Re: How can I search for files?

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From: Ed Landau (aunst8_2000_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 09/04/04 

Date: Sat, 04 Sep 2004 22:22:53 GMT

Hi Patty: Somehow when I try to execute the Shell command, the arguments
don't seem to matter... I just get a command window appear but nothing gets
executed in it.

Any clues?

Thanks
-Ed

"Patty O'Dors" <PattyODors@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B6E23478-441A-41D4-8F4E-33A347630CC7@microsoft.com...
> The quick way you can do it without writing an algorithm is to shell a
> process that writes the data to a text file, but this is the only way you
can
> get the information.
> e.g.
> shell environ("comspec") & " dir ""c:\*.txt"" /b /s >thetextfiles.dat"
>
>
>
> > Using VB6, I'd like to do something like VBA's Application.fileSearch.
> > I'd like to say: Return a list of all files matching "*.xxx" and
recursively
> > go thru all sub-directories. The FileListBox does not recursively go
down
> > directories.
> > Any help would be appreciated.
> >
> > The only way I can think is to have a hidden dirListBox and step thru it
but
> > popping back up may be tricky.
> > Thanks
> > -Ed
> >
> >
> >

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