2
'array2 is the collection of filenames
redim array3(totalpics)
array3(totalpics)=file.name
totalpics=totalpics+1
next
response.write(&quot;<b>There are &quot; & totalpics & &quot; pictures in the directory</b><br>&quot

response.write(&quot;<h2><b>first element is &quot; & array3(0) & &quot; </b></h2>&quot
###########################################################
This almost works. The array3(0) doesn't display anything. but array3(143) does since there are 144 pics in the directory. This should make the first element equal to the first file in the collection, the second equal to the second, all the way to the last one. But no names appear for the elements, except the last one...any ideas?

Mike

 

[motte]

never mind. i figured it out.
thanks for the help anyways.
mike