Desktop folder showing only wildcard files

[Jim Seekamp]

Does anyone know how to create a desktop folder that only shows specified wildcarded files?

Best Regards

Jim


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Jim Seekamp

[Lance Edmonds]

Delete all the non-matching files from the folder?

Seriously, you can create a folder using the MKDIR statement, but first you have to identify the correct parent folder. Search the Source Code forum for "shGetSpecialFolderLocation" and you should find some code.

Displaying only the files matching a given wildcard is much harder... that is a function of the software used to view the folder, and controlling that is much more difficult if the folder contains other types of files.

If you are only interested in displaying them from within your own code, then you could use the common dialog OpenFileDialog() to do the hard work, giving it a wildcard mask. Alternatively, you could write your own with DDT.

Maybe you can be more specific about what you want to achieve...



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[Semen Matusovski]

Of course, to delete is the best solution, but setting "hidden" attribute also helps (at least, sometimes).


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[Lance Edmonds]

"sometimes" is a correct observation - the visibility of hidden files can easily be changed in Explorer's Options settings, so it is absolutely not a bullet-proof solution.

We still need to know more about what Jim really wants to do here.


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[Jim Seekamp]

Thanks for the responses, but what I'm looking for is a way in Windows itself that a non-programming friend of mine can create a folder on his desktop with only wildcard-specified files showing in it.

- Jim


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Jim Seekamp

[Lance Edmonds]

Then I'd suggest writing an application that emulates the look of a folder on the desktop, and presents an Explorer look-alike interface with the customized functionality. You could also make it drag and drop aware so it could function like a folder.

A fair bit of work, but it is possible.

Good luck!


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