List Components, Executables and Libraries

What it does

This utility produces a comma delimited text file of all or a restricted set of components on the C: drive. Components are things like dll, ocx, exe...

How to use it

Run the utility before installing software on a PC. It will produce a comma delimited output file in C:\Temp. The file will be named after the PC and it will have the text '_com.txt' appended to it. Save this file, install new software, and run this utility again. The simple dialog makes what files will be created and where they are created quite clear. The about box explains the process the utility will perform.

The output

Now you can import both comma delimited text files into MS Access and determine what files where added or modified by the install process.

The comma delimited text files have the following format:
computerName, fileName, path of file, file size, date file was created, date file was last used, version number, fixed version number, product version

Technology used: (K.I.S. - Keep it simple)

This is a simple dialog based exe built using the VC 5.0 Wizard. There is not a lot of high technology to be credited for or blamed for in this utility.

With the notable exception of the CVersionInfo class written by Roberto Rocco. The code does use some elementary CMap, CArray, CStringArray, CFile and CFileStatus classes. DOS provides the main search engine. The DOS statement is wrapped by the 'system' command.

I share this as a convenience to others, there is no technology here that could not be found in a beginners C++ book. The utility allows you to search the entire C: drive or you can limit the search to just certain files and or certain directories and file extensions. This can be done by configuring an ini file. A sample ini file is include in the zip.

Closing

I maintain no rights or restrictions on this code. It was not plagiarized from any other source.