Hi,
I would probably use the FileScriptingObject in VB.
You will need to add a reference to the Microsoft Scripting Runtime and do
something like this
Public Function CheckForFiles()
Dim fso as new FileSystemObject
Dim oFolder as folder
Dim oFile as file
Set oFolder = fso.GetFolder("{Source Folder}")
For each oFile in oFolder.Files
' here you can check to see if the filename matches some criteria such as :
If ofile.name = "somename.pdf" then....
Or
If instr(1,ucase(ofile.name),"PDF") then .....
And then you can copy, move, delete ...etc
Ofile.move("{Destination Folder}")
Ofile.Copy("{Destination Folder}",{Boolean to force overwrite})
Ofile.Delete, {Boolean to force delete}
Next oFile
Set oFolder = nothing
Set oFile = nothng
End Function
Check out the FileSystemObject, there are a lot of other cool things you can do
with it.
Tim
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lawrence,
Mitchell
Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2007 9:10 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Talk] Method to watch a directory for a specific file
Importance: High
Is there a rules-based (or nice polished vba function) method for watching a
specific directory for a specific file?
I would like to incorporate printing to PDF from Meditech into our scripting
capabilities. I can do this by creating a pdf printer driver (we have full
adobe) that always prints to a specified directory, specified file. During the
creation of a PDF, adobe uses a .tmp file, once the creation of the document is
finished, adobe renames the .tmp file to the actual PDF.
If I was able to "watch" the output directory for the file, I could then pick
that file up and move it to the proper destination/proper name, and then close
out the script.
So I would also need some way to turn off the timeout in BWS, as each file may
take some time to create and would be variable.
Anyone have any ideas for these two things?
* Watching a directory for a specified file (likely a vba
function/subroutine)
* Turning off the timeout in BWS?
Thank you,
Mitch Lawrence
Lead Applications Analyst
Technical Support - NPR/Automation
CHRISTUS Information Management
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