Makes sense, sort of... AFAIK, the first versions of VFP did not have a filer, which, in conjunction with the Windows search working, could explain why you were not aware of VFP Filer. But I'm still not sure why you did not use the FPD26 Filer to search - maybe because you remembered it only after NIck pointed to the VFP Filer?

>Because I was not aware (even after some 12 years or so of using VFP) that there was a VFP Filer. And the reason why I thought there wasn't was that Windows had always provided the equivalent (File Manager in 3.x, Explorer or MyComputer in 9x, XP). Back in the bad old DOS days of 2.6 we only had the DOS DIR command and Filer was a boon. But it seemed redundant when Windows came along. And lo, I've never needed to use it in all these years, although it would have come in useful a few times from what I've seen, esp as it does file comparisons, which you don't get with Windows.
>
>I hope that makes sense. :-)
>
>>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