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I'm in the need of a program that does the following:1) Monitors a given folder for files of a given extension (.icd)2) When a new .icd file is found it should zip some other files with the same filename (but different extension) in the same directory to a new zip file with the same name as the .icd file that was found (zip extension).3) Upload the newly created zip file to an ftp server4) create a new file with the same filename and extension .4faCan Robotask do this?

Yes, of course RoboTask can do this.

See the scenario below. Your task will be like this example.
The example monitores the c:\incoming folder and does all needed operations. File name has been extracted by {ExtractFileNameNoExt()} system variable. In order to learn more about variables, go to Options -> Variables.

;**********************
;* RoboTask Task file *
;* Do not edit!       *
;**********************

[Root]
ActionAfterRun=INTEGER|0
Actions=FOLDER
Automat=INTEGER|-1
CatID=INTEGER|1947094105
ContinueOnError=INTEGER|0
Events=FOLDER
ExternalName=STRING|"Task524"
Hide=INTEGER|0
ID=INTEGER|1404299967
Name=STRING|"Monitore files, pack and other operations"
Priority=INTEGER|3
RunOnClose=INTEGER|0
RunOnStartup=INTEGER|0
ToLog=INTEGER|3

[Actions]
Action1=FOLDER
Action2=FOLDER
Action3=FOLDER
Action4=FOLDER
Action5=FOLDER
Action6=FOLDER
Action7=FOLDER

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

[Actions\Action1\Params]
destvar=STRING|"CURRENT_ICD"
file=STRING|"c:\new_icd.txt"
linecount=STRING|"0"
sourcetext=STRING|"0"

[Actions\Action2]
ActionID=STRING|"A_VARIABLES_SET"
Enabled=INTEGER|-1
Name=STRING|"Set variable ""C_FILENAME_ONLY"" with value ""{ExtractFileNameNoExt({Current_ICD})}"""
Params=FOLDER

[Actions\Action2\Params]
expand=STRING|"1"
varname=STRING|"C_FILENAME_ONLY"
varvalue=STRING|"{ExtractFileNameNoExt({Current_ICD})}"

[Actions\Action3]
ActionID=STRING|"A_ZIP_PACK"
Enabled=INTEGER|-1
Name=STRING|"Pack Files"
Params=FOLDER

[Actions\Action3\Params]
action=STRING|"0"
coment0=STRING|"{DateTime}, {DayOfWeek}"
coment1=STRING|"This zip-archive created by RoboTask (C) 2003 Neowise"
comentcount=STRING|"2"
compreslevel=STRING|"1"
destfile=STRING|"c:\incoming\{c_filename_only}.zip"
dosformat=STRING|"0"
exclude=STRING|"*.icd"
file0=STRING|"c:\incoming\{c_filename_only}.*"
filecount=STRING|"1"
includesubfolders=STRING|"1"
incsysandhidden=STRING|"0"
junkdirnames=STRING|"0"
password=STRING|"2488924689257142493915059"

[Actions\Action4]
ActionID=STRING|"A_FTP_LOGON"
Enabled=INTEGER|-1
Name=STRING|"FTP Log On"
Params=FOLDER

[Actions\Action4\Params]
anonymous=STRING|"1"
host=STRING|"localhost"
passive=STRING|"0"
password=STRING|"4231738316406194034628830408604112640602242 423831112461"
port=STRING|"21"
username=STRING|"anonymous"

[Actions\Action5]
ActionID=STRING|"A_FTP_UPLOAD"
Enabled=INTEGER|-1
Name=STRING|"FTP Upload"
Params=FOLDER

[Actions\Action5\Params]
file=STRING|"c:\incoming\{c_filename_only}.zip"
folder=STRING|"/incoming"

[Actions\Action6]
ActionID=STRING|"A_FILE_TEXTWRITE"
Enabled=INTEGER|-1
Name=STRING|"Create text file c:\incoming\{c_filename_only}.4fa"
Params=FOLDER

[Actions\Action6\Params]
fileexists=STRING|"0"
filname=STRING|"c:\incoming\{c_filename_only}.4fa"
line0=STRING|"The task has been finished at {DateTime}!"
linecount=STRING|"1"

[Actions\Action7]
ActionID=STRING|"A_LOOP_END"
Enabled=INTEGER|-1
Name=STRING|"End Loop"

[Events]
Event1=FOLDER

[Events\Event1]
Enabled=INTEGER|-1
EventID=STRING|"E_FILE_MONITOR"
Params=FOLDER

[Events\Event1\Params]
chg=STRING|"0"
chga=STRING|"1"
chgsl=STRING|"1"
chgsm=STRING|"1"
chgtl=STRING|"1"
chgtm=STRING|"1"
del=STRING|"0"
folder1=STRING|"C:\incoming"
foldercount=STRING|"1"
id=STRING|"ALN07EIO1"
incmask=STRING|"*.icd"
interval=STRING|"60"
listmode=STRING|"1"
mon_files=STRING|"1"
mon_folders=STRING|"0"
new=STRING|"1"
onelist=STRING|"c:\new_icd.txt"
saveresults=STRING|"1"
subfolders1=STRING|"0"

Thanks!I've been testing a little here as well and one qustion: Why have you  in your example used a text loop while I have now done the same (I think) with a file loop - whats the difference?

Of course you can do this with a file loop on *.icd files. If you move (or rename) original file then both variants give you the same result.