yup sir...

thanks alot. we're plannning to use VB 6.0... we want it from scratch. is it possible to imbed a code to an existing duplicate file finder?

we are students and we have our thesis this semester... we're looking for some guidelines on ways we could accomplish our objectives. Details: Title: Advanced Duplicate File Scanning Tool Over LAN Model of the Study: NoClone Problems: 1. Comparing files produce inaccurate results. * Distinguishing same contents in different text file formats as duplicate file. There are times that users make used of notepad (.txt) as a way to edit or make drafts of something to start a document, afterwards it will be transferred to MS WORD. The content made in notepad is the same as the document transferred to MS WORD, meaning both of them has exact contents, logically they were duplicates but this case was ignored by the system because they have different formats (Not Supported). *Failure to recognize files with the following scenarios test.doc has been created and copied, producing files such as “copy of test.doc”, “copy (1) of test.doc”, “copy (2) of test.doc”, “copy (3) of test.doc” , “copy (4) of test.doc”. On the latter part, after the scanning process with NoClone, there is no results listing these five files are said to be duplicate files. In addition, the proponents made a word document and typed the word “test” and it was then saved with “test.doc” filename. Afterwards, the file was intentionally “Save As” to another filename with the same content. This procedure continues until it reaches the fourth similar file which is “test4.doc”. Right after the saving of file, NoClone application was launched and tested to scan duplicate files. But surprisingly it didn’t found anything. This kind of instances only shows that it doesn’t have enough capability to have complete and reliable scan. Furthermore, NoClone is unable to scan within the archive of .zip or compressed file. In scanning for duplicate files, NoClone doesn’t include the files contained by the zip or compressed file nevertheless, it ONLY include the .zip file itself but not including the file being compressed. 2. No option to search for a particular file name or folder to search for its duplicate The system doesn’t have a field or an option to key in a particular filename or folder which a user wants to find distinctively. The ability to search for a particular file name is such a useful function so that the scanning process will not produce unintended results. 3. Inability to schedule the scanning process at specific date and time, identifying which computer to scan and compare. As the file grows bigger everyday, the