$var help

[Necromorph]

im try to find a way to read a file name and set that to a $var so i can input it later. but the file name will change as time goes on, so i need the $var to be assigned every time i run the script

so i need like

$installerver=FILEREAD(@DESKTOPDIR & "TestFile-*.exe")

then later

CONTROLSETTEXT ("TITLE", "TEXT", "[CONTROL ID]", $installerver)

but Im not sure how to code this exactly

Please help the NOOB, lol

Thanks in advanced

Edited February 19, 2010 by redLabel

[dani]

Here you go:

FileChangeDir(@DesktopDir)
$hSearch = FileFindFirstFile("*.exe")
$fileName = FileFindNextFile($hSearch)
FileClose($hSearch)

Remember this just gives you the filename of the first .exe file it encounters -- based on alphabetical order I believe. You could edit the wildcard ("*.exe") if you have more information about the filename. For example, if it always ends with 'Server.exe' you can edit the wildcard to "*Server.exe".

~ edit

added FileClose($hSearch)

Edited February 20, 2010 by d4ni

[Fire]

You can try this way too.

Run("notepad.exe")
WinWait("[CLASS:Notepad]")
RunWait("cmd.exe /c " & "dir /B fi*.exe >>" &@TempDir&"\list.txt",@ScriptDir,@SW_HIDE) ;in cur dir for fi*.exe files
$read=FileRead(@TempDir&"\list.txt")
ControlSetText("[CLASS:Notepad]", "", "", $read)
FileDelete(@TempDir&"\list.txt")

[Necromorph]

this will probably work but, (d4ni)

my code calls a new install package everytime it runs, so i always have the latest installer (i test software)

so for a while it would be "installer-0.25.exe"

then it would be "installer-0.26.exe"

and so on and so forth

so i want to call it as "installer-*.exe"

so some how i need to read name of the specific installer that im coping to the DESKTOPDIR and assign that to a $var

so it needs to be like (i know this isn't a command but it would be perfect)

$installerver=FILEGETNAME("INSTALLER-*.exe")

or something similar

or maybe

can i do this?

FILECHANGEDIR(@DESKTOPDIR)

$installver=FILECOPY("DIR\installer-*.exe", "installer-*.exe")

Edited February 20, 2010 by redLabel

[dani]

@Sh3llC043r

That seems very complicated while the result is comparable to mine. However, when there are more .exe files matching it won't give you the first result, it will give you a string like "file1.exe file2.exe file3.exe" which is not usable, although you could call StringSplit on it...

@redLabel

Can't you get it to work with the code either I or Sh3llC043r provided? Seems like you have all the functions you need. Maybe I don't completely understand what you want. Honestly, it seems like you didn't really read my first reply

so it needs to be like (i know this isn't a command but it would be perfect)

$installerver=FILEGETNAME("INSTALLER-*.exe")

You can do this by using my first reply and changing the wildcard, as I already stated in that reply:

FileChangeDir(@DesktopDir)
$hSearch = FileFindFirstFile("INSTALLER-*.exe")
$fileName = FileFindNextFile($hSearch)

Edited February 20, 2010 by d4ni

[somdcomputerguy]

This example was mostly copied/pasted from the help file. I haven't tested to see if it works, but it probably does..

$search = FileFindFirstFile("TestFile-*.exe")  

If $search = -1 Then
    MsgBox(0, "Error", "No files match the search pattern")
    Exit
EndIf

While 1
    $installerver = FileFindNextFile($search)
    If @error Then ExitLoop
   
    MsgBox(4096, "File:", $installerver)
WEnd
FileClose($search)

[dani]

It would be nice if people first read the existing comments, lol. Snowmaker; that's pretty much what I posted, I just forgot the FileClose command. The loops are fun and all but not required in this case. Also, you don't search @DesktopDir but @ScriptDir.

[Fire]

That seems very complicated while the result is comparable to mine. However, when there are more .exe files matching it won't give you the first result, it will give you a string like "file1.exe file2.exe file3.exe" which is not usable, although you could call StringSplit on it...

Didn`t understand you d4ni.

I didn`t think about the result in that case would be file1.exe file2.exe file3.exe

Output in my example is like this:

file1.exe

file2.exe

file3.exe

Edited February 20, 2010 by Sh3llC043r

[Necromorph]

Thanks for all the replies guys.

They both do work so thanks a lot, i have some options to play with

and i forgot that when i

FILECOPY("DIR", "installer-*.exe", 1)

its gonna overwrite the (1) the previous wildcard version, so it will always be first in the FILEFINDFIRSTFILE.

so its perfect. thanks again.

[dani]

Didn`t understand you d4ni.

I didn`t think about the result in that case would be file1.exe file2.exe file3.exe

Output in my example is like this:

file1.exe

file2.exe

file3.exe

I meant the contents of your $read variable With FileRead you read the entire file, which as you said will hold

file1.exe

file2.exe

file3.exe

If this is put into a string, the string will be like file1.exe\nfile2.exe\nfile3.exe -- or something similar where \n represents the line end character.. Thus, that variable is not usable directly...