"Aaron Smith" <thespirit***@smithcentral.net> wrote in message
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>I have a small application that runs in the taskbar. All it has is a
> timer that goes off every second. It looks at a list of files on a
> source and then on a destination folder. If it can't find a file in the
> source folder in the destination folder, it copies it into the
> destination. Everything is working fine, except for one thing... There
> is another application that creates the files in the source folder.
> This application creates a file in the source folder, then it fills the
> file with data...
>
> The application that creates the file locks up until the copy
> application is closed.. I've tried setting the timer to every 30
> seconds, but it still locks up.
>
> Is there a way to check to see if a file is in use first and then just
> skip that file?
>
> Here is some code that I use:
>
>         SourceFiles = System.IO.Directory.GetFiles(txtSource.Text)
>         DestFiles = System.IO.Directory.GetFiles(txtDestination.Text)
>         Dim iCount As Integer
>         For iCount = 0 To SourceFiles.Length - 1
>             bFound = False
>             Dim iCountDest As Integer
>             For iCountDest = 0 To DestFiles.Length - 1
>                 If System.IO.Path.GetFileName(DestFiles(iCountDest)) =
> System.IO.Path.GetFileName(SourceFiles(iCount)) Then bFound = True
>             Next
>             If bFound = False Then
>                 sourcePath = SourceFiles(iCount)
>                 destPath = txtDestination.Text & "\" &
> System.IO.Path.GetFileName(SourceFiles(iCount))
>
>                 System.IO.File.Copy(sourcePath, destPath)
>             End If
>         Next
>
> Thanks,
> Aaron
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> ---
> Aaron Smith
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> Look into the FileSystemWatcher instead of the timer. It is made to fix
> problems like this.
>
> "Aaron Smith" <thespirit***@smithcentral.net> wrote in message
> news:Mzb3e.13379$ZB6.7510@newssvr19.news.prodigy.com...
>
>>I have a small application that runs in the taskbar. All it has is a
>>timer that goes off every second. It looks at a list of files on a
>>source and then on a destination folder. If it can't find a file in the
>>source folder in the destination folder, it copies it into the
>>destination. Everything is working fine, except for one thing... There
>>is another application that creates the files in the source folder.
>>This application creates a file in the source folder, then it fills the
>>file with data...
>>
>>The application that creates the file locks up until the copy
>>application is closed.. I've tried setting the timer to every 30
>>seconds, but it still locks up.
>>
>>Is there a way to check to see if a file is in use first and then just
>>skip that file?
>>
>>Here is some code that I use:
>>
>>        SourceFiles = System.IO.Directory.GetFiles(txtSource.Text)
>>        DestFiles = System.IO.Directory.GetFiles(txtDestination.Text)
>>        Dim iCount As Integer
>>        For iCount = 0 To SourceFiles.Length - 1
>>            bFound = False
>>            Dim iCountDest As Integer
>>            For iCountDest = 0 To DestFiles.Length - 1
>>                If System.IO.Path.GetFileName(DestFiles(iCountDest)) =
>>System.IO.Path.GetFileName(SourceFiles(iCount)) Then bFound = True
>>            Next
>>            If bFound = False Then
>>                sourcePath = SourceFiles(iCount)
>>                destPath = txtDestination.Text & "\" &
>>System.IO.Path.GetFileName(SourceFiles(iCount))
>>
>>                System.IO.File.Copy(sourcePath, destPath)
>>            End If
>>        Next
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Aaron
>>--
>>---
>>Aaron Smith
>>Remove -1- to E-Mail me. Spam Sucks.
>
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