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15 Jul

Can you use the date in a file name to create the subdirectory?

Q: Can you use the date in a file name to create the subdirectory? So, when moving the attached file, we would like to create a sub-directory of:

C:\Users\niall\WindowsDatabase\Destination\Valuation\2021\06. Jun\ ,

Where ‘2021\06. Jun\’ is derived from the name of the source file? Thinking if we can pull a date variable/parameter from the filename we could pass it into the directory set-up. I can’t see how to get there.

A: Yes this is possible using some Pascal Script.

We received the following filename from the customer: ‘Valuation_2021-06-21.csv’. We’ll use this in the following example but remember we can adjust the script for any other filename you might have.

1.Using a Windows folder as Source:

Limagito File Mover Windows Folder as Source

2.Open our ‘Pascal Script’ option:

Limagito File Mover Pascal Script Menu

3. Add and enable the following ‘On Destination’ Pascal Script:

Var
  tmpDate: TDateTime;
  tmpDatePart: String;
  tmpList: TStringList;
 
Function GetDateFromString(const aInput: String): TDateTime;
var
  wYear, wMonth, wDay: Word;
Begin
  wYear := StrToInt(Copy(aInput, 1, 4));
  wMonth := StrToInt(Copy(aInput, 6, 2));
  wDay := StrToInt(Copy(aInput, 9, 2));
  Try
    Result := EncodeDate(wYear, wMonth, wDay);
  Except
    Result := 0;
  End;
End;
 
Begin
  // Valuation_2021-06-21.csv
  psExitCode:= 0;
  // ... add your code here
  tmpList := TStringList.create;
  Try
    tmpList.delimiter := '_';
    tmpList.DelimitedText := psFileName;
    If tmpList.Count >= 2 Then
    Begin
      tmpDatePart := tmpList.Strings[1];
      psLogWrite(1, '', 'DatePart from File ' + psFilePath + psFileName + ': ' + tmpDatePart);
      tmpDate := GetDateFromString(tmpDatePart);
      // 2021\06. Jun\
      If Not (tmpDate = 0) Then
      Begin
        psVSA := FormatDateTime('YYYY', tmpDate);
        psVSA := psVSA + '\' + FormatDateTime('DD', tmpDate);
        psVSA := psVSA + '. ' + FormatDateTime('MMM', tmpDate) + '\';
        // Debug        
        psLogWrite(1, '', 'Result psVSA: ' + psVSA);
        psExitCode := 1;
      End
      Else
        psLogWrite(1, '', 'GetDateFromString Error, ' + tmpDatePart);
    End
    Else
      psLogWrite(1, '', 'Count FileName _ Parts Error, ' + psFileName);
  Finally
    tmpList.free;
  End;
End.

Limagito File Mover Pascal Script

4. Adjust the ‘Create Subdir option’ to %VSA in your Destination Setup. We used a Windows folder as Destination in our example.

Limagito File Mover Destination Setup

5. RunTime Log Result:

Limagito File Mover RunTime Log

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If you need any info about this ‘date in a file name to create the subdirectory’ feature, please let us know.

Best regards,

Limagito Team

By Limagito-Team Pascal Script date, filename, subdirectory

12 Jul

Adjust datepart of a filename with Limagito File Mover

Q: Adjust datepart of a filename with Limagito File Mover. I have a file name “thisfile_20210712” and after transfer I would like to reduce one day “thisfile_20210711”. I can try to figure out with regex but what if the day is 20210801” that would be challenge for regex . I don’t know if you have any thing to allow external window host script to run after the job to fix this.

A: Yes this is possible using some Pascal Script. If you think this is too difficult for you, just contact us and we’ll help.

We received an example file of the customer:

This is the example “thisfile_20210711_new.pdf”
Expected: “thisfile_20210710_revised.pdf”

1.Our Source is a Windows Folder.

Limagito File Mover Windows Folder as Source

2. Add the following ‘OnDestination’ Pascal Script. This script will strip and adjust the datepart in the filename.

Limagito File Mover Pascal Script Menu

Limagito File Mover On Destination Pascal Script

Var
  iList: Integer;
  tmpDate: TDateTime;
  tmpDatePart: String;
  tmpList: TStringList;
 
Function GetDateFromString(const aInput: String): TDateTime;
var
  wYear, wMonth, wDay: Word;
Begin
  wYear := StrToInt(Copy(aInput, 1, 4));
  wMonth := StrToInt(Copy(aInput, 5, 2));
  wDay := StrToInt(Copy(aInput, 7, 2));
  Try
    Result := EncodeDate(wYear, wMonth, wDay);
  Except
    Result := 0;
  End;  
End;  
 
Begin
  // thisfile_20210711_new.pdf
  psExitCode:= 0;
  // ... add your code here
  tmpList := TStringList.create;
  Try
    tmpList.delimiter := '_';
    tmpList.DelimitedText := psFileName;
    If tmpList.Count >= 3 Then     
    Begin
      tmpDatePart := tmpList.Strings[1];
      psLogWrite(1, '', 'DatePart from File ' + psFilePath + psFileName + ': ' + tmpDatePart);     
      tmpDate := GetDateFromString(tmpDatePart);
      tmpDate := psIncDay(tmpDate, -1);
      //
      If Not (tmpDate = 0) Then
      Begin
        tmpList.Strings[1] := FormatDateTime('YYYYMMDD', tmpDate);
        // Iterate
        For iList := 0 to (tmpList.Count-1) Do
        Begin
          If iList = 0 Then
            psVSA := tmpList.Strings[iList]
          Else  
            psVSA := psVSA + '_' + tmpList.Strings[iList];        
        End;  
        psLogWrite(1, '', 'Reesult psVSA: ' + psVSA);        
        psExitCode := 1;
      End
      Else          
        psLogWrite(1, '', 'GetDateFromString Error, ' + tmpDatePart);
    End
    Else
      psLogWrite(1, '', 'Count FileName _ Parts Error, ' + psFileName);        
  Finally
    tmpList.free;
  End;  
End.

3. In your Destination setup we’ll use the File Renaming option to rename the originale filename to:

the adjusted filename (%VSA)
‘new.pdf’ part to ‘revised.pdf’

Limagito File Mover File Renaming

4. RunTime Log Result:

Limagito File Mover RunTime Log Result

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If you need any info about this new ‘Adjust datepart of a filename’ option, please let us know.

Best regards,

Limagito Team

By Limagito-Team Pascal Script datepart, filename, rename

07 May

Q&A 43: Read first line of a file and move to a specific folder

Q: Read first line of a file and move to a specific folder. I have some files that sit on a server and I would like to move them off to archive. Each file has a code in the first line that tells me where the file came from. The files are regular text (.txt) files. How can I set up Limagito to move the file based on that code? If the code contains B01, move to a folder named Branch1. If the code contains B02, move to a folder named Branch2. The code will usually have more letters surrounding the B01 and B02, so I need the logic to pick up on B01 and B02 being in the code.
A: Yes this is possible. All you need a simple Pascal Script. We’ve added some screenshots to get you started.

As a start we added a new Moving Rule with WIN as Source. In the windows source folder we added some txt files. We’ll read the first line and check if certain codes exists (B01, B02, ..). Depending on the code found we’ll use a different subfolder of the Destination folder. If this subfolder doesn’t exist then we’ll create it.

1.Please open the Pascal Script option:

LimagitoX File Mover Pascal Script

2. Enable and add the following ‘On Destination’ Pascal Script:

var
  tmpLine: String;
  tmpList: TStringList;
Begin
  psExitCode:= 0;
  psVSA := 'Unknown'
  // ... add your code here
  tmpList := TStringList.Create;
  Try
    try
      tmpList.LoadFromFile(psFilePath + psFileName);
      // Check First Line
      If tmpList.Count <> 0 Then
      Begin
        tmpLine := UpperCase(tmpList.Strings[0]);
        psLogWrite(1, '', 'First Line: ' + tmpLine);
        // check
        If Pos('B01', tmpLine) <> 0 Then psVSA := 'Alabama';
        If Pos('B02', tmpLine) <> 0 Then psVSA := 'Alaska';
        If Pos('B03', tmpLine) <> 0 Then psVSA := 'Arizona';
        If Pos('B04', tmpLine) <> 0 Then psVSA := 'Arkansas';
        If Pos('B05', tmpLine) <> 0 Then psVSA := 'California';
        If Pos('B06', tmpLine) <> 0 Then psVSA := 'Colorado';
        If Pos('B07', tmpLine) <> 0 Then psVSA := 'Connecticut';
        If Pos('B08', tmpLine) <> 0 Then psVSA := 'Delaware';
        If Pos('B09', tmpLine) <> 0 Then psVSA := 'Florida';
        If Pos('B10', tmpLine) <> 0 Then psVSA := 'Georgia';
        // Set ExitCode
        psLogWrite(1, '', 'Subfolder which will be used ' + psVSA);
        psExitCode := 1;
      End
      Else
        psLogWrite(1, '', 'Error no lines in ' + psFilePath + psFileName);
    Except
      psLogWrite(1, '', 'Error when loading ' + psFilePath + psFileName);
    End;
  Finally
    tmpList.Free;
  End;
End.

Limagito File Mover Pascal Script On Destination

3. Destination Setup, Create Subdir, option: %VSA

XFM Limagito File Mover Destination SubDir option

4. RunTime Log Result

Limagito File Mover RunTime Log

5. Destination SubFolder Structure, if subfolder doesn’t exist then it will be create by our File Mover:

#FileTransfer

If you need any help with this ‘Read first line of a file’ request, please let us know.

Happy Easter,

Limagito Team

By Limagito-Team Pascal Script Q&A first line, read file

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