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From: Robert_Salesas@mindlink.bc.ca (Robert Salesas)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.pascal
Subject: Re: FindFirst
Message-ID: <5511@mindlink.bc.ca>
Date: 15 Apr 91 16:02:44 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
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I fully understand that the files optained are in addition to "normal" files.
However, the manual does not say what normal files are, yet it does provide the
Archive and ReadOnly files in the ANYFILE constant AND
it provides an example with the ARCHIVE constant.  This implies that
Archive and Readonly return differet selections than if they are not used.
When I checked the norton guide, it said (_SPECIFICALLY_) that archive and
readonly files are returned regardless of the flags.  I
like Borland products VERY much, I own 4 of them, and I enjoy using htem.
However, the documentation is sparse and sometimes even misleading _in some
areas_.  Maybe if you're an old hand at TP and MSDOS you can read between the
lines, but a lot of newer people can't.
I'm not condemning them, I'm just saying that it could, and should, be
improved.
Rob
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