Each folder is an object. When breeding a folder object it checks its
contents and breeds new objects for each sub folder. Each object
knows the name of its parent folder (which is supplied as an argument
upon breeding).
Every object knows which files and folders it contains. Optionally it knows
1) The search path to itself
2) Its 'level' compared to the HD root
Thus you can ask each object about its contents, level and path
(using several different methods).
-Andreas
>hello All-
>
>I am working on a handler that can find a file anywhere on a computer.
>I think this can be done with BuddyAPI, but I'm looking to do it with
>the (free) fileXtra3 instead.
>
>Using FileXtra, I can:
>-get a list of volumes(drives)with fx_VolumesToList()
>-clean the list with fx_VolumeIsRemovable()--remove floppy/CD/Zip
>references
>-get a list of files/folders with fx_FolderToList()
>
>-then use lingo to spot files or folders in the list (delimiter "\" or
>":" in folderName strings) and react accordingly.
>
>So far so good.
>
>The real hurdle is writing a handler that can continue scanning folders'
>subfolders' subfolders... all the way out of the file structure 'tree',
>and find its way back to the appropriate branching point, when it has
>reached the end of a branch. The point being an orderly, systematic
>sweep of all folders on disk(s).
>
>It seems to me that I can use RECURSION here, but I can't quite get my
>head around it- Can anyone give me some pointers?
>
>regards, AT, Clars
>
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