PERFECT! I have got to sit down and read the LRM front to back on a regular
basis. I have never used DOCUMENT LIST.
DOCUMENT LIST is instantaneous and works in both the windows and mac
environments.
Thanks Keisuke!
John
//quick and dirty code using DOCUMENT LIST...
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vNewFolderPath:=Select folder("Select the the parent folder that contains all
drawings... ";1)
ARRAY TEXT($aDocList;0)
DOCUMENT LIST(vNewFolderPath;$aDocList;Absolute path+Ignore invisible+Recursive
parsing)
ALL RECORDS([Document])
$size:=Records in selection([Document])
For ($i;1;$size)
$pathFound:=""
GOTO SELECTED RECORD([Document];$i)
$searchFor:="@"+[Document]File_Name
$found:=Find in array($aDocList;$searchFor)
If ($found>0)
$pathFound:=$aDocList{$found}
End if
End for
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---- Keisuke Miyako via 4D_Tech <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote:
> DOCUMENT LIST with the "Recursive parsing" options gives you all the file
> paths contained in a folder
> (since v13)
>
> http://doc.4d.com/4Dv15/4D/15.4/DOCUMENT-LIST.301-3274226.en.html
>
> it has some other useful options too (Ignore invisible, Absolute path)
> tha makes a lot of previous code for recursive searching pretty redundant.
>
> > 2017/05/16 15:59、John Baughman via 4D_Tech <4d_tech@lists.4D.com> のメール：
> >
> > I have a method that recursively crawls through a volume or folder to
> > locate a file, but it is relatively slow. It is pasted below. Any ideas to
> > make this more efficient or know how to use LEP to do a file search. Needs
> > to work on both Mac and Windows.
>
>
>
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