Question regarding "Find all files"

[anja_laenge]

Hello,

how do I have to use the Find all Files command to combine several search options?

In windows explorer I can use <"setup" OR *.xlsx> (without brackets) to find all files of type .xlsx or containing the phrase "setup". How can I do this for a folder <d:\_projects> ?

Thanks in advance
Anja

[FrancescoT]

Dear Anja,

The Find all Files command only searches for files "names" ... and not for files content.

Regards

[anja_laenge]

Dear Anja,

The Find all Files command only searches for files "names" ... and not for files content.

When you open a windows explorer and enter <setup OR .xlsx> without the brackets into the search field it will find all files containing one of those phrases in the fileNAME, not the fileCONTENT. I want to use this functionality in an InstallAware setup. Otherwise I would have to do several searches which could take quite a while when there are 2 GB to be searched.
Is this possible? If so, how?

Regards
Anja

[FrancescoT]

Dear Anja,

due the fact that you said " ... to find all files of type .xlsx or containing the phrase "setup." ... I misunderstood your question.

The "Find all Files" command allows wildcard, so you could try;

- d:\_projects\*.xlsx to match all files with XLSX extension
or
- d:\_projects\*setup* to match all files with "setup" in their names

PLEASE NOTE!
If multiple file names match, the returned file names are delimited by the | character. If some of the returned files contain embedded spaces, those file names will additionally be wrapped inside double quote " characters.

Hope this helps you.

Regards

[anja_laenge]

Dear Anja,

due the fact that you said " ... to find all files of type .xlsx or containing the phrase "setup." ... I misunderstood your question.

The "Find all Files" command allows wildcard, so you could try;

- d:\_projects\*.xlsx to match all files with XLSX extension
or
- d:\_projects\*setup* to match all files with "setup" in their names

Okay, thank you.
Does this mean, I can not combine two searches via OR?

Regards
Anja

[FrancescoT]

Unfortunately, you can't.

Regards