FileSystemEventArgs.ChangeType Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.IO

Assembly:

System.IO.FileSystem.Watcher.dll

Source:

FileSystemEventArgs.cs

Gets the type of directory event that occurred.

public:
 property System::IO::WatcherChangeTypes ChangeType { System::IO::WatcherChangeTypes get(); };

public System.IO.WatcherChangeTypes ChangeType { get; }

member this.ChangeType : System.IO.WatcherChangeTypes

Public ReadOnly Property ChangeType As WatcherChangeTypes

Property Value

WatcherChangeTypes

One of the WatcherChangeTypes values that represents the kind of change detected in the file system.

Examples

The following example demonstrates the ChangeType property. This code example is part of a larger example provided for the FileSystemEventArgs class.

//  This method is called when a file is created, changed, or deleted.
private static void OnChanged(object source, FileSystemEventArgs e)
{
    //  Show that a file has been created, changed, or deleted.
    WatcherChangeTypes wct = e.ChangeType;
    Console.WriteLine("File {0} {1}", e.FullPath, wct.ToString());
}

' This method is called when a file is created, changed, or deleted.
Private Sub OnChanged(ByVal source As Object, ByVal e As FileSystemEventArgs)

    ' Show that a file has been created, changed, or deleted.
    Dim wct As WatcherChangeTypes = e.ChangeType
    Console.WriteLine("File {0} {1}", e.FullPath, wct.ToString())
End Sub

See also

• WatcherChangeTypes