VS:GetFilesInFolder

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Description

Returns the name of the file at the index position in a folder.

FUNCTION GetFilesInFolder(
              folderName   :STRING;
              index        :INTEGER) :STRING;

def vs.GetFilesInFolder(folderName, index):
    return STRING

Parameters

folderName		STRING
index		INTEGER

Remarks

On the Mac, folderName has to use colons as sub-folder delimiters.

Example

PROCEDURE Example;
VAR
   promptStr :STRING; 
   folderName :STRING;
   result :INTEGER;
   index :integer;
BEGIN
   promptStr := 'Select the folder...';
   folderName := GetFolderPath(2);
   result := GetFolder(promptStr, folderName);
   index := 1;
   Rewrite('MyOutPut.txt');
   WHILE GetFilesInFolder(folderName, index) <> '' DO BEGIN
      WriteLn(GetFilesInFolder(folderName, index));
      index := index + 1;
   END;
   Close('MyOutPut.txt');
END;
RUN(Example);

Version

Availability: from All Versions

This is drop-in function.