file counting

mauro russo wrote:
is it possible to obtain the number of files in a directory (no sub-directories)
without to enumerate all files, for example as FindFirst and FindNext?

No. You have to count them.

A TFileListBox would be overkill. Even if it works non-visually, it
still needs to do all the work of enumerating the directory, and then it
has the overhead of storing the file information that you apparently
don't need.

When counting the files, make sure you remember to ignore the current
and parent directories (. and ).

--
Rob

mauro russo wrote:
Rob Kennedy wrote:
>mauro russo wrote:
is it possible to obtain the number of files in a directory (no
sub-directories)
without to enumerate all files, for example as FindFirst and FindNext?
>>
>No. You have to count them.
>
how to be sure the files are read in alphabetical arrangement?

As the documentation for FindFirstFile says, if you want the files in a
particular order, you need to get all the names first and then put them
into the desired order yourself.

FindFirstFile and FindNextFile return files in whatever order the
filesystem driver provides them. It might be alphabetical, it might be the
order in which they were created, or it might be any other order you can
think of.

But why does the order matter? You're only counting them. You'll get the
same number no matter what order they're in.

--
Rob