Subject Re: Watching a folder From Michael <michael@itntgroup.com.au> Date Sun, 15 Jul 2018 09:35:12 -0400 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started Andy, how does _app.executedmessages() work? Do you have some sample code? How can I make it execute a function when a file is found? Cheers, Michael. Andy Taylor Wrote: > Michael, > > Sleep will have dBASE continually watching the clock and doing not a lot else. > The timer is the best way to do what you want. > > UNLESS.... you are only expecting delays of a few seconds in which case you could use a counted loop >  of up to say 10,000 with file(*.txt) and_app.executemessages() being called in the loop. > > Andy > > > Hi Guys, > > > > I need to check a folder to see if a .txt file has been written in the folder and is closed by another writing party. > > > > I created a do while loop using file() to see if the file exists or not and then sleep a second to make sure the file has been written and closed as there is no file locking. > > > > My concern is that if something goes wrong in writing the file by the  third party it could hang me in an endless loop. > > > > Is there a better way to check a folder if a file has been written yet or not? and wait for it to be written without using a loop, for eg: using timer? to check every second or so? > > > > Any thoughts/suggestions? > > > > Michael. >