I'm back with a new DLL :)

[CrazyFrog]

Hi guys, sorry for my huge innactivity..I have now Internet at my home and I can spend more time on this forum
I have made a small dll with Pb and it has one function : ListFiles
Bassically it searches for a file in the folder you specify (e.g : d:\\ ) more fast than the File.Find command.It searches through other folders on d:\\ also.

The ListFiles Function has 4 parameters :
-The directory to search
-The name of the file
-The extension
- another parameter that needs to be "0"
e.g. :

DLL.CallFunction("D:\\SeaFile.dll","ListFiles","\""..directory.."\""..",".."\""..file.."\""..",".."\""..extension.."\""..","0, DLL_RETURN_TYPE_STRING, DLL_CALL_STDCALL);

i've attached the dll file

[mindstitchdr]

Hey CrazyFrog, I've would love to use this but I can't seem to figure out how to use it. I copied and pasted your action and it gives me an error.

')' expected near '0'

Could you possibly through together a quick sample? Also could this be used with the Progress Bar Object?

[Haydeng]

Use this:

DLL.CallFunction("D:\\SeaFile.dll","ListFiles","\""..directory.."\""..",".."\""..file.."\""..",".."\""..extension.."\""..","0"), DLL_RETURN_TYPE_STRING, DLL_CALL_STDCALL);

He mistyped and forgot a closing parentheses next to the "0".

[mindstitchdr]

Thanks for the reply Haydeng, but I still get the exact same error.

[CrazyFrog]

ohh...sry...i've forgot
You need to define the "0" thing as a string .
Use this:

ID = "0"
DLL.CallFunction("D:\\SeaFile.dll","ListFiles","\""..directory.."\""..",".."\""..file.."\""..",".."\""..extension.."\""..","..ID, DLL_RETURN_TYPE_STRING, DLL_CALL_STDCALL);

Hope this would help

[mindstitchdr]

Thanks for the help CrazyFrog. What do I need to use as the return for this?

[CrazyFrog]

The function will return the full path to the file that was find.
In the future I hope to update the dll for multiple file searches.

[Solmos]

for multiple file searches

[mindstitchdr]

Thanks for the help (And the DLL) CrazyFog!

[jackdaniels]

can anyone give a small example with this dll please ???

[CrazyFrog]

Ok , I've made a little example for you.

I've attached the .apz file

Some tips :
1. the folder can be either in format " d:\ " or " d:\\ "
2. the filename and the extension MUST be in lowercase
3. the extension must NOT have the "dot" in front : e.g : "exe" "dll"

[CrazyFrog]

First update for Misc-OCX plugin ( 1.1.0.0 ) will be released on sunday , 2 December 2007 , with 15 new functions amd the next release of SeaFile.DLL will happen next week...
Have a fun Coding....