How to create files names according to existing files names?

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private void pictureBox2_MouseUp(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
        {
            if (e.Button != MouseButtons.Left) return;

            if (DrawingRects.Count > 0)
            {
                // The last drawn shape
                var dr = DrawingRects.Last();
                if (dr.Rect.Width > 0 && dr.Rect.Height > 0)
                {
                    rectImage = cropAtRect((Bitmap)pictureBox2.Image, dr.Rect);
                    if (saveRectangles)
                    {
                        DirectoryInfo dInfo = new DirectoryInfo(@"d:\rectangles");
                        var files = GetFilesByExtensions(dInfo, ".bmp");
                        if (files.Count() > 0)
                        {
                            foreach (var f in files)
                            {

                            }
                        }

                        rectangleName = @"d:\Rectangles\rectangle" + saveRectanglesCounter + ".bmp";
                        FileList.Add($"{dr.Location}, {dr.Size}", rectangleName);
                        string json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(
    FileList,
    Formatting.Indented // this for pretty print
);
                        using (StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter(@"d:\rectangles\rectangles.txt", false))
                        {
                            sw.Write(json);
                            sw.Close();
                        }

                        rectImage.Save(rectangleName);
                        saveRectanglesCounter++;
                    }
                    pixelsCounter = rect.Width * rect.Height;
                    pictureBox1.Invalidate();

                    listBox1.DataSource = FileList.ToList();
                    listBox1.SelectedIndex = listBox1.Items.Count - 1;
                }
            }
        }

I'm using DirectoryInfo and the method GetFilesByExtensions

public IEnumerable<FileInfo> GetFilesByExtensions(DirectoryInfo dir, params string[] extensions)
        {
            if (extensions == null)
                throw new ArgumentNullException("extensions");
            IEnumerable<FileInfo> files = dir.EnumerateFiles();
            return files.Where(f => extensions.Contains(f.Extension));
        }

if there are existing files for example rectangle1.bmp rectangle2.bmp.....rectangle7.bmp then when creating a new rectangle file on the hard disk i want it to be rectangle8.bmp

now it's trying to create another rectangle1.bmp and give exception and i don't want to delete the existing files but to create new ones.

and make it as much as possible generic. but the main goal is to create new files names according to those existing and continue the counting.

Steve · Accepted Answer · 2022-10-07 16:25:34Z

3

You can write a method that checks if the proposed name exists or not

string GetNextName(string baseName, string extension)
{
    int counter = 1;
    string nextName = baseName + counter + extension;
    while(File.Exists(nextName))
    {
        counter++;
        nextName = baseName + counter + extension;
    }
    return nextName;
}

and call it in this way:

rectangleName = GetNextName(@"d:\Rectangles\rectangle", ".bmp");

answered Oct 7, 2022 at 16:25

Steve

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Hopex Development Over a year ago

A good and short example :)

Siraf · Accepted Answer · 2022-10-07 16:39:43Z

0

You can use linq and do everything in one statement like this:

    DirectoryInfo di = new  DirectoryInfo(@"D:\rectangles");
    var maxIndex = di.GetFiles().Select(fi => fi.Name.Replace("rectangle","").Replace(".bmp", "")).Max(i => i);

answered Oct 7, 2022 at 16:39

Siraf

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2 Comments

Steve Over a year ago

This requires the source folder to contain only files with the rectangle prefix and .bmp extension. If there are other files the result is impredictable. Good idea though.

Siraf Over a year ago

That exactly was the requirement, the solution below also only works for one file name

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