From: no.email@no.email.com   
      
   Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")   
   strFolder = "C:\Temp"   
      
   Set objFolder = objFSO.GetFolder(strFolder)   
   Set objFiles = objFolder.Files   
      
   For Each objFile in objFiles   
      MsgBox objFile.Name   
   Next   
      
      
   Peter wrote:   
   > No problem.  It will force me to get to grips with API.   
   > Another question has occurred to me now.  I can see how to display a list of   
   > folders and select one.  Can I access the contents so that I can get all the   
   > file names in an array?   
   >   
   > Sorry about all the individual questions   
   >   
   > Peter   
   >   
   > "Rick Rothstein"  wrote in message   
   > news:8_qdnbk8ZtOzJJ7fRVn-pw@comcast.com...   
   >   
   >>>Many thanks (I think!).   
   >>>As a dabbler in Vb (but not in programming, I wrote my first program   
   >>   
   >>back in   
   >>   
   >>>1968 in a nice air conditioned room!)   
   >>>I can see I'm going to have some fun.   
   >>   
   >>Sorry for the ugliness of the API solution I referred you to; however,   
   >>as James pointed out, VB does not have direct write access to the dates,   
   >>so the only solution is to use API functions.   
   >>   
   >>Rick - MVP   
   >>   
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