Open the Project
Add CommandButton named Command2, two more TextBoxes named Text5 and Text6 and another ListBox, List2, to Form1.
Copy the following code into Form1's module:
Function FindFiles(path As String, SearchStr As String, _
FileCount As Integer, DirCount As Integer)
Dim FileName As String ' Walking filename variable.
Dim DirName As String ' SubDirectory Name.
Dim dirNames() As String ' Buffer for directory name entries.
Dim nDir As Integer ' Number of directories in this path.
Dim i As Integer ' For-loop counter.
On Error GoTo sysFileERR
If Right(path, 1) <> "\" Then path = path & "\"
' Search for subdirectories.
nDir = 0
ReDim dirNames(nDir)
DirName = Dir(path, vbDirectory Or vbHidden) ' Even if hidden.
Do While Len(DirName) > 0
' Ignore the current and encompassing directories.
If (DirName <> ".") And (DirName <> "..") Then
' Check for directory with bitwise comparison.
If GetAttr(path & DirName) And vbDirectory Then
dirNames(nDir) = DirName
DirCount = DirCount + 1
nDir = nDir + 1
ReDim Preserve dirNames(nDir)
'List2.AddItem path & DirName ' Uncomment to list
End If ' directories.
sysFileERRCont:
End If
DirName = Dir() ' Get next subdirectory.
Loop
' Search through this directory and sum file sizes.
FileName = Dir(path & SearchStr, vbNormal Or vbHidden Or vbSystem _
Or vbReadOnly)
While Len(FileName) <> 0
FindFiles = FindFiles + FileLen(path & FileName)
FileCount = FileCount + 1
' Load List box
List2.AddItem path & FileName & vbTab & _
FileDateTime(path & FileName) ' Include Modified Date
FileName = Dir() ' Get next file.
Wend
' If there are sub-directories..
If nDir > 0 Then
' Recursively walk into them
For i = 0 To nDir - 1
FindFiles = FindFiles + FindFiles(path & dirNames(i) & "\", _
SearchStr, FileCount, DirCount)
Next i
End If
AbortFunction:
Exit Function
sysFileERR:
If Right(DirName, 4) = ".sys" Then
Resume sysFileERRCont ' Known issue with pagefile.sys
Else
MsgBox "Error: " & Err.Number & " - " & Err.Description, , _
"Unexpected Error"
Resume AbortFunction
End If
End Function
Private Sub Command2_Click()
Dim SearchPath As String, FindStr As String
Dim FileSize As Long
Dim NumFiles As Integer, NumDirs As Integer
Screen.MousePointer = vbHourglass
List2.Clear
SearchPath = Text1.Text
FindStr = Text2.Text
FileSize = FindFiles(SearchPath, FindStr, NumFiles, NumDirs)
Text5.Text = NumFiles & " Files found in " & NumDirs + 1 & _
" Directories"
Text6.Text = "Size of files found under " & SearchPath & " = " & _
Format(FileSize, "#,###,###,##0") & " Bytes"
Screen.MousePointer = vbDefault
End Sub
Private Sub Form_Load()
Command1.Caption = "Use API code"
Command2.Caption = "Use VB code"
' start with some reasonable defaults
Text1.Text = "C:\My Documents\"
Text2.Text = "*.*"
End Sub
Run the Project. Enter a starting path into Text1, a search string in Text2 (like *.* or Myfile?.txt, and so forth) and then click Command2.
You see a list of the files found appear in List2 with the last modified date, the number of files found in Text5, and the total size of the files found under the starting directory in Text6. By combining these two methods on one form you can verify that both methods return matching information.
-From MSDN !!!!-
