You probably know that Windows comes with a rather handy search dialog box that lets you search for a file containing a certain string. It's reasonably fast and convenient. I'd like to use that box in a perl program. So I started looking into Win32::API and Dave Roth's very useful Win32::API::Prototype.

However I'm having a lot of trouble calling the methods and making good use of the API functions. I know that what I'm looking for is included in comdlg32.dll. Has any monk had any experience in this field at all ? Is it even worth using Windows or would I be better off programming the search tool myself ?

Do you know where I can find a comprehensive reference of the methods included in the dll file ?

Many thanks, FG.

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