GetFirstFile and GetNextFile while looking for folders

[sweeneyguidant]

In LabWindows 7.0 "C" I am using a wild card construct to search for folders in a folder called "PAT_DISKS" as shown below:

 strcpy(work,"c:\\DEVELOPMENT\\PAT_DISKS\\????MS??_DSK_PAT");
 is = GetFirstFile (work, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, name);
 is=GetNextFile (name);

there are at least three folders matching the criteria in "PAT_DISKS" but "GetNextFile" does not find them.

Is this a bug in LabWindows CVI 7.0  ?

[ebalci]

Well, I do not have CVI 7.0, but I have 6.0.

I created the exact directory structure in my PC, did the same function call and it was successful for both GetFirstFile and GetNextFile.

Attached are the screenshots.

Did you try bu setting the normal attribute to 1? 

[sweeneyguidant · Accepted solution]

Thanks,  your response helped me to find the problem.   As normal, it was between the keyboard and the chair.  Without realizing it, I was pointing to an alternate folder I had established earlier for debugging purposes.  There was in fact only one subfolder there so the "GetNextFile" function was working properly.

Rob