Find Files of a Given Type

[darkman0101]

Hey there all... It's been a while.
Today's question is... how can I find Files of a given type?
For example.. lets say I want to search the n/w for mpeg files... I want to be able to search the file header or something to tell me if a file is indeed an mpeg. Lookng at the file extension is not an option as it may have been changed.

Ideas would be much apreciated.

Thanks in advance
Jas

 

[JohnYingling]

Dim strDir as string
strDir = Dir$(stfolder & "\*.mpg"
Do While(len(strDir) > 0)
    debug.print strDir
    strDir = Dir$() ' Get next matching
Loop

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[darkman0101]

Thanks for that but I don't want to have to rely on the file extension.

That is to say I want to open the file as Binary and look for a header type structure that is specific for mpegs.

I guess what I am asking is what is the file format for mpg, avi, mp3 etc

 

[Alt255]

Go to

http://www.wotsit.org/

and type "mpeg" in the search box. This is the fast-track to the mpeg file format.