Date:         Sun, 17 Oct 2010 12:11:10 -0400
Reply-To:     Arthur Tabachneck <art297@NETSCAPE.NET>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Arthur Tabachneck <art297@NETSCAPE.NET>
Subject:      Re: Analyzing Windows Search Screen Results

For anyone who might be interested, I am going to solve my immediate
problem by just piping a dir command, but have found an alternative if one
only needs the file names and paths and can install a microsoft addon.

The Windows95 powertools addon sendtox still works in XP.  Microsoft no
longer appears to offer it for downloading, but Novell does:

http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/tools/16099.html

With sendtox loaded if you right click after selecting all following
running a Windows Search Screen search, one of the options is to "send to
Clipboard as Name".

I haven't investigated whether that can be automated, possibly with some
VBA code, but I would be surprised if it couldn't be.

Art
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On Fri, 15 Oct 2010 18:42:06 -0400, Arthur Tabachneck
<art297@NETSCAPE.NET> wrote:

>Michelle (and everyone else who responded),
>
>I agree that using a pipe to act on whatever search capabilities one might
>have available appears to be the easiest way out.  I was hoping that
>someone knew more about the Windows Search Screen than I do, as it is
>already there, includes a number of useful options, allows search
>specifics to be saved, and can search beyond directories (e.g., emails).
>
>However, so far, capturing the results of Windows Search Screens doesn't
>appear to be possible without installing some 3rd-party software.  Of
>course, I don't believe that to be true, just that we don't know how to do
>it!
>
>Art
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>On Fri, 15 Oct 2010 16:36:57 -0500, Michelle Zunnurain
><michelle_zunnurain@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
>>Art,
>>
>>Skip the Windows search screen and do the search in SAS.
>>
>>Macro %dirlistwin
>>
>>may get you where you want, then use functions to search the results.
>>
>>http://support.sas.com/kb/24/820.html
>>
>>
>>Michelle Z.
>>