Scan for files (file names) on a drive.. ?

[kcostain]

Hello,

I'm working on a program and I'de like to build a fairly specific process... here are the details:

I want to do a recursive scan of a drive (say the C: drive) and place all of filenames found in a Tstring list or something of that nature. I'm not sure of the StringList would even handle such operation..

I also have concerns about resource usuage since this porcess can't really hog the computer when its running..

Any thoughts?

Thanks,
Kevin

 

[Griffyn]

First off, check out a recent thread here: thread102-683664 should be able to adapt the code samples very easily for your purpose.

Now - the other issue you raised is regarding this process not hogging the computer. This is not as easy as you might think. For example, the simple question of 'at what point is the process hogging the computer?' is difficult to determine. You're best bet would be to create a new thread object that does all the searching, but adjust the thread's priority to tpLower, or tpIdle. There's heaps of good help regarding threads in the Delphi help file.

Post back if you need more help with this.