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"Carl Danley" <cdanley@codebyter.com> wrote in message
news:468166da$1@newsgroups.borland.com...

> I want to use the List() function to return a list of ONLY the
filenames...

That is not how List() works.  To do what you are asking for, you will
have to call List() first to get ALL of the names, including
subfolders, and then use the DirectoryListing property to filter that
information further.

> Right now, I am getting all of this other stuff as well as the
filenames...

As you should be, because that is how FTP directory listings work to
begin with.

> I created a bubble-sorting routine to filter ALL spaces out of
> the List() results...

That is not necessary.  The DirectoryListing collection will tell you
exactly which items are files and which are subfolders.  For example:

    ListBox1->Items->Clear();
    IdFTP1->List(NULL, "");
    for(int i = 0; i < IdFTP1->DirectoryListing->Count; ++i)
    {
        TIdFTPListItem *Item = IdFTP1->DirectoryListing->Items[i];
        if( Item->ItemType == ditFile )
            ListBox1->Items->Add(Item->FileName);
    }

With that said, do keep in mind that FTP directory listing formats
were NOT standardized in the original FTP specification.  FTP
implementators can use whatever format they want, and clients have to
just deal with it as best they can.  TIdFTP in Indy 9 is hard-coded to
only support a few commonly used formats, but there are literally
dozens of different formats and variations floating around.  TIdFTP in
Indy 10 implements a new plugin architecture for parsing formats in a
more generic manner, and provides default parsers for most known
formats, as well as supports several new commands that were introduced
in later drafts to the FTP spec to standardize directory listings.


Gambit