I was aware that SHFileOperation supported subdirectory recursion, however for my application I want to produce a check list of file types where the user can select which file type to delete. SHFileOperation using its wild cards can then delete them.
At present I am building this list myself using FileFind and FindNext. I don't seem to have the JCLFileUtils unit in my installation but as I have a reasonable working solution now I don't think it is worth pursuing further at this point. Thanks again for the help. JohnB -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob Kennedy Sent: 06 September 2007 18:41 To: Borland's Delphi Discussion List Subject: RE: Closing modal forms John Barrat wrote: > Have used SHFileOperation to do the deletin and record the progress - > works great - thanks for the help. > > Now for a follow on question. > > Currently I am using the FindFirst/FindNext functions to obtain a list > of files in a directory an have written additional code to recurse > through any the subdirectories. Is there a function (similar the the > SHFileOperation) which will do this already? ShFileOperation understands wildcards. It can also delete entire directory hierarchies (as opposed to RemoveDirectory, which requires directories to be empty). So you shouldn't need to build up a list of all the files you want to delete. Anyway, Delphi has nothing built in. The JCL has some file-enumeration tools, though. Look in the JclFileUtils unit. -- Rob _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list -> [email protected] http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list -> [email protected] http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi
