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Later this week Ill try to post some updates on my GUI Dream16.

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Is there any way that I can read the contents of a directory in Qbasic? Lets say that I wanted to return file names and/or info from C:\, like DIR in ms-dos. Can I do that in Qbasic by itself or do I need to use assembly?

Thanks.

Pipe the information to a file and read that.

CHDIR to a folder path or use the path in a SHELL:

SHELL "DIR *.BAS /B > Folder.dat" ' /B returns nothing else but a list of filenames.

Ted

burger2227 wrote:Pipe the information to a file and read that.

CHDIR to a folder path or use the path in a SHELL:

SHELL "DIR *.BAS /B > Folder.dat" ' /B returns nothing else but a list of filenames.

Ted

I know what you mean, but instead of saying "pipe", you should say "redirect."

Regards.... Moneo

Thanks for the reply, I will try this asap