Title says it all. I’m attempting to search for files using partial file names in a single directory. In the HSLFilLib, there is a submethod called FilFindFile. The Help section for this says it can use wildcard characters * and ?, which is very useful for my purposes. However, it also says it is obsolete and that I should use FilSearchPath instead, which does NOT appear to work with wildcard characters.
Is there any harm in using FilFindFile? Or is there a way to use wildcard characters/search partial file names with FilSearchPath? Any guidance would be appreciated!
The FilSearchPath function does accept wildcard characters, it just doesn’t list it in the Help file. I ran tests with the * and ? wildcards and was able to successfully return files and folders at the given directory/syntax. For example “C:\Program Files (x86)\Hamilton\Methods\*.med” returned the first .med file in my Methods folder.
Can you share the syntax you tested for this function? Also, what version of VENUS are you using?
This appears to be the case if the two submethods are run independently or if the I reverse the order of the submethods. Can you tell me if I’m missing something?
You aren’t missing anything. What you’re experiencing is differences in VENUS/HSL versioning. Since you’re on VENUS 4, you’re good to stick with using the FilFindFile function.
