Hi Nicholas,
   Thanx 4 a nice solution, but sorry to say that this is not what I exactly 
wanted. I mean I want to know the code to roam through the directory, i. e. to 
pick up the files one by one. Hope u understand wat I need. 

W8ing 4 ur prompt response
Animesh �


On Wed, 04 May 2005 Driver,Nicholas wrote :
>Hi Animesh
>I was working on something very similar using VBScript but have since given
>up (the website I was working on will almost certainly be replaced in a new
>redevelopment.
>Here's the pseudo code for what I was working on (hope it helps)
>Define MyDate as 'Date'
>����� MyDate = 04/05/2005
>Change MyDate to 8-digit number (replace "/" with "")
>����� MyDate = 04052005
>Crop MyDate
>MyDay = left(MyDate, 2)
>MyMonth = mid(MyDate, 3,2)
>MyYear = right(MyDate, 4)
>'����� MyDay = 04
>'����� MyMonth = 05
>'����� MyYear = 2005
>'Recompose MyDate as "international"
>MyDate = MyYear & MyMonth & MyDay
>����� MyDate = 20050504
>Filename = (prefix & MyDate & suffix)
>����� Filename = file_20050504.xls
>'list through the directory
>Crop Filename (mid (Filename, 9, 2)
>����� sortfile = 05
>If sortfile < current date then FSO Delete
>Let me know what you think
>cheers
>Nick
>Date: Tue, 03 May 2005 09:19:17 -0000
>�� From: "Animesh K. Mishra" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Fiding file with a particular naming convention.
>Hi,
>��� I have an application in C# that creates excel files with a
>particular naming convention (Filename_Date_time.xls)and saves it to
>the disc.For space management I want to add one more function to it
>that will search for the files more than 24 hours old and delete them.
>Can anyone please help... Its urgent.
>Waiting impatiently for ur response
>Animesh
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