vb.net file system object not available

Could you please tell me what i have to do to be able to use the filesystemobject in my project?

For instance, this code...

Code:

Dim fso As New FileSystemObject
'The selected drive
Dim strDrive As String
'The folderpath
Dim strFolder As String
'Collection to store the selected filepa
' ths

after typing New, 'FileSystemObject' is not offered like many others. Is there somehing I must do to be able to use this object?

Thanks,

 

make sure you import the system.io namespace

 

thanks. that was it.

now what about searching through strings? do you know the function? for instance something like this..

searchstring(string, "characters")

Thanks again

 

instr(), i think that is the function i need to use. how does it work

 

sorry for all the replies. i got what i was looking for, right()

 

I use the strString.IndexOf("characters") in VB.Net
I have only used it for one charachter though.