A Find File Procedure No Looping
This procedure finds a file and returns the full path, provided a partial path it will search all sub dirs. No looping only 1 API - this is the kind. I can't really take credit for putting an api to use, just sharing something that you might find useful.
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Private Function FindFile(sFile As String, sRootPath As String) As String ' Search for the file specified and return the full path if found Dim sPathBuffer As String Dim iEnd As Integer 'Allocate some buffer space (you may need more) sPathBuffer = Space(512) If SearchTreeForFile(sRootPath, sFile, sPathBuffer) Then 'Strip off the null string that will be returned following the path name iEnd = InStr(1, sPathBuffer, vbNullChar, vbTextCompare) sPathBuffer = Left$(sPathBuffer, iEnd - 1) FindFile = sPathBuffer Else FindFile = vbNullString End If End Function
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