new to programming/C#: what to learn to copy files

Question

Hello,

 

i am new to programming and want to start learning with  a specific project in mind.

we have excel files containing different  values in the same column on different rows.

 

The values in this column correspond (without the file extension which is mostly ".jpg") with actual files stored in a certain directory.

 

Now i would like to make something where a user has an interface in which he can:

-search and select an excel file where the values are in the first column

-specify the folder in which to search for the files

-a folder where the copied files need to go

-start button to start the program

-the program needs to check in the excel file every value in the first column, take the value and ad ".jpg" and ".png"

-copy all the files found in the specified directory that are equal to : "value"&".jpg" and "value"&".png" to the other specified folder

-when it's done specify to the user : the number of files moved and the values where no corresponding files were found.

 

Since i have no idea where to start, what should i look into to be able to :

-read out this excel file and use these values in the programming logic.

 

 Thank you very much!!!

 

grtz,

chris