Re: Hot Folders solution for Windows with LC

2021-10-07 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
I've done a lot with lists of files and moving and renaming files and folders. I've run into no 'gotchas' other my my fat fingers making typos in my code ;-) On 10/7/2021 5:00 PM, matthias rebbe via use-livecode wrote: Thanks Paul, that's the way i was planning to do it. But i will move th

Re: Hot Folders solution for Windows with LC

2021-10-07 Thread matthias rebbe via use-livecode
Thanks Paul, that's the way i was planning to do it. But i will move the original file into a subfolder, so that the hot folder only contains new unprocessed files. I was more looking to rule out any known problems that might occur when doing this. Matthias > Am 07.10.2021 um 22:32 schrieb P

Re: Hot Folders solution for Windows with LC

2021-10-07 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
The only way I know to to that in LiveCode is by polling the folder at some interval. You get the detailed files (for the last modification date) filter to PDFs output them to pdf/1-1b's Save this initial detail list of PDF files (in a variable or property or field) Then send a message to your

Hot Folders solution for Windows with LC

2021-10-07 Thread matthias rebbe via use-livecode
Hi, before i reinvent the wheel... Has anyone on the list already created a solution for monitoring a folder on Windows (server) for new files and to do some action on that new files? I need to create a tool that monitors a folder on Windows Server 2019 and if a new pdf file is in the folder,