You are a gentleman and a scholar, and CLEARLY underpaid. Mike
________________________________ From: Mike Byerley <[email protected]> To: RBASE-L Mailing List <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 19, 2011 4:17 PM Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Counting items in a folder Did you say "If"? I said I would do it in the next days. Mostly it is done, but as I said, some of the source code doesn't match the helpfile, so I have to go back and try to figure out what the hell made me change my mind about a couple things. This happens when I am doing things for myself, so there is no harm done, but I want stuff to match up if someone else is going to rely on it. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael J. Sinclair" <[email protected]> To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 19, 2011 3:45 PM Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Counting items in a folder : An Rbase homebrew would taste much better! : An enhancement to the chkfile function would be pretty cool.... : Maybe something like... : (CHKFILE(filename,filesize,fileextenstion,filedate)) and have it return a 0 for nof iles, or an integer for the number of matching files. : Just my 2 cents worth. : Mike : PS: If you finish your dll, please let me know! : : : ________________________________ : From: Mike Byerley <[email protected]> : To: RBASE-L Mailing List <[email protected]> : Sent: Monday, December 19, 2011 3:33 PM : Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Counting items in a folder : : My dll returns filecount 0 if there are no files in the directory. : : Jasons VBS uses the same APIs exposed through automation of the : FileSystemObject to get the various file properties. : : My DLL supports all legal file wildcards. : : I don't think a plugin from RBTI will give them much bang for the buck since : there are several homebrew workarounds for most of what you want. : : : : : ----- Original Message ----- : From: "Michael J. Sinclair" <[email protected]> : To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[email protected]> : Sent: Monday, December 19, 2011 3:07 PM : Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Counting items in a folder : : : One limitation of the chkfile function is that is does not support wild : cards. Unless I know in advance the exact filename I am looking for, that : "Will give unpredictable results". Can you think of a way that I could check : to see if any file exists in a folder? : Mike : : : ________________________________ : From: Mike Byerley <[email protected]> : To: RBASE-L Mailing List <[email protected]> : Sent: Monday, December 19, 2011 1:25 PM : Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Counting items in a folder : : You can check for existance with RBase ChkFile function. : : Already have a 97% finished DLL that has a variety of File functions : including FileSize, FileCount (based on one or a series of File extensions), : FileVersionInfo and so on. Maybe in a few days or a week (depending on how : much interruption holiday stuff does) I can get it done sufficiently to put : in the wild for use. I do know it's been long enough since I worked on it : that the source code doesn't match what I started in the Help File, but like : I said, it's close to done. : : : : : : ----- Original Message ----- : From: "Michael J. Sinclair" <[email protected]> : To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[email protected]> : Sent: Monday, December 19, 2011 12:08 PM : Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Counting items in a folder : : : Hi Mike, : : There are a few scenarios where this would be helpful. : : First checking for the existance of any file in the folder would be helpful : for error handling. : : Sometimes files are created which should have a minmum size if the data is : good. Corrupt data ends up creating a file that is smaller than a certain : size. Being able to check for the existance of any files with a filesize : that is smaller than a predetermined limit would help the application to : call for help, call a different app, send an email etc. : : Looking for the existance of a certain number of files such as jpg files : could trigger an app to create a single pdf file out of the group of jpg : files. : : I would like to be able to count the number of files using various criteria : and display them by changing the properties (color and text) of certain : buttons that do things to the files, ie red for no files, green plus a : number to indicate the presence of a certain number of files in a folder. : : Mike : : : : ________________________________ : From: Mike Byerley <[email protected]> : To: RBASE-L Mailing List <[email protected]> : Sent: Monday, December 19, 2011 9:39 AM : Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Counting items in a folder : : Mike, : Could you elaborate a bit on what you are trying to do? Filesize or : Filecount are pretty easy, but why do you want to search or display a file : that is of a certain size? : : : : ----- Original Message ----- : From: "Michael J. Sinclair" <[email protected]> : To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[email protected]> : Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2011 8:38 AM : Subject: [RBASE-L] - Counting items in a folder : : :: Hi All, :: How would you count the number of files in a folder and capture that value : into a variable (assume no subfolders)? :: (If there were a PLUGIN for that, it would be great if the PLUGIN had the : ability to specify file characteristics that would limit the count, such as : count only files that are a certain size or created on or after a certain : date, had a certain extension, etc.) :: Mike
