need help copying files to pre-defined card reader

[am632]

Hi,

I dont know where to start with this 1, but basically I want a script which will copy files in a defined folder to a specific memory card reader based on its device id if this is possible, so lets say I have this simple copy script like...

DirCopy("\FolderContainingFilesToCopy", CARD_READER_ID)

I know this command wont work but this is the best way i can explain what I want to be able to do. The reason I dont want to specify a drive letter is because it may change especially if I have other readers/devices connected. & even if I have 5 different card readers connected, it will automatically copy the files directly to the card reader I want without the user having to specify it.

Do you see what I'm trying to do?

If this cant be done in autoit does anyone know a way I can acheive this?

Thanks

[BrewManNH]

has a few interesting ways of detecting USB connected "drives" that might work for card readers, as long as the card reader has a memory card in it.

[Jfish]

You could also iterate through an array of drive letters and do this:

if StringInStr($driveletter,"CARD_NAME") <=0 then

[am632]

Hi,

thank you for this - I'll have a good read through tonight

[am632]

You could also iterate through an array of drive letters and do this:

if StringInStr($driveletter,"CARD_NAME") <=0 then

Hi,

i just saw your post after i typed a replie out so if im correct what you mean is if I call the card something specific - it will go through each drive letter untill it finds the drive with the specified label then use that?

[JLogan3o13]

You can also put a label on the card, and then iterate through WMI to find the volume name and letter. Something like this should work (tested on a USB stick, not a card):

Edit: Forgot the error handler

$oErrorHandler = ObjEvent("AutoIt.Error", "_ErrFunc")
$sShell = ObjCreate("Wscript.Shell")
$sFSO = ObjCreate("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
$aDrives = $sFSO.Drives

 For $element in $aDrives
   If $element.VolumeName = "Testing" Then MsgBox(0, "", $element.DriveLetter)
 Next

Func _ErrFunc()
 MsgBox(0, $element.DriveLetter, "Volume has no name")
EndFunc

Edited January 11, 2013 by JLogan3o13

[kylomas]

am632,

Building on JLogan3013's suggestion. You can prompt the user for the correct volume (in this case "SYS TOOLS") and continue once the volume is mounted.

$oErrorHandler = ObjEvent("AutoIt.Error", "_ErrFunc")

$sShell = ObjCreate("Wscript.Shell")
$sFSO = ObjCreate("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
local $aDrives = $sFSO.Drives, $vol

$vol = _check_volumes()

while not $vol
    msgbox(0,'Volume Not Mounted','Please mount the "SYS TOOLS" volume in any drive')
    $vol = _check_volumes()
wend

func _check_volumes()

    For $element in $aDrives
        If $element.VolumeName = "SYS TOOLS" then return $element.DriveLetter
    Next

endfunc

ConsoleWrite('Starting copy...output volume = ' & $vol & ':' & @LF)

Func _ErrFunc()
 ; this is here to keep the scipt from abending by capturing errors from FileSystemObject
EndFunc

Incidentally, WMI is not being used. This is a VBS object.

kylomas

[am632]

You can also put a label on the card, and then iterate through WMI to find the volume name and letter. Something like this should work (tested on a USB stick, not a card):

Edit: Forgot the error handler

$oErrorHandler = ObjEvent("AutoIt.Error", "_ErrFunc")
$sShell = ObjCreate("Wscript.Shell")
$sFSO = ObjCreate("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
$aDrives = $sFSO.Drives

For $element in $aDrives
If $element.VolumeName = "Testing" Then MsgBox(0, "", $element.DriveLetter)
Next

Func _ErrFunc()
MsgBox(0, $element.DriveLetter, "Volume has no name")
EndFunc

Hi thanks for this, this can work for what I want, I changed the script slightly to this...

$oErrorHandler = ObjEvent("AutoIt.Error", "_ErrFunc")
$sShell = ObjCreate("Wscript.Shell")
$sFSO = ObjCreate("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
$aDrives = $sFSO.Drives
For $element in $aDrives
   If $element.VolumeName = "dkjsfb8956" Then MsgBox(0, "", "Your card reader has been found on drive " & $element.DriveLetter & ":\ and is named" & " " & $element.VolumeName)
Next
Func _ErrFunc()
Sleep(100)
EndFunc

and it does work - so regardless of the drive letter it will find the card labeld dkjsfb8956.

I can work with this, the only down side to this is if the card has been formatted by the user and has a generic label the script wont work if there are other drives with the same label right? so would it be possible to search for the drive based on its hardware id? I know this will also stop working if there are 2 identical readers connected at the same time but thats less likely than multiple drives with the label 'removable drive' for example, u know what i mean?

this is brilliant tho and I like how simple the script is which I can work around my existing script. Also I havn't done anything with autoit and the WMI before. are there some tutorials or examples I can read to learn more about this in general? I think this will be a good thing to learn

thanks for your help

Aaron