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Function name : FindFirstFile

Group: File Management - Library: kernel32

The FindFirstFile function searches a directory for a file whose name matches the specified file name. FindFirstFile examines subdirectory names as well as file names.

Code examples:

Building a tree of subdirectories for a given path using FindFile functions

Declaration:

HANDLE FindFirstFile(
  LPCTSTR lpFileName,               // file name
  LPWIN32_FIND_DATA lpFindFileData  // data buffer
);

FoxPro declaration:

DECLARE INTEGER FindFirstFile IN kernel32;
	STRING   lpFileName,;
	STRING @ lpFindFileData

Parameters:

lpFileName [in] Pointer to a null-terminated string that specifies a valid directory or path and file name, which can contain wildcard characters (* and ?).

lpFindFileData [out] Pointer to the WIN32_FIND_DATA structure that receives information about the found file or subdirectory.

Return value:

If the function succeeds, the return value is a search handle used in a subsequent call to FindNextFile or FindClose.