Worked, then made it a function: Console

Ok, i used demo code someone gave me in the main and it worked. It searched for mp3 files fine, and listed them as well as how many. Then i made the code its own function, and called that function in main. I know its something i did wrong, the code is below, and at the bottom of the code is the output commented off within the program. I have included all of the code, so u can see how i called it and whats going on.

Code:

/*	Steven Billington - not original author
	December 10, 2002
	Main.cpp

	Program searches the given directory for any
	file ending in the .mp3 extension. It will not
	check to ensure these are genuine mp3 files, 
	it will just report them as such based on the
	files extension. If you save a text document 
	with a .mp3 extension, for example, it will 
	recognize this as a mp3 file in its search.

	See readme for details.
*/

/*	Our preprocessor Directives*/
#include <iostream>
#include <windows.h>
#include <string>

int find_files();

/*	Define our STD's*/
using std::string;
using std::cout;
using std::cin;
using std::endl;


int main(int argc,char** argv)
{

	find_files();
	return 0;
	

}

int find_files()
{
	/*	Holds information found*/
	WIN32_FIND_DATA wfd;

	/*	Holds directory*/
	string str;


	/*	Counts files found*/
	int i = 0;

	/*	Prompt user for directory*/
	cout << "Enter Directory: ";
	cin>>str;

	/*	Outout empty line*/
	cout<<"\n";

	/*	Indicates we want mp3 files*/
	str += "\\*.mp3*";

	/*	Find first file*/	
	HANDLE hFile =  FindFirstFile(str.c_str(),&wfd);

	/*	Aborts on error*/
	if(hFile ==INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
	{
		cout << "Directory named " << wfd.cFileName << " found!";
	
		cout << "Error!! Aborting" << endl;
		return 1;
	}

	do
	{
		/*	out files*/
		cout<<wfd.cFileName<<endl;

		/*	Increment counter*/
		i++;	
	}
	
	/*	Get the rest of the files*/
	while(FindNextFile(hFile,&wfd));

	/*	Output # of found files*/
	cout<<"\nFound "<<i<<" Files.\n"<<endl;

	/*	Clean up*/
	FindClose(hFile);

	
	return 0;
}

/*

OUPUT
______________________________



Enter Directory: c:

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¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦_? found!Error!! Aborting
Press any key to continue
*/

The code worked ok for me ?? Now I got your output if there was no MP3 in the given directory for C: . But if I put a mp3 in C: it worked perfectly. Also if you get an invalid HFILE you should probably just say File Not Found or some such and output the string the user entered for the path it wasn't in. Good luck.

ooo someone took the mp3 file i was using for test off of the c (prolly me lol).

thnx man.

ya i fixed that, the whole if now just couts an error and returns one. Like i said i didn't write it originally i'm just imporiving it.

As for the str line, its always empty now because i placed

str = "";

after its declaration, then made (for what type if file to look for) a new variable, ext, also a string.

now the user inputs the type of file they want in format of *.ext* and hits enter.

then it reads in that and adds \\ to it via

ext = "\\" + ext;

and finally the new str line is

str += ext;