Problems copy/Move files

Miguel · Post by **Miguel** » Tue Oct 16, 2012 6:08 am

Hello, i'm a reseller of robotask from Spain. We have a problem with one of our coustomers.They have a rip software that export PDF files to another folder. The rip first create the end file with 0kb and this file is growing. The final file can be any size from 20 Mb to 1,2,3...Gb and the computer can take a long and variable time to create the file.They have a Cyclic task that every 100 seconds move this file to another computer way network that make a conversion of the PDF file and the problem is that the robotask try to move the incomplete file every 100 seconds and move bad files to the another computer making this crash.How can we make that robotask detect that the file is complete and move it at that time?Thanks

Post by **Oleg** » Tue Oct 16, 2012 3:55 pm

Look at the "Wait for file" action.
This action waits while the file is opened by another application.
see more here
The task will be paused until file be completely free.

Put this action before file copying the file, like this:

Wait for file //some timeout
Copy file

Also look at the variable {IsFileFree(<SomeFileName>)}
You can use it in If..Then action

Miguel · Post by **Miguel** » Thu Oct 18, 2012 5:51 am

Hi Oleg, i believe that in the action wait for life you must put the exact name of a file, but this is variable. How can i do it,please?

Post by **Oleg** » Thu Oct 18, 2012 6:11 am

You can copy files in the loop. See the example below.
You don't need to know exact file name. You can use variables
File loop will find corresponding files and process all files one-by-one.

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;*****************************
;* RoboTask Task file
;* Do not edit in text editor!
;*****************************
 
[Root]
ActionAfterRun=INTEGER|0
Actions=FOLDER
Automat=INTEGER|-1
CatID=INTEGER|2099193306
Comment=STRINGLIST
ContinueOnError=INTEGER|0
ExternalName=STRING|"Task449"
Hide=INTEGER|0
ID=INTEGER|128235586
LocalVariables=STRING|"cfile"
LogOnAsUser=INTEGER|1
Name=STRING|"copy files in the loop"
OnErrorTaskID=INTEGER|0
Priority=INTEGER|3
RunOnClose=INTEGER|0
RunOnStartup=INTEGER|0
ToLog=INTEGER|3
WriteGeneralLog=INTEGER|0

[Actions]
Action1=FOLDER
Action2=FOLDER
Action3=FOLDER
Action4=FOLDER

[Actions\Action1]
ActionID=STRING|"A_LOOP_FILE"
Enabled=INTEGER|-1
Name=STRING|"File Loop"
Params=FOLDER

[Actions\Action1\Params]
createmode=STRING|"1"
date1=STRING|"20121018"
date2=STRING|"20121018"
destvar=STRING|"CFILE"
DuringDays=STRING|"1"
DuringHours=STRING|"1"
DuringMinutes=STRING|"1"
DuringMonths=STRING|"1"
file0=STRING|"C:\incoming\*.pdf"
filecount=STRING|"1"
OlderDays=STRING|"1"
OlderHours=STRING|"1"
OlderMinutes=STRING|"1"
OlderMonths=STRING|"1"
savesize=STRING|"0"
searchkind=STRING|"0"
subdirs=STRING|"1"
timesize=STRING|"0"
WithoutPath=STRING|"0"

[Actions\Action2]
ActionID=STRING|"A_FILE_WAIT"
Enabled=INTEGER|-1
Name=STRING|"Waiting {cfile} file for 60 sec"
Params=FOLDER

[Actions\Action2\Params]
filename=STRING|"{cfile}"
timeout=STRING|"60"

[Actions\Action3]
ActionID=STRING|"A_FILE_COPY"
Enabled=INTEGER|-1
Name=STRING|"Copy/Move File"
Params=FOLDER

[Actions\Action3\Params]
destdir=STRING|"c:\dest"
f_count=STRING|"1"
file0=STRING|"{cfile}"
hidden=STRING|"1"
ifexists=STRING|"0"
move=STRING|"0"
subdir=STRING|"0"
system=STRING|"1"

[Actions\Action4]
ActionID=STRING|"A_LOOP_END"
Enabled=INTEGER|-1
Name=STRING|"End Loop"

Miguel · Post by **Miguel** » Thu Oct 18, 2012 6:25 am

Thanks Oleg, could you send me in .tsk file please or said me how to do it. I haven't many experience with robotask, only resell it.

Post by **Oleg** » Thu Oct 18, 2012 6:31 am

Save the text of task into TSK file (or any text file)
and use menu Task->Import in order to import into RoboTask

Text of task is in the CODE field of my previous message.

Miguel · Post by **Miguel** » Thu Oct 18, 2012 6:50 am

Thanks you very much!!