If you want to look at the different names of files in a folder and select one, you can use the choose command: CHOOSE varname FROM #LFILES in filespec If files spec is not specified it looks at all the files in the directory otherwise if filespec is specified such as *.txt all the files with the .txt extension will be displayed. For example, In the applications that I develop, whenever the user stores a report to file, it goes to a reports sub-directory under the current directory with a user selected name and the extension .txt. To display a list of the files, select one and display it, the following code works great
================== CHOOSE file_name FROM #LFILES IN reports\*.txt AT CENTER CENTER TITLE 'SELECT FILE...' CAPTION 'DISPLAY UTILITY' SET VAR file_name = ( 'reports\' + .file_name ) LAUNCH &file_name RETURN ================== The choose command will display all the files with the extension .txt, the launch command will launch whatever program is associated with the .txt extension in windows, normally WORDPAD; however you can change this association from Windows and have your favorite editor open the file. If you do not use a filespec or define it as *.* it will display all the files and then, whenever you LAUNCH the file, it will open with the associated program, i.e. .XLS with EXCEL, etc. I hope this is what you were looking for. Javier Valencia, PE President Valencia Technology Group, L.L.C. 14315 S. Twilight Ln., Suite #14 Olathe, KS 66062-4571 (913)829-0888 (913)649-2904 FAX -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Steve Durham Sent: Friday, June 07, 2002 2:55 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: How does Rbase look at files in a folder Hi all, Are there any other ways to make Rbase 6.5++ look at files in a folder besides generating a text file, and loading that data into a table? The text file rig works great. I just want to make sure I covered all my options before moving forward with my program. Thanks SD _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com ================================================ TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l ================================================ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l ================================================ TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/ ================================================ TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l ================================================ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l ================================================ TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/
