Hot Folders solution for Windows with LC

[Paul Dupuis]

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 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 Paul Dupuis via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>:
>>
>> 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 yourself in x minutes
>>
>> That message get the detailed files and compares the new list to the save list
>> Any new or updated file is sent to Ghostscript
>> Then the save list is updated
>> Send a message to myself in X minutes
>>
>> That's pretty much it.
>>
>> On 10/7/2021 3:39 PM, matthias rebbe via use-livecode wrote:
>>> 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, the tool shall convert that pdf to pdf/a-1b with Ghostscript in an destination folder and rename the original one.
>>>
>>> Is there anything i should keep in mind? Are there any pitfalls?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Matthias
>>>
>>>
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