>Does anyone have experience with programmatically performing a file search in VFP based on a top-level directory? This would be similair to what explorer gives you the capability of doing in the find files or computers tool.
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>The file system object doesn't seem to be up to the task. I could use ADIR but then I have to iterate through all of the sub-direcories under the specified search directory which seems like a lot of work. Perhaps this is my only choice.
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>Any suggestions?
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>Thanks for your help!
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>-JT


In your VFP foundation classes there is a class file called _utility.vct, and there is a sub class called "filer" which will search a selected directory and its subdirectories by setting a property to .T. The function is very similar to the finder that runs in the wondows environment, which allows you to browse for a top level folder (or drive root) and seach all the subfolders under it. I hope this points you in the direction you want to go.