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Search a directory tree for a specified file
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Title: search a directory tree for a specified file?
uses
ImageHlp;
function SearchForFile(const ARootPath: string;
const AFileName: string;
var APathFound: string): Boolean;
var
Found: array[0..500] of Char;
begin
FillChar(Found, SizeOf(Found), #00);
Result := (SearchTreeForFile(PChar(ARootPath), PChar(AFileName), Found) = True);
APathFound := ExtractFilePath(Found);
end;
procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
APathFound: string;
begin
if SearchForFile('C:\WINDOWS\', 'winhlp32.exe', APathFound) then
ShowMessage('winhlp32.exe found in: ' + APathFound);
end;
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