[AccessD] Dir Function Oddities and WinXP

> I think I will give up on the recursive Dir function and try the api's
> below
I'd add that good ready-to-use code using these api functions can be
borrowed from here:
http://www.vb2themax.com/ItemBank.asp?PageID=CodeBank&Cat=140#CAT

Shamil

----- Original Message -----
From: "MartyConnelly" <martyconnelly at shaw.ca>
To: <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 10:55 AM
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Dir Function Oddities and WinXP


> I think I will give up on the recursive Dir function and try the api's
> below
> and see if there is any difference.  I was blowing up on the System
> Volume Information
> directory which is a hidden directory for Restores
>
> Private Declare Function FindFirstFile Lib "kernel32" _
>    Alias "FindFirstFileA" _
>   (ByVal lpFileName As String, _
>    lpFindFileData As WIN32_FIND_DATA) As Long
>
> Private Declare Function FindNextFile Lib "kernel32" _
>    Alias "FindNextFileA" _
>   (ByVal hFindFile As Long, _
>    lpFindFileData As WIN32_FIND_DATA) As Long
>
> Drew Wutka wrote:
>
> >This is just a guess, but I think it's an OS issue.  If you look at your
> >favorites in Internet Explorer, you'll see NO extension, even if you have
> >this option turned on in your File/Folder settings.  I think this is a
quirk
> >of the OS.  I wanted to 'open' a .url file, to read it, and to do this, I
> >had to copy the file to a 'temp' directory, then go into the dos prompt
and
> >rename them there.
> >
> >I had similar problems with .cnf files.  (Structure.cnf is the file that
> >FrontPage uses to store your websites 'navigation' structure.  It's a
simple
> >comma delimited file, but you can't see the extension from Internet
> >Explorer.).
> >
> >I have a feeling that it is a 'hidden' tag within NTFS.  NTFS has lots of
> >file 'tags'/properties that you don't have typical access to.  Take a
look
> >at RoboCopy, (a Resource Kit utility), and you'll see that it can 'tag'
> >files with all sorts of extra 'markers'.  What I mean by this, is that
most
> >'backup' utilities use the Archive flag. That is a pretty standard DOS
file
> >flag.  However, with RoboCopy, you can set all sorts of flags on a file
so
> >that RoboCopy can do more complex 'checking' on various files.  It's
wierd,
> >and personally, I have never bothered to look for documentation on those
> >'extra' file tags.
> >
> >Drew
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: MartyConnelly [mailto:martyconnelly at shaw.ca]
> >Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 12:57 PM
> >To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
> >Subject: [AccessD] Dir Function Oddities and WinXP
> >
> >
> >
> >I have an Access97 mdb that I use to find duplicate files
> >or list all the IE favourites on a disk using the Dir() function in
WinXP.
> >
> >It takes 3 parameters. ie. to find all the url files (IE shortcut
> >Links)  on a disk,
> >I type in  parameters "c:\" ,"*","url", it only returns a few ".url"
files
> >It skips some lower level directories like "My Documents and Settings"
> >
> >To get all the IE favorites,  I have to specify the lower level
> >directory exactly
> >in  parameters "c:\MyDocuments and Settings" ,"*","url"
> >
> >I can understand, this happening with multi-user settings on WinXP
> >but is this change in Dir function behaviour documented anywhere
> >as it is different from Win9x
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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