Code to search the pdf file

Nikhil Kumar

4y814C#

What code should be written so that the all pdf file can be searched on that drive and shows the preview in the same form.

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Vishal Yelve4y ago

Accepted answer

List filePathList = new List();
foreach (DriveInfo drive in DriveInfo.GetDrives())
{
    try
    {
        var filenames = Directory.EnumerateFiles(drive.Name, "*.pdf", SearchOption.AllDirectories);
        foreach (string fileName in filenames)
        {
            filePathList.Add(fileName);
        }
    }
    catch (FieldAccessException ex)
    {

        //Log, handle Exception
    }
    catch (UnauthorizedAccessException ex)
    {
        //Log, handle Exception
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        //log , handle all other exceptions
    }
}

This will retrieve all the PDF files from drive