Because you said that only after Nick told you where to find the new one, I guess I rushed to assume you didn't find or trust the old one... I'm still a bit confused, as to why you asked here and didn't search using the old filer in the first place.

>Erm, thanks, Doru, but didn't you read just below your message: "I remembered the old filer from 2.6 days ..." ? :-)
>
>>You may be surprized, but there is a Filer in FPD26 - look under System menu.
>>It has the templates for files, and even allows to search for 3 different strings, and, unlike Windows Explorer, it works.
>>The files foun are tagged with an arrow, and if they are PRGs you can click Edit, and the Filer will open all with MODIFY COMM.
>>
>>>Well Gorblimey, Nick. I never even knew I had that. I remembered the old filer from 2.6 days but I've never needed/come across this in 7. Just what I needed.
>>>
>>>Thanks, also to Jason
>>>
>>>Terry
>>>
>>>>Terry it should be in 7
>>>>
>>>>look in the help for filer
>>>>
>>>>try DO FORM (HOME(1) + 'Tools\Filer\Filer.scx')
>>>>
>>>>Nick
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Thanks Jason
>>>>>
>>>>>For the simple reason that I'm still on V7. Evevn if I were to order 9 today, it's today (now) I want to do the searching.
>>>>>
>>>>>Cheers
>>>>>
>>>>>Terry
>>>>>
>>>>>>Terry
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Why don't you use filer in VFP9?
>>>>>>I use that whenever I need to find a text string.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Regards
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Jason
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I've go a dilemma in that looking at some old rubbish code (FPD26), tables are continually opened in specified work areas and closed. Now there's a table that I need to ensure I keep open throughout the app. I do:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Select 0
>>>>>>>Use DefDirs
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>But 0 returns 1, as this is the first table oppened. Within a heartbeat there is code to:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Select 1
>>>>>>>Use Whatever
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>and this happens (1 used) throughout this sorry suite of code.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>So it looks like my only recourse is to open DefDirs in a numbered area that won't get re-used.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Now AFAIK you can only use 25 work areas in FPD26. I was thinking of opening DefDirs in 25. But I need to check through this labyrynth of progs to check that 25 (or whatever) isn't used somewhere else (for the same lame reason).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Anyone know of a readily-available tool that can search a bunch of files for a specific string?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>'ppreciate it
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Terry