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Chapter Six — File Functions (continued)

EnumerateFiles Function

Overview

The EnumerateFiles function will recursively search folders using a specified path and wildcard mask and return an array of filenames.

Syntax/Parameters

Syntax

string[] = EnumerateFiles ( string path, [dword flags] );

Parameters

path

A string containing a qualified path and wild card match. The path can contain an ending backslash, a *.* or another matching wildcard pattern. If a wildcard is not present, *.* is assumed. Multiple wildcards can be used by separating the terms with a semicolon. For example, “*.txt;*.htm”.

flags

An optional dword specifying flags. If the parameter is omitted, the default value is FOLDER_LOAD_RECURSE.

	Defines			Bitwise		Description
	Append Flags:
		FOLDER_LOAD_NO_RECURSE		0x00000000		No Recurse (absence of flag)
		FOLDER_LOAD_RECURSE		0x00000001		Recurse into subdirectories
		FOLDER_LOAD_FOLDER_TO_BRACKETS		0x00000002		Add brackets to directory names
		FOLDER_LOAD_FOLDER_NAMES		0x00000004		Add folder names
		FOLDER_LOAD_RECENT_30		0x00000008		Load only past 30 days
		FOLDER_LOAD_NO_FOLDER_NAV		0x00000010		Skip the '.' and '..' entries
		FOLDER_LOAD_NO_HIDDEN		0x00000020		Do not load hidden files
		FOLDER_LOAD_NO_SYSTEM		0x00000040		Do not load system files
		FOLDER_LOAD_CASE_SENSITIVE		0x00000080		Match case-sensitive
		FOLDER_LOAD_MATCH_FOLDERS		0x00000100		Apply Mask to Folder Names
	Files:
		FOLDER_UTF_NAMES		0x00001000		Contain UTF coded name (Unicode)
	Operation:
		FOLDER_USE_PROGRESS		0x00100000		Use Legato's Progress Display

 

Note that since this function does not enumerate folders, the related folder bits do not result in an output change.

 Return Value

Returns a string array of filename and relative paths as appropriate or an empty array on failure. Use the GetLastError function to retrieve error information.

The return values will be UTF encoded for filenames with Unicode characters.

Remarks

Because an empty array could indicate either an error or the lack of any matching result, the GetLastError function should be used to determine if an error occurred. This function does not enumerate folder names. Use the EnumerateFolders function to enumerate matching folder names.

Note that is function can require a fair amount of processing time, particularly if recursing through folders.

Note that wildcard matching within the script language (and the Windows SDK) operates differently from the Windows Explorer Search, File Browse Filters and the command promot ‘dir’ command, all of which employ loose filename matching.

Related Functions

EnumerateFolderDetails — Enumerates files and folders with relative paths to a table with basic details.

EnumerateFolders — Enumerates folders with relative paths to an array.

EnumeratePlaces — Enumerates accessible computer places such as drives, network shares, etc.

EnumerateShares — Enumerates the published shares for a host name.

GetFirstFile — Gets the first file in a series of matching of files.

GetNextFile — Gets the next file from a list started with the GetFirstFile function.

Platform Support

Go13, Go16, GoFiler Complete, GoFiler Corporate, GoFiler, GoFiler Lite, GoXBRL

Legato IDE, Legato Basic

 

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