Search for files using their formats

[SIQ]

Hi and greeting to all

I have a small problem and i hope someone can help me through ur fruitful forums here, and please excuse my weak language.

I need to design a program that has some functionality intends to search for files using their formats. I have been advised to use the C++ WinAPI to be able using some function from Windows.

I do need any help to make the program search for all files that has the .INI format, as an example. After gathering these files i need them somehow to process some operations on them that i will handle later.

I appreciate ur cooperation.

My kind regards..

[JVene]

The MSDN samples show how to use FindFirstFile and FindNextFile (and they have an "ex" version, too).

These allow you to supply wildcards to the search term, as in "*.ini".

The use of these is recursive, and I believe at least one sample shows that. In other words, when you get an entry and discover it is a directory, not a file, you'll perform a recursive search in that directory, continuing recursively in a fashion that searches all directories and subdirectories on a drive.

If you need to search all drives, you'll also need to search "getdrives" - it's a little uncomfortable at first, but it will reveal all of the drives on the system. You'll need to search each drive if "all drives" is your target interest.

[golanshahar]

This FAQ (http://www.codeguru.com/forum/showthread.php?t=312461) might help.

Cheers