Re: recursive folders?

From: J French (erewhon_at_nowhere.com)
Date: 04/05/04 

Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 08:02:14 +0000 (UTC)

On Sun, 4 Apr 2004 18:25:42 -0600, "Michael D. Ober"
<obermd-.@.-alum-mit-edu-nospam> wrote:

>FSO has it's place, but it isn't on every machine. As for the API call
>headers (and associated support features such as finding the end of a NULL
>terminated string), that's why I offered to post some of my code that uses
>the file finding API functions. FSO hides a lot of complexity, but at a
>sever performance penalty. My own library functions use both FSO and the
>API, depending on how important the speed of the function is. Fortunately I
>work in a controlled environment where I can quickly restore WSR.

It is dangerous to recommend things that work in a 'controlled
environment' but may not work in a 'standard environment'

Wrapping the FindFirstFile/FindNextFile API in a Class is not
particularly difficult
- and IMO - not a justification for using that monstrous FSO

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