ijourneaux Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 I have a folder where there are several files I need to process. Files get added on a continuous basis. I have been using FileFindFirstFile and FileFindNextFile successfully for a while now but ran into a situation where It would be much better to process the files oldest first. Is there a way to control FileFindNextFile so that it returns the oldest file instead of the first file alphebetically? Any thoughts on a different approach get process the files oldest first? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boogieoompa Posted August 19, 2010 Share Posted August 19, 2010 Store them in an array and the FileGetTime attribute. Once you store them in an array you reference it via the array number +1 or -1 instead of the FileFindNextFile. You will also have to use the _ArraySort UDF given in the help file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ijourneaux Posted August 23, 2010 Author Share Posted August 23, 2010 Thanks for the tips. Here is the solution I came up with. $FileList=_FileListToArray($Folder, "*." & $extension) $err = @error If (@Error=4) Then $filename = "" Else $UBound = UBound($Filelist)-1 Dim $CombinedArray[$UBound][2] for $i=1 to $Ubound $datetime = FileGetTime($folder & "\" & $FileList[$i], 0, 1) $CombinedArray[$i-1][0] = $FileList[$i] $CombinedArray[$i-1][1] = $datetime Next _ArraySort($CombinedArray, 0, 0, 0, 1) $filename = $CombinedArray[0][0] endif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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