spronti:
Please read the article https://www.mql5.com/en/articles/1540. However, the article is using obsolete WinAPI function and there are several problem already discussed in the forum without solution.
Hi,
as far as you know, is there any way to retrieve by code a list of the files (and how many) contained in the \files folder?
Thanks
Regards
Stefano
spronti: as far as you know, is there any way to retrieve by code a list of the files (and how many) contained in the \files folder?
Untested
#include <WinUser32.mqh> bool Shell(string file, string parameters=""){ #define DEFDIRECTORY NULL #define OPERATION "open" // or print #define SW_SHOWNORMAL 1 int r=ShellExecuteA(0, OPERATION, file, parameters, DEFDIRECTORY, SW_SHOWNORMAL); if (r <= 32){ Alert("Shell failed: ", r); return(false); } return(true); } void forAllFiles(){ if (isTesting()) string experts="tester"; else experts="files"; string filePath = TerminalPath() + "\\"+experts+"\\files\\", fileRE = "", // Nothing or * = all files dirName = WindowExpertName() + "Dir.txt", // Dir output command = "DIR /B "+filePath+fileRE+" > "+filePath+dirName; if (!Shell("cmd.exe", "/C "+command)) ... sleep(5000); int handle = FileOpen(dirName, FILE_CSV|FILE_READ, '~'); if (handle < 1) ... while(true){ // Not EOF string line = FileReadString(handle); if (line == "") break; // Programmatically renaming files...any way to do it with ShellExecuteA? // https://forum.mql4.com/40593Untested
Hi,
as far as you know, is there any way to retrieve by code a list of the files (and how many) contained in the \files folder?
Thanks
Regards
Stefano