Setting the FIND settings code

[Gregp]

Hello,

my objective is to only have the folders specified in the code searched.

The problem is, when the code opens the FIND panel, the current folder is displayed in the combo/drop down box.

Here's the button's code:

Find in S:\Routines s:\LeasesExec s:\Invoices NAME * CLEAR=yes SHOWRESULTS=tab COLLNAME ="SendThese" FILTER= "BatchSend1"

Thanks, Greg

[Leo]

You're using the NAME and FILTER arguments incorrectly which is causing the parts of the command to be ignored/misunderstood.

(If you're seeing the specified paths when the Find dialog opens, it's just because it's remembering the previous paths, not because the command put them there.)

From the docs:

NAME: Use this parameter to specify a filename to search for. To automate the Find function, you must specify both the NAME and the folder to search in, using the IN parameter. The value of NAME can also be the name of a predefined filter - in this case, you must also specify the FILTER switch.

In other words, you can specify a name or a filter, but not both. (This makes sense since a name pattern only works in the Simple mode while a filter only works in the Advanced mode. The two are mutually exclusive.)

To specify a simple name search you'd use something like this:

NAME="*"

To specify a filter called BatchSend1 you'd use something like this:

NAME="BatchSend1" FILTER

This would do exactly the same thing:

FILTER NAME="BatchSend1"

(BTW, the equals sign and quotes are optional in these particular examples. I've left them in as I think they make things clearer. They're also required when the name of something contains a space or clashes with an argument name, but that isn't true with any of the examples here.)

So, try this:

Find IN "S:\Routines" "S:\LeasesExec" "S:\Invoices" NAME="BatchSend1" FILTER CLEAR=yes SHOWRESULTS=tab COLLNAME="SendThese"

[Gregp]

Works a treat...and thanks again Leo for your fast reply.