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FindFirst, FindNext (Delphi Xe, Win7) rank is not correct

I have some files in a directory. I try get these files with FindFirst and FindNext but I can't get same order on Windows 7.…
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NSIS Find all .txt files

I currently have a check to find all text files in $INSTDIR, shown below. However, there could potentially be subdirectories, such as $INSTDIR\mySub, which contains additional .txt files. Is there a way to keep a similar loop structure but search…
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std::string::find_first_of does not return the expected value

I am trying to create an XML parser in C++. I am currently using cygwin and gcc to compile and gdb to debug. I have this piece of code: const size_t mDataSize = mData.size(); ... size_t ltPos = mData.find_first_of('<', pos); if…
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C++ How to _wfindfirst and _wfindclose on Win64 Win32

I have a piece of code to run on Windows that uses char const for a filename: char const * filename _finddata_t fi; intptr_t n; if ((n = _findfirst(filename, &fi)) != -1) { _findclose(n); return TRUE; } Now I want this to use this code…
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Incrementing counter in Stream findfirst Java 8

There is a raw text stored in an ArrayList. To clean away unwanted lines from the top, I need to find the index of a string containing a certain tag. The tag is not a complete String, only a substring. This means I cannot use…
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Error with Access VBA Recordset to Find First on a Different Form?

I created a pop-up form in access, to search for a record and go to it on the main entry form. The pop-up "find" form has a listbox with all the records that are in the main entry form, and the first column of that listbox is the ID on the main…
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C++ _findfirst and TCHAR

I've been given the following code: int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[]) { _finddata_t dirEntry; intptr_t dirHandle; dirHandle = _findfirst("C:/*", &dirEntry); int res = (int)dirHandle; while(res != -1) { cout <<…
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Understanding _findfirst and _findnext

Need to understand how _findfirst and _findnext works with pattern inputs. I used to following code to analyze their functionality but the results confuse me. intptr_t handle; struct _finddata_t fblock; int count = 1; char pattern[]…
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ASSEMBLY DTA file attributes, size, name etc

I'm working with assembly for a school project and my assigments in few words requires to find files that match the given extension (*.txt, *.exe etc) and print out that file's size, date, file name etc. So far I've managed to successfully find…
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Incompatible types: Card cannot be converted to java.lang.String

I keep getting this error with my code. I can't seem to find the problem. I'm not sure what to do because I even looked in the text book and it gives me a similar method except with different variables. I'm on BlueJ. public int…
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How can I translate VB6 Recordset.FindFirst to C# while using an Access Database?

I'm working on a project where I'm converting an old VB6 project to .NET/C#. I've come upon a method that performs several queries, once of which uses the recordset.FindFirst method to generate sub-results. I'm at a loss on how to translate this…
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Howto quickly gather file list with path and size information?

FindFirst/FindNext is slow. I see program like Defraggler can gather this list quickly. What Windows API they use ?
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Cannot see/execute "c:\windows\system32\rdpclip.exe" from Delphi code, but can see it and execute it using the same user login in File Explorer

I am trying to execute c:\windows\system32\rdpclip.exe from my Delphi program (Delphi CE 10.4) on Windows 10. I can see and execute this file just fine from Windows Explorer or from a CMD window, but when I try to use…
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Get the index of the first element in an array that meets the specified condition

For example, I have an array data = 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1. I want to get the index of the first non-zero element in the array.
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Looking for c++ equivalent for _wfindfirst for char16_t

I have filenames using char16_t characters: char16_t Text[2560] = u"ThisIsTheFileName.txt"; char16_t const* Filename = Text; How can I check if the file exists already? I know that I can do so for wchar_t using _wfindfirst(). But I need char16_t…
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