Hi

How can I get a File list sorted by Date ?

Thank you
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In article <01bc8b77$6b6547e0$4c9b0...@vtu72.mcil.comm.mot.com> "Eyal" <shkol...@mcil.comm.mot.com> writes:

You can do it but you will need to work at it a little.  What you need to do
is to write code that uses FindFirst, FindNext, and FindClose to assemble a
string-list of all the filenames, and also their dates (e.g. in the Object
pointers of the stringlist).

Then you must perform a sort; yourself.  And you will have to write, or buy,
the sort-routine because you'll have to specify your own comparison -- by date
rather than by value.

Once the sort is completed the values in the StringList can be placed into a
combo-box or whatever.

What's wrong with sorting the stringlist using its own sort method? Just
place the date in YYYYMMDD form as the first 8 chars of each string.
Piece of cake.

Robert