TP>   Can someone post me a snippet of thier code(s) as to
TP>   an effective way to :
TP>
TP>     . check that a file(s) within a folder(s) contain
TP>       a string (ie. I wish to test for 'BFE' in the first
TP>       line of the file(s) ..... before using a 'goto' ?
TP>
TP>     . Would the 'test' close the file(s) [using fileclose],
TP>       before the 'goto' ?

:: assuming you want to check the files in %folder do this ...

for x in (%folder%\*.*) do ( input %%firstline < %x
 if %{at}index["%firstline",BFE] ne -1 call dosomething %x)

I've used call here instead of goto incase the folder contains more than one
file with the matching string, you'll need to replace dosomething with a BTM
to do whatever processing you want done. and you can replace %folder% with any
expression naming the folder .... (fyi this way files will be closed)

There are times when fileopen and findfirst can be useful, they are very
rare. I usually find for and input to be more convenient.

bye.
                        

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