public static void RunScan(bool adminMode, List<string> paths)
{
//getting the exclusion paths from the MainForm. The list should be guaranteed to be only strings.
exclusionPaths = paths;
if (adminMode) //Admin Mode
{
//List of all the drives on the system.
DriveInfo[] listOfDrives = DriveInfo.GetDrives();
//check for drive exclusions in the exclusionPaths string
foreach (string path in exclusionPaths)
{//traverse through all the exclusionPaths
for (int i = 0; i < listOfDrives.Length; i++)
{
try
{
if (listOfDrives[i].Name.StartsWith(path))
{
listOfDrives[i] = null; //for now, i'll set that index to null. I'm uncomfortable setting it to "", I worry that the logic checking might let that drive name "" slip through somehow. But a NULL is pretty blatant.
//I'll keep the NULL and implement the error-checking code.
}
}
catch (NullReferenceException)
{
continue; //i'm setting certain indices to null, and rescanning all indices everytime. Continue will help the scans keep going.
}
}
}
//====Alerts the user of all targeted drives===============================================================================================
string drives = "";
foreach (DriveInfo drive in listOfDrives)
{
try
{
if ((drive.DriveType == DriveType.Removable && drive.IsReady) || drive.DriveType == DriveType.Fixed)
drives += drive.Name + " ";
}
catch (NullReferenceException)
{//Due to my exclusion path checking, certain drives may be excluded and set as null due to my code.
//This is to catch that error.
continue; //continue iterating through the listOfDrives
}
}
if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(drives))
{
MessageBox.Show("The following drive(s) have been detected and will be scanned: " + drives +
"\nIf you do not wish to scan these drives please remove them now as doing so during the scan is inadvisable.");
}
//==========================================================================================================================================
//====initial pass to count how many files are on each drive.================================================================================
foreach (DriveInfo drive in listOfDrives)
{
try
{
if ((drive.DriveType == DriveType.Removable && drive.IsReady) || drive.DriveType == DriveType.Fixed)
totalSize += DetermineSize(drive.Name);
}
catch (NullReferenceException)
{//again, due to my coding, there may be a drive missing.
continue;
}
}
//===========================================================================================================================================
//====Update form fields: Set the Maximum of the progress bar. Close the initializing form.==================================================
try
{
mainUIForm.theProgressBar.BeginInvoke(new MainForm.InvokeDelegateProgressBarMax(mainUIForm.SetProgressBarMax), new object[] { totalSize });
mainUIForm.BeginInvoke(new MainForm.InvokeDelegateInitForm(mainUIForm.InitFormVisible), new object[] { false });
}
catch (InvalidOperationException) { }
//===========================================================================================================================================
//====Second pass that parses and scans targeted files.======================================================================================
foreach (DriveInfo drive in listOfDrives)
{
try
{
if ((drive.DriveType == DriveType.Removable && drive.IsReady) || drive.DriveType == DriveType.Fixed)
ScanDirectories(drive.Name);
}
catch (NullReferenceException)
{//skip the null drive and move on
continue;
}
}
//============================================================================================================================================
}
else //Basic Mode
{
//initially, check if usersDirectory was excluded from the scan
if (CheckIfExcluded(usersDirectory) == false) //CheckIfExcluded returns true for excluded and false if the file is included in the scan.
{
totalSize = DetermineSize(usersDirectory);
}
else
{
totalSize = 0; //In this basic scan mode, the usersDirectory is the only thing being scanned. If for some reason the usersDirectory is excluded
//from the scan and basic scan mode is run..then there will be no paths to scan, so the totalSize of the files will be 0.
}
try
{
mainUIForm.theProgressBar.BeginInvoke(new MainForm.InvokeDelegateProgressBarMax(mainUIForm.SetProgressBarMax), new object[] { totalSize });
mainUIForm.BeginInvoke(new MainForm.InvokeDelegateInitForm(mainUIForm.InitFormVisible), new object[] { false });
}
catch (InvalidOperationException) { }
//ScanDirectories will have exclusion path checking, hopefully that will be more modularized.
ScanDirectories(usersDirectory);
}
//Update the form to indicate the scan is finished.
try { mainUIForm.BeginInvoke(new MainForm.InvokeDelegateScanFinished(mainUIForm.UpdateScanFinished), new object[] { }); }
catch (InvalidOperationException) { }
}
