Search like in windows

[Filik]

Hi,
i want to make an remote data extractor which can connect to a remote pc, find all exel or word files and retreive them, the problem is i dont know how to build a search engine to find the files, a search like in "Start -> Search" would be nice. Anyway, maybe someone has some usefull code for this project?

Thanks

[jmcilhinney]

The only simple way is to do a recursive search through the file system for files with the desired extension(s). Anything else would require indexing all the files on the hard drive prior to the search being conducted.

[Phill64]

There is a nice codebank example by <ABX about recursive file search

http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.p...ht=file+search

[Filik]

Thx for the link Phill, just one question, if i want to find all the files in the folder or subfolders what do i write instead of the files extension?

[gigemboy]

Man, I did a project using a recursive function that lists every file on a computer's hard drive along with other things, could easily be modified to list only certain extensions... problem is... the code is long gone in reformatville... it was pretty nifty.. maybe i'll try to work something out....

[gigemboy]

Well would you lookey here... check this thread...

http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.php?t=341919

[gigemboy]

Need Recursive File Copy??? Check here...

http://www.bubble-media.com/cgi-bin/...es/000026.html