Hi Ben
A solution could be:
In a MapBasic program use
iTable=TableInfo(Denver, TAB_INFO_TABFILE)
to get the tables directory.
use
Open File "C:\temp\mydoscom.bat" For Output as #1
and
Print #1 ""+Left$(iTable,3)
to change the drive
Print #1 "Dir *buffer* /s >c:\temp\Test.txt"
then
Close file #1
Use this to run the batch file:
Run Program "Shell32.exe C:\temp\mydoscom.bat"
Then use
Dim k, m as integer
Dim Lines(1) as string
k=0
Open file "c:\temp\Test.txt" For Input As #1
Do while not EOT(1)
k=k+1
Loop
Redim Lines(k)
m=1
Do while not EOT(1)
Lines(m)=Line Input #1
m=m+1
Loop
Close File #1
to read each line in the file to a variable.
Within each variable in Lines(#) search for ".TAB":
Dim i as integer
For i=1 to k
Dim A as String
Dim Tablename(i) as string
A=InStr(Lines(#),".tab"
If Not A=0 then '".TAB" is in the string
Tablename(i)=Mid$(stringvariable,40,A-1)
'column 40 is the starting column of the file name
if any
End if
Next
'*******************************************
Tablename(i) should now contain each table with the string "buffer"
(or something else).
CBU (Complex But Usable)
Regards
Thomas Brix Lyng
Frederikshavn County Administration
Denmark
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> Fra: Humphrey, Ben[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sendt: 12. oktober 1999 23:34
> Til: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Emne: MI finding files in a windows directory whose name contain a
> specifi c string
>
> Baby steps outside the mapinfo environment...
>
> I was wondering if it is at all possible to somehow query the windows
> environment about the files contained in a specific directory. The idea I
> had was that I would query a directory where an open table resides for a
> file containing a certain string in its name.
>
> For example if I had denver.tab open from a certain directory I would want
> to search for any tables in that directory whose name contained the string
> "buffer"
>
> Can it be done???
>
> And since it has always been the case in the past, there will be a reward.
> This time, seeing that it is a more complex question, my first born child
> is
> up for grabs.
>
> thanks,
> Ben
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