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Not exactly what I wanted... (or maybe it was...? I'm not too flashy with VB)

anyway, I've set the path in Form1.Load, now all I need is to link up the FileSystemWatcher with _exist_ (the label) somehow, and keep it checking whether PP5022.mi4 exists or not.

So how is that to be done?

I made a little example:

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Public Class Form1

    Private File As String = "C:\DataFile.dat"
    Private mywatcher As New IO.FileSystemWatcher 'Create new instance of FileSystemWatcher

    Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load

        'Check the first time if the File Exists
        If System.IO.File.Exists(File) Then
            mywatcher.Path = File 'Specify Path to File or Directory. Which ever you need
            mywatcher.IncludeSubdirectories = False
            mywatcher.NotifyFilter = IO.NotifyFilters.DirectoryName Or IO.NotifyFilters.FileName Or IO.NotifyFilters.LastWrite Or IO.NotifyFilters.Security

            AddHandler mywatcher.Deleted, AddressOf OnDeleted  'Use intellisense to see what others are open to you

            mywatcher.EnableRaisingEvents = True     'Start the process
        End If
    End Sub

    Private Sub OnDeleted(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.IO.FileSystemEventArgs)
        If e.FullPath = File And e.ChangeType = IO.WatcherChangeTypes.Deleted Then
            'FILE HAS BEEN REMOVED!!
        End If
    End Sub

End Class

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WDZ implement auto code coloring

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Originally posted by Ryxpia

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Originally posted by vikke
You can start with telling us what programming language you're programming.

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Originally posted by me
More VB 2005 Express dilemmas

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The program it needs to be in opens and sends a file, to be exact "PP5022.mi4" to a dynamic drive label, and all the while there is a Label that will either say "Theme not loaded. Please load theme." or "Theme loaded". Is there something you can put in Form1.Load that will just keep on checking?

If you don't get me, here's the diagram as I see it:

Private Sub Form1.Load [all the rest of that args stuff]
If Form1.Active Then
Keep.On.Checking.If.File.Exists(tillKill)
Using My.Computer.FileSystem.FileExists("E:\PP5022.mi4")

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Sorry, but there is no programming language called VB 2005 Express. I suppose you mean VB.Net.

The code by Ezra looks really nice. You should try it!

vikke

Ezra, will your code work as I want:

-App is executed
-Code starts
-Person enters and sends a file
-Code sees this and changes label to appropriate text
-App is killed

Hope this is a bit clearer.

EDIT: It seems to work. How do I make an event for -Code sees this and changes label to appropriate text ?

make an event and pop in this code:

code:

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objname.Text = "whatever"
' blah blah blah

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