FileSystemWatcher Members
.NET Framework 3.0
Listens to the file system change notifications and raises events when a directory, or file in a directory, changes.
The following tables list the members exposed by the FileSystemWatcher type.
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | FileSystemWatcher | Overloaded. Initializes a new instance of the FileSystemWatcher class. |
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| Name | Description | |
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| | Container | Gets the IContainer that contains the Component.(inherited from Component) |
| | EnableRaisingEvents | Gets or sets a value indicating whether the component is enabled. |
| | Filter | Gets or sets the filter string used to determine what files are monitored in a directory. |
| | IncludeSubdirectories | Gets or sets a value indicating whether subdirectories within the specified path should be monitored. |
| | InternalBufferSize | Gets or sets the size of the internal buffer. |
| | NotifyFilter | Gets or sets the type of changes to watch for. |
| | Path | Gets or sets the path of the directory to watch. |
| | Site | Overridden. Gets or sets an ISite for the FileSystemWatcher. |
| | SynchronizingObject | Gets or sets the object used to marshal the event handler calls issued as a result of a directory change. |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| | CanRaiseEvents | Gets a value indicating whether the component can raise an event.(inherited from Component) |
| | DesignMode | Gets a value that indicates whether the Component is currently in design mode.(inherited from Component) |
| | Events | Gets the list of event handlers that are attached to this Component.(inherited from Component) |
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| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| | BeginInit | Begins the initialization of a FileSystemWatcher used on a form or used by another component. The initialization occurs at run time. |
| | CreateObjRef | Creates an object that contains all the relevant information required to generate a proxy used to communicate with a remote object. (inherited from MarshalByRefObject) |
| | Dispose | Overloaded. Releases the resources used by the FileSystemWatcher. |
| | EndInit | Ends the initialization of a FileSystemWatcher used on a form or used by another component. The initialization occurs at run time. |
| | Equals | Overloaded. Determines whether two Object instances are equal. (inherited from Object) |
| | GetHashCode | Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (inherited from Object) |
| | GetLifetimeService | Retrieves the current lifetime service object that controls the lifetime policy for this instance. (inherited from MarshalByRefObject) |
| | GetType | Gets the Type of the current instance. (inherited from Object) |
| | InitializeLifetimeService | Obtains a lifetime service object to control the lifetime policy for this instance. (inherited from MarshalByRefObject) |
| | ReferenceEquals | Determines whether the specified Object instances are the same instance. (inherited from Object) |
| | ToString | Returns a String containing the name of the Component, if any. This method should not be overridden. (inherited from Component) |
| | WaitForChanged | Overloaded. A synchronous method that returns a structure that contains specific information on the change that occurred. |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| | Dispose | Overloaded. Overridden. Releases the resources used by the FileSystemWatcher. |
| | Finalize | Releases unmanaged resources and performs other cleanup operations before the Component is reclaimed by garbage collection. (inherited from Component) |
| | GetService | Returns an object that represents a service provided by the Component or by its Container. (inherited from Component) |
| | MemberwiseClone | Overloaded. (inherited from MarshalByRefObject) |
| | OnChanged | Raises the Changed event. |
| | OnCreated | Raises the Created event. |
| | OnDeleted | Raises the Deleted event. |
| | OnError | Raises the Error event. |
| | OnRenamed | Raises the Renamed event. |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | Changed | Occurs when a file or directory in the specified Path is changed. |
| | Created | Occurs when a file or directory in the specified Path is created. |
| | Deleted | Occurs when a file or directory in the specified Path is deleted. |
| | Disposed | Occurs when the component is disposed by a call to the Dispose method. (inherited from Component) |
| | Error | Occurs when the internal buffer overflows. |
| | Renamed | Occurs when a file or directory in the specified Path is renamed. |
