TBTFileFinder class
Version 0.01
08.01.1999
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STATE: Freeware
No restrictions,
No guaranties
Use it at your own risk!
There is a demo app included in this package but unfortunally it runs only with
Delphi 3 and 4 because of the lack of some components in Delphi 2. Sorry.
I have included the compiled version of the demo for the Delphi 2 users.
I make this class primary for my own needs but I hope it could be usefull for
any Delphi programmer. Sharing code we can earn time.
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Description : The TBTFileFinder class is a direct TOBject descendant and it is
a file finder. Using this class its easy to build a dialog like
the Windows FindFiles dialog but its actual virtue is that it returns
the searching results as a string list
Target : Delphi 2-3-4;
Properties :
IsSearching : boolean, True when a searching is in progress
FoldersList : TStringList, a list of folders to search
ChosenFilesList : TStringList, a list of filenames to look for
ChosenExtList : TStringList, a list of extensions to look for
IndividualFilesList : TStringList, a full path filenames to look for
ResultFileList : TStringList, the result list having the below format:
F or D to indicate file or directory found,
the full path,
the size,
the creation datetime,
the last access datetime,
the last write datetime,
and commas between them,
The helper routine ParseFileInfoString can be use to parse this
string to individual parts
TotalFoundSize : Cardinal, the total found size in bytes
SearchMode : TSearchMode enumerated type, can have one of the below values:
smAll : searches all folders in folder list and their subs
for any file, like *.*
smSelected : searches only the exact paths found in the IndividualFilesList
smCriteria : searches all folders in folder list based on the criteria
defined by the SearchCriteria set property
SearchCriteria : TSearchCriteria set type, can have none or more of the below values:
scFileName,
scExtension,
scSubFoldersToo,
scNewerThan,
scOlderThan,
scLargerThan,
scSmallerThan
NewerThan : integer
OlderThan : integer
LargerThan : Cardinal
SmallerThan : Cardinal
read the comments in the Get_FilesFromFolder routine below on how
to set these properties
SearchedFiles : Cardinal
SearchedFolders : Cardinal
methods : function Execute : boolean; fires up a searching
procedure Stop; stops a searching
procedure ClearLists; clears all lists after a searching, do not forget to make
this call between two calls to the Execute function
Author : Theodoros Bebekis
Greece
e-mail : bebekis@otenet.gr
PS. Any modification, correction and the similar is welcome. But, please, send me a copy.
If somebody convert this class to a dialog I will be glad to have a copy.
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HISTORY
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Version Date Changes - Additions Added by
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0.01 08.01.1999 Initial Version
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