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Hi Eric,

I do not have an example, but have a look at the help for FindFirst and
FindNext. There are some examples included.

regards
Stephan

"Chow Hoi Ka, Eric" wrote:

> Hello,
>
> How to search a certain file(*.*, *.dat, etc.) in local drives ???
>
> Would you please to give me an simple example ????
>
> Best regards,
> Eric

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:Hello,
:
:How to search a certain file(*.*, *.dat, etc.) in local drives ???
:
:Would you please to give me an simple example ????
:
:


Eric,

See code below. It was posted some time ago by Peter Below of TeamB.

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=================REPOST=======================================
> Is it possible to search through more than one drive and many
> directories to locate a file?  Lets just say I'm looking for the file
> "text.txt" and It may be in either drive c or drive e.
> Could someone please provide an example to accomplish this?
>
Nick,
i happen to have this code snippet around:
recursively scanning all drives
  { excerpt from form declaration, form has a listbox1 for the
    results, a label1 for progress, a button2 to start the scan,
    an edit1 to get the search mask from, a button3 to stop
    the scan. }
  private
    { Private declarations }
    FScanAborted: Boolean;
  public
    { Public declarations }
    Function ScanDrive( root, filemask: String; hitlist: TStrings ):
Boolean;

Function TForm1.ScanDrive( root, filemask: String; hitlist: TStrings ):
Boolean;
  Function ScanDirectory( Var path: String ): Boolean;
    Var
      SRec: TSearchRec;
      pathlen: Integer;
      res: Integer;
    Begin
      label1.caption := path;
      pathlen:= Length(path);
      { first pass, files }
      res := FindFirst( path+filemask, faAnyfile, SRec );
      If res = 0 Then
      try
        While res = 0 Do Begin
          hitlist.Add( path + SRec.Name );
          res := FindNext(SRec);
        End;
      finally
        FindClose(SRec)
      end;
      Application.ProcessMessages;
      Result := not (FScanAborted or Application.Terminated);
      If not Result Then Exit;
      {second pass, directories}
      res := FindFirst( path+'*.*', faDirectory, SRec );
      If res = 0 Then
      try
        While (res = 0) and Result Do Begin
          If ((Srec.Attr and faDirectory) = faDirectory) and
             (Srec.name[1] <> '.')
          Then Begin
            path := path + SRec.name + '\';
            Result := ScanDirectory( path );
            SetLength( path, pathlen );
          End;
          res := FindNext(SRec);
        End;
      finally
        FindClose(SRec)
      end;
    End;
Begin
  FScanAborted := False;
  Screen.Cursor := crHourglass;
  try
    Result := ScanDirectory(root);
  finally
    Screen.Cursor := crDefault
  end;
End;
procedure TForm1.Button2Click(Sender: TObject);
Var
   ch: Char;
   root: String;
Begin
   root := 'C:\';
   For ch := 'A' to 'Z' Do Begin
     root[1] := ch;
     Case GetDriveType( Pchar( root )) Of
       DRIVE_FIXED, DRIVE_REMOTE:
         If not ScanDrive( root, edit1.text, listbox1.items ) Then
           Break;
     End;
   End;
end;
procedure TForm1.Button3Click(Sender: TObject);
begin // aborts scan
  fScanAborted := True;
end;
Peter Below (TeamB)  100113.1101@compuserve.com)
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Chow Hoi Ka, Eric <d951686@sftw.umac.mo> wrote in message
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> How to search a certain file(*.*, *.dat, etc.) in local drives ???

Look for links with examples under "FindFirst/FindNext/FIndClose" and "Recursive
Search/Delete" at
http://www.efg2.com/lab/library/delphi/IO/Directories.htm

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