Get File List, including files in subfolders

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winstein
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Get File List, including files in subfolders

Post by winstein » Sun Jun 11, 2017 7:55 pm

The GetFileList function is useful for getting the list of files within a particular folder, but what I want to do currently is to also look for certain files in sub-folders, so for example, I want to look for all PNG files in a designated folder and any folders within the folder. What is the best way to do this?

Thanks for reading.
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JRL
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Re: Get File List, including files in subfolders

Post by JRL » Mon Jun 12, 2017 6:53 pm

I know there are other ways but I like to use DOS dir.

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Let>RP_Wait=1
Let>RP_Windowmode=0
RunProgram>cmd /c dir c:\designated Folder\*.png /s /b > %temp_dir%\MyFiles.txt
ReadFile>%temp_dir%\MyFiles.txt,vData
DeleteFile>%temp_dir%\MyFiles.txt

MDL>vData

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