# NextFile$ (filehandle)

# Parameters

filehandle = valid filehandle assigned from the ReadDir command

# Description

This command will return the NEXT file or folder from the currently open directory (use ReadDir to open the desired folder for reading). This will return a string containing the folder name or the filename plus extention. Use FILETYPE to determine if it is a file or folder. See ReadDir and CloseDir for more. You cannot move 'backwards' through a directory, only forward. You might want to parse the contents of a directory into an array for display, processing, etc.

# Example

; ReadDir/NextFile$/CloseDir example ; Define what folder to start with ... folder$="C:" ; Open up the directory, and assign the handle to myDir myDir=ReadDir(folder$) ; Let's loop forever until we run out of files/folders to list! Repeat ; Assign the next entry in the folder to file$ file$=NextFile$(myDir) ; If there isn't another one, let's exit this loop If file$="" Then Exit ; Use FileType to determine if it is a folder (value 2) or a file and print results If FileType(folder$+"\"+file$) = 2 Then Print "Folder:" + file$ Else Print "File:" + file$ End If Forever ; Properly close the open folder CloseDir myDir ; We're done! Print "Done listing files!"

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