About

file2folder GUI is a VB .Net translation of a small batch script I wrote a while back. The script just took all the files of its hosting directory and created and moved them into a directory of the same name. This was the required directory structure for the Media Browser Media Center plugin. It is also useful for other HTPC frontends.

I am a total beginner to any kind of programming, short of batch scripting. I'm an old systems administrator, so that's all I've ever really done. I've tried to get into programming a few times, but never really found a project that I could stay interested in...mostly because no book offers a project that would be useful to me. That's where making this a Visual Basic application comes in. It's something I use very frequently and it is a good candidate for additional features - all of which will allow me to learn VB.

Features

Right now the feature set is a little bare, but it is still a vast improvement over the batch script. Currently, version 1.4.4.0 includes:

1. A GUI, of course :)
2. Either manual directory entry, or directory browsing via GUI
3. UNC pathnames are now supported (network shares without drive mapping)
4. Undo last move process (thanks to fatal)
5. Drag-and-drop a folder directly into the interface
6. Progress indicator with process complete notification
7. Auto and manual online update check
8. Folder monitoring so you can minimize to system tray and let it process in the background
9. Rudimentary multi-part file support. Multi-part files can be ignored so you can handle them manually
10. Hidden and system file protection
11. More!

I plan on implementing much more, but it will probably all come at a snail's pace as this will also be a learning process for me. Send me your suggestions!

News and Updates

News regarding the project will be available at my site, theHTPC.net. Please do use Google Code Issues to submit any bugs or feature requests. Thanks for stopping by!

Jon

theHTPC.net