Add folders to the list

[bobbie]

I would like to add some more folders to search for but not sure how or where to add them ?
Or maybe read from a txt file with the list of folders I want to search for ?

-- Set the callback function (used by action Folder.Find)
function FindCallBack(CurrentFolder)
    -- Show the cancel button
    StatusDlg.ShowCancelButton(true, "Cancel");
    -- Set the status dialog title, message, and status text
    StatusDlg.SetTitle("Searching . . . ");
    StatusDlg.SetMessage("Please wait.     Search is in progress.");
    StatusDlg.SetStatusText("Current Folder: " .. CurrentFolder);
    -- Check if the user pressed cancel
    cancel = StatusDlg.IsCancelled();
    if cancel then
    -- Cancel was pressed, stop the current operation
        return false;
    else
    -- Cancel was not pressed, continue
        return true;
    end
end




-- Set the drive to search
drive = "c:\\";
-- Set the folder to search for
folder = "1 Click Spy Clean";
-- Search the specified drive for folders named "windows"
-- Display the status dialog
StatusDlg.Show(0, false);
search_results = Folder.Find(drive, folder, true, FindCallBack);
--Check to see if an error occurred during the search. If it did, display the error message.
error = Application.GetLastError();
StatusDlg.Hide();
if error ~= 0 then
    Dialog.Message("Error",_tblErrorMessages[error]);
else
    -- If no directories were found, inform the user
    if (search_results == nil) then
        Dialog.Message("Notice", "There are no folders named '" .. folder .. "' on drive '" .. drive .. "'.");
    -- If folders were found, display a dialog containing a list of their locations.
    else
        message = "A folder named '" .. folder .. "' was found at the following location(s):\r\n\r\n";
        for index, path in search_results do
            message = String.Concat(message, path.."\r\n");
        end
        Dialog.Message("File Search Results", message, MB_OK, MB_ICONINFORMATION, MB_DEFBUTTON1);
    end
end

[bobbie]

Anyone help me with this ? Like to get this working today if I could before I go to Moms house to work on her computer .

[bobbie]

I have a long list (200+) of folders I want to see if they are on the drive so how can I draw from a txt file the names I want to search for ?

[Worm]

Use:

tbllFoders = TextFile.ReadToTable("\\AutoPlay\\Docs\\FolderList .txt)

to read the list into the table, then use a for loop to walk the table performing whatever action you want on the folder.

[bobbie]

User

tbllFoders = TextFile.ReadToTable("\\AutoPlay\Docs\\FolderList. txt)tbllFoders = TextFile.ReadToTable("\\AutoPlay\Docs\\FolderList. txt)

to read the list into the table, then use a for loop to walk the table performing whatever action you want on the folder.

Is this spelled right ?
tbllFoders
Thank you for the help

I get this error ?
Syntax Error: [Location="Page1:Button1", Event "On Click", Line=26]
Error Detail: [`)' expected near `\'] in [tbllFoders = TextFile.ReadToTable("\\AutoPlay\Docs\\database.tx t)tbllFoders = TextFile.ReadToTable("\\AutoPlay\Docs\\database.tx t)]

[Worm]

No, its not, but it's only a variable that holds the table. So even though I'm not a great typist, as long as I keep making the same mistakes, I'm golden :yes

Is this spelled right ?
tbllFoders
Thank you for the help

[Worm]

I missed a \ in the code, see the edited code above.

[bobbie]

I seem to be lost as you didn't add the whole line ? could you add the whole line what it looks like right .
Thank you for the help .

[Worm]

Try this:

tblFolders = TextFile.ReadToTable("Autoplay\\Docs\\FolderList.txt")
for index, folder in tblFolders do
	if folder ~= "" then
		Dialog.Message("",folder)
	end
end

[bobbie]

Try this:

tblFolders = TextFile.ReadToTable("Autoplay\\Docs\\FolderList.txt")
for index, folder in tblFolders do
	if folder ~= "" then
		Dialog.Message("",folder)
	end
end

It is just reading the txt file now ?
I wanted it to use that to do it's search with so to know what folders to look for .

[Worm]

It is just reading the txt file now ?
I wanted it to use that to do it's search with so to know what folders to look for .

Right, inside the for loop, use the variable folder to do your searches on, I used the dialog merely to show you that "folder" held the contents of the text file line by line.

[bobbie]

I'm sorry for being so dumb but I think you lost me .,.

[Worm]

Are you searching for a specific folder name, or do you know the paths? The more info you give, the better I can help.

[bobbie]

I have a list say that has folders names in it .
So I want to search the hard drive and see if any of those folder names are in the hard drive that are on that list of mine and uses the list as a referral .
I'm searching for folders of spyware program folders . There are like 200 out there that are fake and don't do anything but get you to buy there program so I want to have something that if I go to frinds I can search their drive to see if any of those are on it .
Just would make it easy . .
I would be just searching the c drive .

[Worm]

Okay, let me ask this a different way.

To search the hard drive for 200 different folders would take quite a bit of time. For the folder you want to look for, are they *always* in a specific location? (i.e. System Folder, Program Files, etc..)

If not, it might be faster to read all the folders into a table, then cycle throught that table looking for the folders you want.