Pascal Script Archives - Page 12 of 30 - File transfer tool from Limagito

28 May
Delete all contents of a destination folder before files are moved
Q: Is there a way to delete all contents of a destination folder before files are moved/not just overwriting them? I am unzipping a large folder with files daily, most files are named the same thing so they can overwrite them. Have a few that are named with dates and times so they just end up staying in the folder.
A: If the unzip folder is always the same, the following solution could help you. We added a script that will delete all files and subfolders when ‘On Rule Begin’ is triggered. The path you need to use in the script is the one you will use in your UNZIP as Destination setup.
– Open Pascal Script Setup
Enable and Add the following ‘On Rule Begin’ Pascal Script. In this example our Unzip path = C:\Test\Out\UNZIP\
Don’t forget to adjust the ctOutputPath const, must end with a \
Const ctOutputPath = 'C:\Test\Out\UNZIP\'; Begin psExitCode:= 1; // ... add your code here psLogWrite(1, '', 'Delete Tree: ' + ctOutputPath); psDeleteFiles(ctOutputPath, '*.*'); psDeleteTree(ctOutputPath, True); End.
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If you need any info about this ‘Delete all contents of a destination’ request, please let us know.
Best regards,
Limagito Team
By Limagito-Team Pascal Script WIN ZIP delete, unzip
26 May
Image and sidecar xml workflow question
Q: We have a new process that backs up and then moves an image file and sidecar xml file into an input directory [folder A] for our automated photo toning software.
The xml file contains instructions for cropping and has the same name as the image file with the exception of their file extensions, for example 230519_511627666.xml and 230519_511627666.jpg.
The photo toning software ingests both the .xml and .jpg and attempts to tone the image, but if the .jpg fails it is output to an error folder [B] without being cropped and toned.
We pick up the errored .jpg from folder B, resize it with other software and drop it to another folder [C].
We need to then move the .jpg from folder C back to input folder A to try it again, but it requires its corresponding .xml file which can be found in the backup folder [D] be dropped alongside it again to process and tone.
Is it possible with a Limagito rule to monitor source folder C and if an image file is found, grab the .xml file of the same name from folder D, then drop them both to folder A?
Hope that makes sense! Thanks, David
A: Yes, should be possible. We’ll prepare a script for this asap.
We created the following directory structure for the test of the script:
Source is the C folder (resized files):
Filename Include Filter, we only want to scan for jpg files:
Enable and add ‘On Destination’ Pascal Script:
Don’t forget to adjust the Path const values:
var tmpFilename: String; Const // Path must end with a \ ctBackupPath = 'C:\Test\AJC\D\'; ctDestinationPath = 'C:\Test\AJC\A\'; Begin psExitCode:= 0; tmpFilename := ChangeFileExt(psFileName, '.xml'); If FileExists(ctBackupPath + tmpFilename) Then Begin If psCopyFile(ctBackupPath + tmpFilename, ctDestinationPath + tmpFilename, False) Then Begin psExitCode:= 1; psLogWrite(1, '', 'Copy file success of ' + ctBackupPath + tmpFilename + ' to ' + ctDestinationPath + tmpFilename); End Else Begin psLogWrite(1, '', 'Copy file error of ' + ctBackupPath + tmpFilename + ' to ' + ctDestinationPath + tmpFilename); End; End Else psLogWrite(1, '', 'Error, xml file does not exist: ' + ctBackupPath + tmpFilename); End.
Feedback user:
Thank you, I’ll try this out and let you know if I have any issues with it. Appreciate the quick response!
Just wanted to update, this rule and script appears to work great and I have it in place in our production workflow now, thanks again!
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If you need any info about this ‘Image and sidecar xml workflow question’, please let us know.
Best regards,
Limagito Team
By Limagito-Team Image Pascal Script Image, sidecar, Xml
14 May
New counters added in Limagito File Mover
Newly added in Limagito File Mover recently:
Values total counters (history):
psTotalFiles Counter: %CSC
psTotalFilesSrcError Counter: %CFS
psTotalFileDstError Counter: %CFD
psTotalControlSrc Counter: %CCS
psTotalControlDst Counter: %CCD
The following counters will reset themself On Rule Begin:
psCurrentsFiles Counter: %ZSC
psCurrentFilesSrcError Counter: %ZFS
psCurrentFilesDstError Counter: %ZFD
psCurrentControlSrcError Counter: %ZCS
psCurrentControlDstError Counter: %ZCD
These can be used for example in email events.

Result of sent email:
These counters are also available as Pascal Script var so this means you can control only to send an error email if for example the value of an error counter reaches a certain value.
Important, enable ‘Use Pascal Script as Event Precondition’ in the options tab:
You can create any combination of our counters to determine when the error event should actually be sent. Please let us know if you need any help here.
An example of the the new counters being used in our Pascal Script ‘On Rule End’ option:
RunTime Log Result:
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If you need any info please let us know.
Best regards,
Limagito Team
By Limagito-Team How-to Pascal Script counters