QUICK BASIC DIR ROUTINE

 BBS: Inland Empire Archive
Date: 05-30-92 (23:50)             Number: 145
From: MATT HART                    Refer#: NONE
  To: JASON SHARPEE                 Recvd: NO  
Subj: QUICK BASIC DIR ROUTINE        Conf: (2) Quik_Bas

 JS> I need an assembly routine or qb code that will list the files
 JS> on the drive and attributes into arrays.
' GETFILES.BAS  by Matt Hart
' Uses SrchFile and SrchNext to load an array with file names.
' Also CountFiles so you can DIM an array to match the number
' of file names.
'
    DEFINT A-Z
    TYPE RegTypeX
        ax    AS INTEGER
        bx    AS INTEGER
        cx    AS INTEGER
        dx    AS INTEGER
        bp    AS INTEGER
        si    AS INTEGER
        di    AS INTEGER
        flags AS INTEGER
        ds    AS INTEGER
        es    AS INTEGER
    END TYPE
    TYPE DTAType
        A AS STRING * 42
    END TYPE

' ---------------- Sample Code
    Srch$ = RTRIM$(LTRIM$(COMMAND$))
    IF Srch$ = "" THEN Srch$ = "*.*"
    CALL CountFiles(Srch$,NumFiles)
    Print NumFiles
    if NumFiles=0 then END
    REDIM Files$(0 to NumFiles) : Files$(0)=Srch$
    CALL GetFiles(Files$())
    For i=1 to NumFiles : Print Files$(i) : Next i
    END
' -----------------------------

SUB CountFiles (Srch$,NumFiles)
    DIM DTA as DTAType
    NumFiles=0
    CALL SrchFile (Srch$,File$,DTA,Ecode)
    DO UNTIL Ecode
        NumFiles=NumFiles+1
        CALL SrchNext(File$,DTA,Ecode)
    LOOP
    NumFiles=NumFiles-1
END SUB
SUB GetFiles(Files$())
    DIM DTA as DTAType
    Srch$=Files$(0)
    CALL SrchFile (Srch$,File$,DTA,Ecode)
    C=0
    DO UNTIL Ecode
        Files$(C)=File$
        C=C+1
        CALL SrchNext (File$,DTA,Ecode)
    LOOP
END SUB

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