Hallo Tony, 

 TP>  Problem   'Fileopen' obviously (?) requires the 'name(s)' of a file   to
 TP> open. Trouble is that the filenames are randomly   generated by the Email
 TP> programme (Mr2ice), so, although   there are files within the folder(s),
 TP> I can't define   a filename to open - unless 'FileOpen' accepts wildcards
 TP> ?

But perhaps the filedate or the filetime might give you the answer (?). In
a loop with the test 

 do x in *.*
  iff %{at}filedate[%x] eq %date then
  do your stuff here
 enddo

(off the cuff & untested)
 
 TP>   Can someone post me a snippet of thier code(s) as to   an effective way
 TP> to :

 TP>     . check that a file(s) within a folder(s) contain       a string (ie.
 TP> I wish to test for 'BFE' in the first       line of the file(s) .....
 TP> before using a 'goto' ?          . Would the 'test' close the file(s)
 TP> [using fileclose],       before the 'goto' ?

You do not need the "dreaded" {at}fileopen etc. to do that. A simple test like

 if %{at}index[%{at}line[MYFILE,0],BFE] ne -1 goto MYLABEL

will be enough.

Ostrhauderfehn, 27. Oktober 1998, 7:53:02

*Klaus Meinhard*

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