how can i watch multiple directories with the filesystem watcher at the same time?
I am making a backup program that detects changes in certian folders and backs up the change
If it is not worth it, it is not fun - you say programmers are boring but i say they are worth it.
I Want to filter a file using filesystem watcher. In that, I want to filter more than one type. Let it be, *.exe, *.java..
View 2 RepliesI am trying to use the filesystem watcher to monitor a folder on a ftp site for files added. Does anyone know how to do this? I have even read that the filesystem watcher was not meant for ftp's but rather local monitoring, which doesn't make sense to me.
View 1 RepliesIf so, what is it? I am using VB 2010, and am relatively new to VB.
View 2 RepliesI want to create multiple directories using VB.NET. All I am trying to read a text file which holds all the paths and file names some thing like:
c: est.txt
d: est est.txt
The code which I tried o write down is:
If File.Exists(fileLoc) Then
Dim objReader As New StreamReader(fileLoc)
Dim TextLine As String = ""
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I have been asked to transfer multiple directories and their files from one drive to another but using a different directory name i.e Source Drive equals a: and the destination drive equals s:CATE ResultsA380, plus the orginal directory and files must be added to the destination path.
View 3 RepliesFile I/O and Registry :: replacing single filename in multiple directories and subdirectories
View 5 RepliesI am new to VB but I do have VS2005 and I was looking at some code examples here on deleting files by days old and I need to do something similar, I would like to start a say C:myData**.xit and search through all sub folders under myData and move all the .xit files based on days old into a temp folder. Then I could verify them before I delete them manually to be safe. So how do I loop through all sub folders? and can I just modify this code to do that? Here is the code I was thinking about starting with [URL].
Dim files As System.Collections.ObjectModel.ReadOnlyCollection(Of String)
Dim singlefile As String
Dim CreatedOn As Date
'Declare the counter
Dim deletedcount As Integer = 0
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This is currently the code I am using.
Dim fileList As Collections.ObjectModel.ReadOnlyCollection(Of String) = My.Computer.FileSystem.GetFiles(FolderDialog1.SelectedPath, FileIO.SearchOption.SearchTopLevelOnly)
For Each topLvlFile As String In fileList
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The above code reads all the files & directories in a selected path. It ignores any hidden folders, like it suppose to. Except it doesn't ignore folders inside of the hidden folders that it finds & I need it to.I can't quite wrap my head around how to make it ignore all folders & files inside of a hidden folder that it find.
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it just creates 1 folder but not other folders with in folder.
I need to list all files folders, subfolders and subfolder files under a selected directory in a list box not sure how to do the logic in the last amount of code lines to enumerate all subfolders dna files.Here is what I have so far:
Dim OldProfileDir As String
Dim NewProfileDir As String
Dim Newdocs As String = ""
Dim Olddocs As String = ""
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Basically I'm going to try and develop a software that merges PDFs automatically using the PDFSharp API.What I want in the program is to basically that: Have the program to give and Input and Output directoryMerge all the documents in the directory or sub-directoryRename the merged PDF file according the the name of the directory/sub-directoryIf the folder has PDF files and a Sub-Directory I want to merge the PDF files in the folder and rename them as per the main folder, and rename the files in the sub-folder according to its name (i.e. seperate|)
It's the first time I'm using an API.The problem I have is how to use the directories and sub-directories as I need them.
How to create a windows registry watcher application using .Net,I want this application to watch all the registry hocks and fire an event when a value change, this event will tell the old and new value for that value.
View 3 RepliesI am trying to make a handle for a custom control I made. The user control consists of many additional controls within.I am using this code to add the user control to my Form.
Dim ToolBox As New ToolboxPanel
It's created and works fine.
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I have downloaded 5 apps so far to get an idea on watching a dir for a file created, but every app i run i get an error like this
View 7 RepliesI created a VB.NET 4.0 program that uses the FileSystemWatcher class to monitor a file for changes. I have one user who is on a Mac running a Windows virtualization. Here is her description of her setup (p.s. Revit is not my program, mine is suplementary to Revit and works with the keynote file mentioned):
I work on an iMac (Snow Leopard,) and have Revit 2012 installed in a Boot Camp partition of Windows 7, which I then run through a Parallels 6 window. I used to run Revit just through Parallels, sans Boot Camp, but this seems to work better (faster.) I do store my Revit files in the Mac OS, but the keynote file is in Windows 7. Obviously this is a non-standard setup, but it is causing the FileSystemWatcher to fail. Is anyone familiar with this or know why it's failing or if it can be fixed?
There is a Folder where our client downloads the ".BCH" files on a daily basis. I want to be notified via the E-mail once there is a new file downloaded. I am using a Folder Watcher to accomplish this. Here is the code:
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I am using FileSystemWatcher in order renaming files within a Watched directory.The problem occurs if the number of files copied simultaneously to the watched directory exceeds the number of 50...The rename event is fired successfully for the first 50 files, but after that nothing happens?
View 1 RepliesI'm trying to detect the insertion of a USB-Serial COM port device. I found an example that shows how to detect a new USB device - and that part is now working well in my project. The question is, how do I pass on that event back to my Form1 class? In the example, I can create a MsgBox just fine, but if I try to manipulate any of the controls on my form, or raise a user-defined event, I get this message: 'System.InvalidOperationException' occurred in System.Windows.Forms.dll
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I need to write a small program that monitors a group of file directories for files being written to them and them move them as quickly as possible to a different process directory.I was very happy to find FileSystemWatcher in .NET. The event fires immediately. Unfortunately it fires when the very frist byte hits the directory.I'm using the following event:[code]My problem with this is, I am following up with code to move this file and if the file is big enough I will get the error:"process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process".That make sense to me but I'm struggling with finding a "file complete" event or some other programmatic indication that the file has completly arrived and can be "moved".I don't want to set an arbitrary timer.These files are on their way to a printer and I don't want to stick delays in a process that the users will notice and complain about.
View 1 RepliesI am using standalone application vb.net(2.0) and using filesysystem watcher class to find any new xml coming into that specified directory then application take that file and continue the process but the direcotry have been located in network machine. Now my problem is, once the path is not available it mean the shared path server going to offline, then my application not intimate me.
View 2 RepliesWhat exactly does a System File Watcher do? And what can you do with it?
View 10 RepliesDoes the File Watcher class in VB.NET only watch one folder? Or can I have it notify me of any change in the whole drive?
View 4 RepliesHere is my stuck in a rut kind deal.I am using Visual Basic Express Editoin 2008. (Most of these forums and samples and stuff is either C# VB 2005). I just want to simply know how I can "View or Monitor" the access.log file that is on my server?
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I have created a file watcher but I have a problem with the file watcher.here is the
vb.net
Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form
Private watchfolder As IO.FileSystemWatcher[code]....
And I have the Following error
InvalidOperationException
"Cross-thread operation not valid: Control 'txtmonitor' accessed from a thread other than the thread it was create on."
I have multiple .mp3 files that I have added to the resources of my project, and the thing is, that the mediaplayer won't play .mp3 files from the resources, so I need to extract them to the filesystem in order to play them, but I can't find any way to do this. All the things I've tried have given me the error saying that I don't have access to the folders I try to extract to. And yes, I'm on the Admin account of the computer.
View 3 Repliesi've tried to use SHELL to run an program when i hit "Button1".I reckoned ill use the Computer.FileSystem.GetFiles.To find the File on the Users Computer. And i dont know how to transfer the data Computer.FileSystem.GetFiles obtains to the Shell.[code]
View 3 RepliesIt seems like FileSystem.GetFiles() is unable to recover from the UnauthorizedAccessException exception that .Net triggers when trying to access an off-limit directory.In this case, does it mean this class/method isn't useful when scanning a whole drive and I should use some other solution (in which case: Which one?)? Here's some code to show the issue:
Private Sub bgrLongProcess_DoWork(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.ComponentModel.DoWorkEventArgs) Handles bgrLongProcess.DoWork
Dim drive As DriveInfo[code]...
If I have a folder with a bunch of ".htm" & ".html" files in it and I use
My.Computer.FileSystem.GetFiles(myFolder, FileIO.SearchOption.SearchTopLevelOnly, "*.html")it returns all the ".html" files, as expected. But if I useMy.Computer.FileSystem.GetFiles(myFolder, FileIO.SearchOption.SearchTopLevelOnly, "*.htm")it returns ".htm" & ".html" files, when I would expect it to return only the ".htm" files. Is this a bug?
i need to add explanation to my file i have a little filesystem in my program (so i dont want to use database for files)how can i add and call explanation to myfile i have some ideas but thats last resort couse its not not efficient and hard to make :)i thought i should create new table for my filesystem notes.so is there any easy way to do this :) i mean when we use explorer we can right click and use some field for our explanations.Is it possible to be able to use this fields.
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