Search text file... match up with directory...

[JSThePatriot]

Okay... I have a database out put into a text file... it has a format like this...

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4|Mark519

5|1Tim211

6|Zech91

10|Eph618

11|Lev1316

13|1King141

14|Jer124

15|Zech85

58171|3John2

58172|Phi321

16|Hag21

Member ID on left... password on right.

I need to do a search through that then look in a directory say C:\PDF Files\

Find a folder with the a member ID equal to one in the file then I will need to put that password in a variable so I can use it to encrypt the files within that folder.

Anyone follow here? I think I can use Larry's directory search thing... not sure exactly that it would fit in my situation, but I am going to give it a shot... What I need is how to play with this text output to make it all go together as I described above.

JS

[Matt @ MPCS]

  JSThePatriot said:

Okay... I have a database out put into a text file... it has a format like this...

Member ID on left... password on right.

I need to do a search through that then look in a directory say C:\PDF Files\

Find a folder with the a member ID equal to one in the file then I will need to put that password in a variable so I can use it to encrypt the files within that folder.

Anyone follow here? I think I can use Larry's directory search thing... not sure exactly that it would fit in my situation, but I am going to give it a shot... What I need is how to play with this text output to make it all go together as I described above.

JS

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I think I understand, but I don't think folders have memberIDs. Do you mean the owner of a folder? The name of a folder? This does not make sense to me...

*** Matt @ MPCS

[normeus]

do use larry's directory program tosearch your pdf directories unless the file names are always the same then use an array to store file names

c:\pdf\14\filetodo.pdf

c:\pdf\24\filetodo.pdf

c:\pdf\12\filetodo.pdf

will the folder be there even if its empty?

c:\pdf\34\

[JSThePatriot]

  Matt @ MPCS said:

I think I understand, but I don't think folders have memberIDs. Do you mean the owner of a folder? The name of a folder? This does not make sense to me...

*** Matt @ MPCS

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

The folder name is the member ID as normeous figured out somehow . Now... I dont know where to start...

JS

  normeus said:

do use larry's directory program tosearch your pdf directories unless the file names are always the same then use an array to store file names

c:\pdf\14\filetodo.pdf

c:\pdf\24\filetodo.pdf

c:\pdf\12\filetodo.pdf

will the folder be there even if its empty?

c:\pdf\34\

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Nope there will only be folders with files inside... there may be multiple files for one folder, but that isnt relevant because I know I can do *.pdf to encrypt all the files in that folder...

I just need it to check the text file (which can be an array with StringSplit())

[JSThePatriot]

Using Larry's search is what I plan on doing, but I then need to search through my text file for the same MemberID to match up the password...

Anyone can help?

JS