Monitoring a folder for new files Simon G 5/30/2007 1:29:02 PM Hell All, Is it possible to create a vbs script that can happily sit in the background and periodically check a folder for new files. If there is a new file it then dispalys a simple prompt with the file name that you can click ok to. Doesn't need to do anything else.

RE: Monitoring a folder for new files Aldo 5/30/2007 1:43:00 PM Yes you can!! I would create a script that generates a list of files already there, then create another scipt that will generate another list that will compare the two list and display which files are different... you could also create a script that show files created within a given time! "Simon G" wrote: [Quoted Text] > Hell All, > > Is it possible to create a vbs script that can happily sit in the background > and periodically check a folder for new files. If there is a new file it then > dispalys a simple prompt with the file name that you can click ok to. > > Doesn't need to do anything else.

Re: Monitoring a folder for new files "Richard Mueller [MVP]" <rlmueller-nospam[ at ]ameritech.nospam.net> 5/30/2007 3:57:20 PM Simon G wrote: [Quoted Text] > Is it possible to create a vbs script that can happily sit in the > background > and periodically check a folder for new files. If there is a new file it > then > dispalys a simple prompt with the file name that you can click ok to. > > Doesn't need to do anything else. You can use WMI to monitor file creation in a folder. See this link: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/guide/sas_fil_lifi.mspx -- Richard Mueller Microsoft MVP Scripting and ADSI Hilltop Lab - http://www.rlmueller.net --