May 2022 - File transfer tool from Limagito

29 May
Specify to copy the second most recent file
Q: Can you recommend any way using Limagito, that we can specify to copy the second most recent file, i.e. at midnight today, copy the file from midnight yesterday? So the creation of a new file in the folder would trigger the copying of the previous file.
A client of ours has recently licensed Limagito. The primary use is for transferring text files from an equipment server to a historian server, where it can be processed. We have one use case that is a bit tricky, and we are hoping that you can help with it. The source equipment produces an audit trail text file, which captures changes to the system on a continuous basis. The equipment creates the file every 24 hours, at midnight. Until now, we had been copying this file at midnight, to transfer for processing. The rule we use identifies when a new file is created, and copies this new file. We assumed that the file held the audit trail records for the previous 24 hour. But what is actually the case is that the equipment creates the file at midnight, and then continuously writes to the file for the next 24 hours, and creates a new (blank) file again the next midnight. So the files that we were copying were blank, or only held a few lines of data.
So a little bit more info. Our client has previously been using different file mover software. They have only recently licensed Limagito. So currently, we are using that different software, but because they now have a Limagito license, we want to use Limagito instead,
So currently, we have a rule set up (in the other software) which will detect when a new file is added/created in the source folder, and copy that file to the destination folder. So to answer your question, the equipment creates a new file in the source folder at midnight, which is initially blank, but it will write to that file at regular intervals for the subsequent 24 hours. But yes, as you say, we do a copy when the file appears for the first time. So the rule we use monitors the folder for new files, and copies a new file when it appears. What we want to do, is copy the file that was created 24 hours ago.
A: In this case we could trigger the rule at for example 5 minutes past midnight and use a ‘File Date Include Filter’ of older than 1 day.
Please disable the Scan Timers in the ‘Schedule’ Setup:
Enable ‘Use Scheduler’ and Add the following ‘5 minutes past midnight’ schedule:
Because we are using a ‘Once a day’ trigger it is very important not to enable the ‘Stabilized File Check’ option. The reason is that this option needs at least two triggers because it needs to check if a file size is growing between triggers/scans or not.
Add the following ‘File Date Include’ filter. Be sure to enable ‘Data Relative’ as File Date Filter Reference.

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Best regards,
Limagito Team
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26 May
Move 1 file to 1 location and another file to a different location
Q: Is it possible to move 1 file to 1 location and another file to a different location but only when a file with a specific extension is present? I’m processing a job where I create a data file with print information and a PDFfile, in the Main location there will be .csv file
Main Location
.csv
At some point a pdf file will appear in the main location i.e.
.csv
.pdf
Can I create a rule where
It only starts when a .pdf is present
Moves the .pdf file to 1 location and the .csv file to a different location?
A: Yes this is possible using a bit of Pascal Script. We added some screenshots from an example to get you started.
We added a local Windows folder as Source:
Important is to add the following FileName Include Filters. We’ll scan for ‘*.csv’ and ‘*.pdf’ files.
Open the Pascal Script option:
Enable and Add the following ‘On Rule Begin’ Pascal Script:
Begin psExitCode:= 1; // ... add your code here psVSA := ''; End.
Enable and Add the following ‘On Destination’ Pascal Script:
Var tmpExt: String; tmpFile: String; Begin psExitCode := 0; // ... add your code here tmpExt := ExtractFileExt(psFileName); // Check for pdf if csv exists If tmpExt = '.csv' Then Begin tmpFile := psStringReplace(psFileName, tmpExt, '.pdf'); If FileExists(psFilePath + tmpFile) or (Pos(psFilePath + tmpFile, psVSA) <> 0) Then Begin psLogWrite(1, '', 'File ' + tmpFile + ' Exists'); psVSA := psVSA + ';' + psFilePath + psFileName; psExitCode := 1; End; End; // Check for csv if pdf exists If tmpExt = '.pdf' Then Begin tmpFile := psStringReplace(psFileName, tmpExt, '.csv'); If FileExists(psFilePath + tmpFile) or (Pos(psFilePath + tmpFile, psVSA) <> 0) Then Begin psLogWrite(1, '', 'File ' + tmpFile + ' Exists'); psVSA := psVSA + ';' + psFilePath + psFileName; psExitCode := 1; End; End; End.
Enable and Add the following ‘On Destinations‘ Pascal Script:
Begin psExitCode := -1; // .csv files to Destination ID1 If (psDestinationID = 'ID1') And (ExtractFileExt(psFileName) = '.csv') Then psExitCode := 1; // .pdf files to Destination ID2 If (psDestinationID = 'ID2') And (ExtractFileExt(psFileName) = '.pdf') Then psExitCode := 1; End.
Add two Destinations. Important, the first Destination (ID1) should receive hte csv files and the second Destination (ID2) should receive the pdf files.
RunTime Log Result. The Csv file goes to the first Destination and only when a pdf file with the same name exists. The pdf file itself goes to the second Destination.
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Best regards,
Limagito Team
By Limagito-Team Pascal Script WIN
25 May
Unable to login with AD account “User account not valid”
Unable to login with AD account “User account not valid”
Limagito File Mover has an option to add User Accounts so you can restrict the rules and options for different type of users.
More information: I want to use user accounts in LimagitoX File Mover
There is also a possibility to use domain accounts. Important in this case is that the ‘Logon As’ account of the File Mover Service is an account of this domain and with sufficient rights because it needs to able to request the domain controller if a user/password combination is valid or not.
Recently we received some feedback of a user which we would like to share with you:
Me and my admin network colleague have got AD account declared on Limagito. There is no problem at all. But, in despite adding other AD users in Limagito list accounts, unable at all to authenticate… “user account not valid”. These AD accounts are listed in the same OU as us, so I don’t understand why it causes problem, and I didn’t find any log about this error on the server. Could you help us ?
We replied with:
We are using a Windows API here to check if the account is valid. We did not change anything to this code and there is not much we can do. We’ll check if we can add more log information in the next build. Most of the time it is the user account used for the File Mover service or user rights or OU .. not easy. Strange that it does work for some accounts.
Later on we received the following feedback:
I have found a workaround after few tests : only the “Backup operators” local group permits to solve problem.
(obviously, it works also with Administrators local group… but I reject this solution).
I tried another local groups (Power users, etc..) nothing better.
I also tried to make a match regarding the Backup Operators location in the local policies (gpedit.msc ; …\local policies\user rights assignments), but nothing better at all.
=> only the Backup Operators group works.
So, I added an AD group in “Backup operators”, and all members of this AD group can open Limagito web access !
Maybe it can help your team to explain and permit to add instruction in Manual.
=> in our environment, I have to let some users hold/release determinate rules, this is why I need this king of access.

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If you need any info about this ‘User account not valid’ question, please let us know.
Best regards,
Limagito Team
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