VB.NET listview move files shown in the listview box

Question

I have a folder(1) that will fill up with files and those files will show in the ListViewBox with a checkbox next to it. I am trying to figure out that when Button1 is pressed and the checkbox next to the file name is checked, it will move that file to the next folder(2). (The idea is that there could be 10 files in the folder1 and the user could choose which files to move to folder2).

I am struggling to get the For Each loop working for me using ListView . I have tried using My.Computer.Filesystem.Move and IO.File.Move , but I am having a hard time tying them file name which changes with every file to the checked item in the listview box. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Here is my code:

Public Class Form1
    Public MySource As String = "C:\DataEntryTest\LogFiles\"

    Private Sub ListView1_SelectedIndexChanged(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles ListView1.SelectedIndexChanged

    End Sub

    Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
        Dim folderinfo As IO.DirectoryInfo = New IO.DirectoryInfo(MySource)
        ListView1.FullRowSelect = True
        ListView1.CheckBoxes = True

        With ListView1
            .Clear()
            .View = View.Details
            .Columns.Add("Name", 150)

            For Each myFile As IO.FileInfo In folderinfo.GetFiles
                Dim myListItem As ListViewItem = New ListViewItem(myFile.Name)
                .Items.Add(myListItem)
            Next
        End With
    End Sub

    Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click

    End Sub
End Class

Answer 1

In your button click event handler, loop through the CheckedItems collection, then move the file from the source directory to the target directory and append the correct file extension.

Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
    For Each itemChecked As Object In ListView1.CheckedItems
        Dim itemName As String = itemChecked.ToString()
        File.Move(Path.Combine(MySource, itemName), Path.Combine(MyTarget, itemName)
    Next
End Sub

Answer 2

You have to iterate through the elements in ListView1 and move the required ones (and removing them from the list).

Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
    Dim destDir As String = "dir to move-to path"   

    With ListView1
        For i As Integer = .Items.Count - 1 To 0 Step -1
            If .Items(i).Checked Then
                Try
                    Dim newPath As String = destDir & Path.GetFileName(.Items(i).Text)
                    If Not File.Exists(MySource & .Items(i).Text) Then
                        .Items(i).Remove()
                    Else
                        If Not File.Exists(newPath) Then
                            File.Move(MySource & .Items(i).Text, newPath)
                            .Items(i).Remove()
                        End If
                    End If
                Catch
                End Try
            End If
        Next
    End With

End Sub

NOTE: I am adding a try...catch, because "file management" tends to be problematic (and the Move method is quite unflexible).