Filelists

snapper1969 · Post by **snapper1969** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 8:36 am

Hi,

I have a directory that get files dumped in it at avrious times throughout the day. I'm trying to get a macro that will trigger when any files are put in the directory and then I will do other stuff on them.

Change Directory>C:\Temp\File Attachments\
GetFileList>C:\Temp\File Attachments\*.*,files
Separate>files,;,Fax
IfFileExists>Fax,,
CopyFile>Fax,c:\temptransfer\Fax
Endif

I'm totally new and any help would be appreciated.

Thx,

John

Me_again · Post by **Me_again** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 1:34 pm

Are the files in the directory moved/deleted so all you want is to detect ANY files in there? If so your code is almost there, this (stolen from the separate> example in help) will do it:

GetFileList>C:\test\*.*,files
Separate>files,;,file_names
MessageModal>Num Files: %file_names_count%
If>file_names_count>0,gotfiles,nofiles
Label>gotfiles
//do stuff here
Label>nofiles
//no files so forget it

snapper1969 · Post by **snapper1969** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 2:37 pm

Thanks.....The use of labels is something I'll look at!!. I've managed to get the script below working and was wondering if it's possible for it to be running all the time and only trigger when files appear in the directory.

Thx,

John

Change Directory>C:\Temp\File Attachments\
GetFileList>C:\Temp\File Attachments\*.*,files
Separate>files,;,Fax
Let>k=0
Repeat>k
Let>k=k+1
CopyFile>Fax_%k%,Fax_%k%.tif
DeleteFile>Fax_%k%
ExecuteFile>Fax_%k%.tif,
Wait>3
Press CTRL
send>p
Wait>3
Press Enter
Wait>5
Release CTRL
Release Enter
Press ALT
Press F4
Release ALT
Release F4
Wait>5
DeleteFile>Fax_%k%.tif
Until>k,Fax_count