FILE SEARCHES

[ROBERTLPERKINS1]

Dear Experts,

I need to design a program that goes into a particular file folder and performs a file search based on information contained in text or word files and a user-defined saarchkey.

For example, there is a windows folder called Resume_Storage, and within that folder there are about 10 RESUMES stored (created using WORD).

WHAT I WANT MY IMAGINARY PROGRAM TO DO:

Let's say, I am an Employment Services Recruiter, and I want to create a list of Job Candidates with backgrounds in C++, my program should be able to read the text in all 10 of the files within the Resume_Storage folder.

A grouping of files is then returned closely matching the criteria I set with my search key (C++). Once my search is complete, I want the file names of the found documents to be temporarily stored in a database for viewing by the user (in my case, the recruiter).

IS THIS POSSIBLE USING ACCESS?


PLEASE LET ME REITERATE, I AM DOING A SEARCH ON THE TEXT OR WORDS WITHIN THE WORD FILE OR TEXT FILE, NOT ON THE ACTUAL FILE NAME (RESUME.DOC).

Thank you,

Robert Perkins

 

[Rolliee]

Open the file in VB as BINARY for INPUT and search to your heart's content.

rollie@bwsys.net

 

[mincefish]

You could try looking at this thread to get a list of files in a folder - the example is to load the details into a combo box, but I'm sure you can manipulate it

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