The Get method fills the ExShellObjects collection with specific files/folders ( selection or all items ). The Get method can clear the collection, fill it with selected items, or fill it with all files/folders in the control. The Count property indicates the number of elements within the collection. The Item property retrieves a specific member in the collection.

The Get method gets:

• nothing, if the objectType parameter is NoItems
• all files or folders being listed in the current view, if the objectType parameter is AllItems
• all files or folders being listed in the current view, as they are displayed, if the objectType parameter is AllItems Or AsDisplayed
• selected files or folders, if the objectType parameter is SelectedItems
• selected files or folders as they are displayed, if the objectType parameter is SelectedItems or AsDisplayed

The following VB sample gets the files being selected as they are displayed ( sorted, ... )

With ExShellView1
        .Objects.Get (SelectedItems Or AsDisplayed)
        For i = 0 To .Objects.Count - 1
            Debug.Print .Objects(i).Name
        Next
End With

The following VB.NET sample shows how to get the selected files/folder for /NET assembly version:

Dim i As Long = 0, s As String = ""
With Exshellview1
    .Objects.Get(exontrol.EXSHELLVIEWLib.ObjectTypeEnum.SelectedItems)
    With .Objects
        For i = 0 To .Count - 1
            Dim sel As exontrol.EXSHELLVIEWLib.exshellobject = .Item(i)
            ' * The sel indicates the shell object being selected *
            s = s + sel.Name + vbCrLf
        Next
    End With
End With
If s.Length > 0 Then
    MessageBox.Show(s, "Selection")
Else
    MessageBox.Show("Empty", "Selection")
End If

The following C# sample shows how to get the selected files/folder for /NET assembly version:

string s = "";
exshellview1.Objects.Get(exontrol.EXSHELLVIEWLib.ObjectTypeEnum.SelectedItems);
for ( int i = 0; i < exshellview1.Objects.Count; i++ )
{
    exontrol.EXSHELLVIEWLib.exshellobject sel = exshellview1.Objects[i];
    // * The sel indicates the shell object being selected *
    s = s + sel.Name + "\r\n";
}
if (s.Length > 0)
    MessageBox.Show(s, "Selection");
else
    MessageBox.Show("Empty", "Selection");

The following VB.NET sample shows how to get the selected files/folder for /COM on Window.Forms  version:

Dim i As Long = 0, s As String = ""
With AxExShellView1
    .Objects.Get(EXSHELLVIEWLib.ObjectTypeEnum.SelectedItems)
    With .Objects
        For i = 0 To .Count - 1
            Dim sel As EXSHELLVIEWLib.ExShellObject = .Item(i)
            ' * The sel indicates the shell object being selected *
            s = s + sel.Name + vbCrLf
        Next
    End With
End With
If s.Length > 0 Then
    MessageBox.Show(s, "Selection")
Else
    MessageBox.Show("Empty", "Selection")
End If

The following C# sample shows how to get the selected files/folder for /COM on Window.Forms  version:

string s = "";
axExShellView1.Objects.Get(EXSHELLVIEWLib.ObjectTypeEnum.SelectedItems);
for (int i = 0; i < axExShellView1.Objects.Count; i++)
{
    EXSHELLVIEWLib.ExShellObject sel = axExShellView1.Objects[i];
    // * The sel indicates the shell object being selected *
    s = s + sel.Name + "\r\n";
}
if (s.Length > 0)
    MessageBox.Show(s, "Selection");
else
    MessageBox.Show("Empty", "Selection");

The following VB6  sample shows how to get the selected files/folder for /COM version:

Dim i As Long, s As String
s = ""
With ExShellView1
    .Objects.Get (EXSHELLVIEWLibCtl.ObjectTypeEnum.SelectedItems)
    With .Objects
        For i = 0 To .Count - 1
            Dim sel As EXSHELLVIEWLibCtl.ExShellObject
            Set sel = .Item(i)
            ' * The sel indicates the shell object being selected *
            s = s + sel.Name + vbCrLf
        Next
    End With
End With
If Len(s) > 0 Then
    MsgBox s, , "Selection"
Else
    MsgBox "Empty", , "Selection"
End If

The following Access sample shows how to get the selected files/folder for /COM version:

Dim i As Long, s As String
s = ""
With ExShellView1
    .Objects.Get (EXSHELLVIEWLib.ObjectTypeEnum.SelectedItems)
    With .Objects
        For i = 0 To .Count - 1
            Dim sel As EXSHELLVIEWLib.ExShellObject
            Set sel = .Item(i)
            ' * The sel indicates the shell object being selected *
            s = s + sel.Name + vbCrLf
        Next
    End With
End With
If Len(s) > 0 Then
    MsgBox s, , "Selection"
Else
    MsgBox "Empty", , "Selection"
End If

The following VFP sample shows how to get the selected files/folder for /COM version:

local sel
s = ""
with thisform.ExShellView1
	.Objects.Get(1)
	for i = 0 to .Objects.Count - 1
		sel = .Objects.Item(i)
		s = s + sel.Name + chr(13)+chr(10)
	next	
endwith
messagebox(s)

The following C++ sample shows how to get the selected files/folder for /COM version:

CString s;
CExShellObjects objects = m_shellView.GetObjects();
objects.Get( 1 );
for ( long i = 0; i < objects.GetCount(); i++ )
{
	CExShellObject sel = objects.GetItem( COleVariant( i ) );
	s = s + sel.GetName() + _T("\r\n");

}
if ( s.GetLength() > 0 )
	MessageBox( s, _T("Selection") );
else
	MessageBox( _T("Empty"), _T("Selection") );