>I was thinking of RUN as a possibility too, but I hate using the RUN command. *s* One thing, though, Nadya said the file could be anywhere on the network, and the code below will only search on C:. You need to add a loop through all the drive letter, skipping drivetypes 1,2,5 and 6.

Hi Barbara,

Now sure, how to perform a loop through all network drives, if I want to search through the network. Could you please provide a code snippet? Thanks in advance.
This is for this program:

********************************************************************
*  Description.......: FindFileInNetwork
*  Calling Samples...: FindFileInNetwork("pdfmon.dll","c:\")
*  Parameter List....: pcFileToSearch,pcSearchPath
*  Created by........: Houston Brennan 06/13/2000
*  Modified by.......: Nadya Nosonovsky 06/16/2000 11:30:52 AM
********************************************************************
lparameters pcFileToSearch,pcSearchPath
#DEFINE NoAttributesSet       0
#DEFINE ReadOnly              1
#DEFINE Hidden                2
#DEFINE System                4
#DEFINE Archived              32

#DEFINE DoNotSearchSubFolder  0
#DEFINE SearchSubFolder       1
local lni, lcRetPath
lcRetPath=''

if type(pcFileToSearch)<>'C' or empty(pcFileToSearch)
   return .f.
endif

if type(pcSearchPath)<>'C' or empty(pcSearchPath)
   pcSearchPath='c:\' && Local drive
endif

oFiler = CREATEOBJECT( "Filer.FileUtil" )
oFiler.SearchPath = pcSearchPath
oFiler.FileExpression = pcFileToSearch
oFiler.SubFolder = SearchSubFolder
oFiler.Find(0) && Perform search

if oFiler.Files.Count>0 && At least one file was found, pick up the first
   lcRetPath=oFiler.Files.Item[1].Path
endif
return lcRetPath && Path to the first found file

*!*     FOR iFile = 1 TO oFiler.Files.Count
*!*        ? iFile
*!*        ?? " "
*!*        ?? oFiler.Files.Item[ iFile ].Name
*!*        ?? " "
*!*        ?? oFiler.Files.Item[ iFile ].Attr
*!*        ?? " "
*!*        ?? oFiler.Files.Item[ iFile ].Path
*!*     NEXT iFile
*!*     RETURN .T.

>
>>
>>Here is a very fast find - much quicker than using ADIR() recursively, etc. The only downside is the 'ugly' (VFP no longer in control) command shell !!
>>
>>

>>*- File Ref: Test_Find_Pdf.Prg		&& Tested under NT4 WorkStation.
>>CD C:\
>>RUN /N2 cmd /c dir pdfmon.dll /s > c:\temp\results.txt
>>CLEAR
>>IF NOT FILE( "c:\temp\results.txt" )
>>   ? "Unable to search local disk for Acrobat Writer."
>>   RETURN .F.
>>ENDIF
>>
>>cResults = FILETOSTR( "c:\temp\results.txt" )
>>IF LEN( cResults ) > 100 AND "PDFMON.DLL" $ UPPER( cResults )
>>   ? "PDFMON.DLL is present."
>>   iPositionOfpath = ATC( "Directory of ", cResults ) ;
>>                   + LEN( "Directory of " )
>>   cPath = SUBSTR( cResults, iPositionOfpath )
>>   iCharsToExtract = AT( CHR(13), cPath )
>>   cPath = LEFT( cPath, iCharsToExtract )
>>   ? "Path = " + cPath
>>ELSE
>>   ? "PDFMON.DLL is NOT present."
>>ENDIF
>>RETURN .T.
>>

>>
>>Hope this helps.
>>Houston.