>    What is a easy way of searching for a file in TP 7? I want to be able to
>search in all the directories and the root also. Any ideas?

>Thanks

>Sheldon
>P.S. Please E-Mail me your ideas.

> :     What is a easy way of searching for a file in TP 7? I want to be
> able to
> : search in all the directories and the root also. Any ideas?

> There are two instrucions in TP: FindFirst and FindNext. Just type any
> of
> these in your source and press CTRL-F1 for detailed informations.

> regards,
> Michal Urbanczyk
> (Lublin, Poland)

>Jean-Sebastien Payette wrote:

>> You need a recursive procedure to search all the directory.

>Ugh! Recursion! What if you need to find 2 such files on your hard disc? Or
>maybe all *.pas files? A better solution is to store information on the heap
>(not forgetting to free it when you've finished, of course) so that you can
>resume a search from where you left off.

>Chris.

>>> You need a recursive procedure to search all the directory.

>>Ugh! Recursion! What if you need to find 2 such files on your hard disc? Or
>>maybe all *.pas files? A better solution is to store information on the heap
>>(not forgetting to free it when you've finished, of course) so that you can
>>resume a search from where you left off.

>>Chris.

>What's so bad about recursion?
>Even Neil Rubenking uses it <g>
>{ see if you can find Neil's unit FILESRCH.PAS }
>{ It will do exactly what you want.  Try the AllSearcher() function }
>{ I'd post it here but that is not allowed }