Thanks for your suggestions which fit with my setup. However when I execute FIND nothing appears. I can execute lots of other programs without problems. This find is apparently unsuitable for my setup.
Ian >-- Message original -- >From: "Dilwyn Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "QL Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [ql-users] Adrian Yves's Find utility >Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 11:27:57 -0000 >Cc: >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >> Dilwyn, Perhaps I do not load Find properly? I get it into C:of my >> PC using >> WINZIP, and then in QPC I copy from DOS1_ to WIN1_ . Then I make >> find_obj >> executable with a makeEX_bas program. The size is 45092. But ex >> win1_find >> does nothing. >> ex win1_find;"whatever" does nothing or hangs up. >> >> I always feel a fool when in such situations so hope some wise >> fellow will >> put me straight. >> >> Regards, Ian >1. You need to make sure you have Jochen Merz's menu extension loaded. >If they are not, just LRESPR MENU_REXT from whichever directory you >use to store MENU_REXT. > >2. Toolkit 2 needs to be active (it should be automatically if you are >running on QPC2) > >3. The simplest way to use it is not to use the find;"whatever" >option, but simply execute the program itself with no parameters, and >enter them in the menu when it appears. Here is how I get it to work. >I've put the program into win1_exec_ where I keep all my programs. If >you have QLiberator extensions in memory, you can use the FIND_OBJ >version of the program. If not you have to use FINDRT_OBJ. I'll assume >you will be using FINDRT_OBJ which will work whether or not you have >the extensions in memory: > >EXEC WIN1_EXEC_FINDRT_OBJ > >If it works, you'll see a simple menu and it might start with an error >message which says FLP1_ is not a valid directory if there is no disk >with files on it in FLP1_. Ignore this (click on OK and it will go >away. > >You should now see a menu where you can enter ROOT and STRING. As you >move the pointer just to the right of these with the mouse, you'll see >boxes appear. If you click in these you can type in the ROOT (which >drive it's to search on, usually WIN1_ or FLP1_. You can specify a >directory if you wish - for example, WIN1_QUILL_ if you have a >directory called QUILL on your hard disk. > >In the STRING box, enter a letter or word. To get used to it, just >enter one letter such as an A which it is almost certain to find. > >Next, click on the FIND loose item below STRING. It will now start >looking for the letter or word you entered and list the names of files >it found in the black window at the bottom. > >If you want it to look in sub-directories, you have to click on the >Descend loose item, although on my system at least this seems to cause >it to stop with a string is not numeric error. > >And for people who use Jochen Merz's SCRAP this program is >scrap-aware. I haven't used it yet, but the manual says that the >output of the search can be sent to the scrap if you wish to paste the >results into QD, for example. > >Programmers can also do hex searches with it. Click on Hex and enter a >hex string such as 4AFB and it wil search for that hex value. > >It also has a full set of command options so that external programs >can use it like a kind of search engine for local files I guess. > >Just occurred to me, we could start a new trend by writing very short >reviews of free programs here! > >-- >Dilwyn Jones > > > >-- >No virus found in this outgoing message. >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.8 - Release Date: 14/02/2005 > >_______________________________________________ >QL-Users Mailing List >http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
