LibraryManagement

topic	languages	products
sample	csharp cpp js	windows uwp

Library management sample

Shows how to get a list of the folders in a user's library and how to let users add and remove folders from that list. This samples uses Windows.Storage.StorageLibrary.

Note: This sample is part of a large collection of UWP feature samples. If you are unfamiliar with Git and GitHub, you can download the entire collection as a ZIP file, but be sure to unzip everything to access shared dependencies. For more info on working with the ZIP file, the samples collection, and GitHub, see Get the UWP samples from GitHub. For more samples, see the Samples portal on the Windows Dev Center.

The sample demonstrates these tasks:

1. Add a folder to a library

   Uses StorageLibrary.GetLibraryAsync to get a specific library and StorageLibrary.RequestAddFolderAsync to display a file picker that the user can use to select a folder to add to the library.

2. List the folders in a library

   Uses StorageLibrary.GetLibraryAsync to get a specific library and StorageLibrary.Folders to get a list of folders in the library.

3. Remove a folder from a library

   Uses StorageLibrary.GetLibraryAsync to get a specific library and StorageLibrary.Folders to display a list of folders in the library so the user can select one to remove. Then uses StorageLibrary.RequestRemoveFolderAsync to remove the folder if the user approves.

Note The Windows universal samples require Visual Studio 2017 to build and Windows 10 to execute.

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Related topics

Reference

Windows.Storage

System requirements

Client: Windows 10

Server: Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview

Phone: Windows 10. Note that you will not be able to add or remove folders from the library.

Build the sample

1. If you download the samples ZIP, be sure to unzip the entire archive, not just the folder with the sample you want to build.
2. Start Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 and select File > Open > Project/Solution.
3. Starting in the folder where you unzipped the samples, go to the Samples subfolder, then the subfolder for this specific sample, then the subfolder for your preferred language (C++, C#, or JavaScript). Double-click the Visual Studio Solution (.sln) file.
4. Press Ctrl+Shift+B, or select Build > Build Solution.

Run the sample

The next steps depend on whether you just want to deploy the sample or you want to both deploy and run it.

Deploying the sample

• Select Build > Deploy Solution.

Deploying and running the sample

• To debug the sample and then run it, press F5 or select Debug > Start Debugging. To run the sample without debugging, press Ctrl+F5 or select Debug > Start Without Debugging.