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01 Oct
Immediate folder name as filename in Limagito File Mover
Q: I am trying to append a folder name to a file name but having a little trouble. The file is under 1 or 2 subfolder. After the file move I would like to append the very last folder name to the file name , and I don’t want to copy the source folder structure. Can you help me.
A: Yes this is possible using some Pascal Script. We’ll need two destinations.
The first destination must be our ‘Pascal Script’. This script will strip the immediate subfolder from the complete subfolder part.
The second destination will be a Windows folder (WIN). In this destination we’ll rename the file using the info from the first destination (pascal script).
Let’s start with the first destination (Pascal Script):
Var iList: Integer; tmpEntry: String; tmpList: TStringList; Begin psExitCode:= 1; // ... add your code here psVSA := Trim(psStringReplace(psFilePath, psSourcePath, '')); If psVSA <> '' Then Begin tmpList := TStringList.Create; Try tmpList.Delimiter := '\'; tmpList.DelimitedText := psVSA; psVSA := ''; // Iterate For iList := (tmpList.Count - 1) DownTo 0 Do Begin tmpEntry := Trim(tmpList.Strings[iList]); If tmpEntry <> '' Then Begin psVSA := tmpEntry; Break; End; End; Finally tmpList.Free; End; End; // Adjust If psVSA <> '' Then psVSA := psVSA + '_'; // Debug psLogWrite(1, '', 'Stripped SubFolder: ' + psVSA); End.
Next we’ll setup our second destination (WIN):
Don’t forget to disable the ‘Create SubDir’ option if you don’t want to copy the source folder structure.
File renaming setup:
RegEx: (.*)
Replacement: %VSA\1
RunTime Log:
#FileTransfer
If you need any info about this ‘Immediate folder name as filename’ question, please let us know.
Best regards,
Limagito Team
By Limagito-Team Pascal Script WIN filename, folder, immediate

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

#FileTransfer

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

#FileTransfer

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

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