Microsoft KB Archive/191959

= FIX: Filer Cannot Find File in Read-Only or Hidden Folder =

Article ID: 191959

Article Last Modified on 5/10/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual FoxPro 3.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Visual FoxPro 3.0b Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Visual FoxPro 5.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Visual FoxPro 5.0a

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This article was previously published under Q191959



SYMPTOMS
Filer cannot search for and find a file if the file is in a directory where the directory has read only or the hidden attribute.



RESOLUTION
Make sure that the read only or hidden attribute is removed from the directory.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This bug has been corrected in Visual FoxPro, 6.0.



MORE INFORMATION
Filer is an ActiveX control component that provides a file and text search engine. After the Filer.dll file is downloaded and is used to search for a file, sometimes the search fails.

Steps to Reproduce Behavior
 Download the Filer.zip file from the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/vfoxpro/techmat/whitepapers/filer.htm

 Unzip the Filer.zip file and extract the files. You should see the following files:

Msvcrt.dll

Filer.scx

Filer.sct

Filer.DLL

Filer.ico

Readme.txt

Filer.htm

  Register the Filer.dll file using the following syntax: REGSVR32 C:\VFP\Filer.dll  Open Explorer and right-click the Visual FoxPro directory. In the Visual FoxPro properties dialog box, select the Properties tab and change the directory attribute to READ-ONLY. Run the Filer.scx form.  In the File Finder dialog box, type the following information in the following fields: <pre class="fixed_text">     Named: VFP.EXE Look In: c:\ </li> Click the Find Now button.</li></ol>

After a few seconds, no results are returned in the Search result list box.

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