I am thinking that perhaps using Launch External Process there might be a way
to search for a file and get back the path to the file if found.
I have a method that recursively crawls through a volume or folder to locate a
file, but it is relatively slow. It is pasted below. Any ideas to make this
more efficient or know how to use LEP to do a file search. Needs to work on
both Mac and Windows.
Thanks,
John
//Method: SearchFolderContents_Jut
C_TEXT($1;$folderPath;$2;$documentToFind;$0;$pathToDocumentFound)
$folderPath:=$1
$documentToFind:=$2
$pathToDocumentFound:=""
DOCUMENT LIST($folderPath;$aDocuments)
$found:=Count in array($aDocuments;$documentToFind)
If ($found>0)
$pathToDocumentFound:=$folderPath+$documentToFind
End if
If ($pathToDocumentFound="")
FOLDER LIST($folderPath;$aFolders)
For ($i;1;Size of array($aFolders))
$pathToDocumentFound:=SearchFolderContents_Jut
($folderPath+$aFolders{$i}+Folder separator;$documentToFind)
If ($pathToDocumentFound#"")
$i:=Size of array($aFolders)+10
End if
End for
End if
$0:=$pathToDocumentFound
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