AlexFing17 Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 (edited) Thanks for the help from this forum, I have been able to create a script to detect new removable drives when inserted. But my problem is how it can copy a file to the detected drive. here is the code. Please what am i doing wrong here $DBT_DEVICEARRIVAL = "0x00008000" $WM_DEVICECHANGE = 0x0219 GUICreate("") GUIRegisterMsg($WM_DEVICECHANGE , "MyFunc") Func MyFunc($hWndGUI, $MsgID, $WParam, $LParam) If $WParam == $DBT_DEVICEARRIVAL Then $dg = DriveGetDrive( "REMOVABLE" ) For $i = 1 to $dg[0] $dt = DriveGetType( $dg[$i] ) If $dt = "REMOVABLE" And $dg[$i] <> "a:" And $dg[$i] <> "b:" Then ;;look for my marker file at $dg[$i] , if found do check... FileCopy(@DesktopDir & "\todolist\Monday.txt", "REMOVABLE") EndIf Next EndIf EndFunc While 1 $GuiMsg = GUIGetMsg() WEnd Edited May 8, 2017 by AlexFing17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators SmOke_N Posted May 8, 2017 Moderators Share Posted May 8, 2017 Is that really how you have your code setup or is that your attempt at a reproducer script? Common sense plays a role in the basics of understanding AutoIt... If you're lacking in that, do us all a favor, and step away from the computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexFing17 Posted May 8, 2017 Author Share Posted May 8, 2017 On 5/8/2017 at 3:03 PM, SmOke_N said: Is that really how you have your code setup or is that your attempt at a reproducer script? got the script from this forum but am trying to make changes. The file i want to be copied is the monday.txt . how i make the script copy the file to any detected removable drive FileCopy(@DesktopDir & "\todolist\Monday.txt", "REMOVABLE") Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators SmOke_N Posted May 8, 2017 Moderators Share Posted May 8, 2017 I'm not sure if you're asking for help with something you've tried to accomplish or if you have just failed to look up the functions you're using and how they should be used. Which would mean you're asking us to write the code for you. 1. Get removable drives... #include <AutoItConstants.au3> Local $aDrives = DriveGetDrive($DT_REMOVABLE) If Not IsArray($aDrives) Then ; error here, should return, no removeable drives EndIf 2. Got removable drives, now make sure my directory I want to move file to exists ... assume I've enumerated to found drives through array ... eg. ; For $i = 0 To UBound($aDrives) - 1 ; am I indexing my drive? ; If $aDrives[$i] = "the drive I'm looking for" Then ; If FileExists("The direcotry I'm looking for") Then ; FileCopy("The from directory and file I want", $aDrives[$i]) ; Else ; ; some path functions here to get just directory structure or your variable to the directory structure you want ; DirCreate($the_above_information_in_a_variable) ; FileCopy("The from directory and file I want", $aDrives[$i] & "\" & $the_above_information_in_a_variable) ; EndIf Common sense plays a role in the basics of understanding AutoIt... If you're lacking in that, do us all a favor, and step away from the computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylomas Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 Alex, Are you saying that you want to copy a file to the removable whenever a new drive is detected? Kylomas Forum Rules Procedure for posting code "I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals." - Sir Winston Churchill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexFing17 Posted May 9, 2017 Author Share Posted May 9, 2017 On 5/8/2017 at 3:55 PM, kylomas said: Alex, Are you saying that you want to copy a file to the removable whenever a new drive is detected? Kylomas Yes thats what i want Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylomas Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 (edited) Alex, Interesting diversion...this code will detect insertion of a usb drive and write a "day" text file to it based on the current day. It will always overwrite the usb drives file... expandcollapse popup#include <array.au3> #include <WindowsConstants.au3> #include <GUIConstantsEx.au3> #include <FileConstants.au3> Opt("TrayMenuMode", 3) ; definitions for device arrival notification routine local Const $DBT_DEVICEARRIVAL = 0x00008000 local Const $tagDEV_BROADCAST_HDR = "dword dbchsize;dword dbchdevicetype;dword dbchreserved" local Const $DBT_DEVTYP_VOLUME = 0x00000002 local Const $tagDEV_BROADCAST_VOLUME = "dword dbcvsize;dword dbcvdevicetype;dword dbcvreserved;dword dbcvunitmask;short dbcvflags" local Const $DBTF_MEDIA = 0x0001 local Const $DBTF_NET = 0x0002 Local $sDrive = '' ; array to get the day of week name...the _DateDayOfWeek function could have been used but I chose to do it this way... Local $aDaysOfWeek[7][2] = [ _ [1, 'Sunday'], _ [2, 'Monday'], _ [3, 'Tuesday'], _ [4, 'Wednesday'], _ [5, 'Thursday'], _ [6, 'Friday'], _ [7, 'Saturday'] _ ] GUICreate("") ; tray menu for script control / info Local $lastdevicemenu = TrayCreateMenu('Last Detected Device and Status') Local $lastdeviceitem = TrayCreateItem('None', $lastdevicemenu) Local $exit = TrayCreateItem('Exit') GUIRegisterMsg($WM_DEVICECHANGE, "MyFunc") ; routine to get unitmask from device arrival notification Func MyFunc($hWndGUI, $MsgID, $WParam, $LParam) $iEvent = $WParam If $iEvent = $DBT_DEVICEARRIVAL Then $temp = DllStructCreate($tagDEV_BROADCAST_HDR, $LParam) $iDeviceType = DllStructGetData($temp, "dbchdevicetype") If $iDeviceType = $DBT_DEVTYP_VOLUME Then $struct = DllStructCreate($tagDEV_BROADCAST_VOLUME, $LParam) $iUnitMask = DllStructGetData($struct, "dbcvunitmask") $iFlags = DllStructGetData($struct, "dbcvflags") If Not BitAND($iFlags, $DBTF_MEDIA) And Not BitAND($iFlags, $DBTF_NET) Then $sDrive = FirstDriveFromMask($iUnitMask) ConsoleWrite($sDrive & " was inserted!" & @CRLF) EndIf EndIf EndIf EndFunc ;==>MyFunc ; routine to translate unitmask to volume name Func FirstDriveFromMask($unitmask) Local $i For $i = 0 To 25 If BitAND($unitmask, 0x1) Then ExitLoop $unitmask = BitShift($unitmask, 1) Next Return Chr($i + Asc('A')) & ':' EndFunc ;==>FirstDriveFromMask While 1 $msg = TrayGetMsg() Switch $msg Case $exit Exit EndSwitch ; if $sDrive is populated then do my copy routine If $sDrive Then If $sDrive = 'A:' Or $sDrive = 'B:' Then ContinueLoop If FileCopy(@ScriptDir & '\todolist\' & $aDaysOfWeek[@WDAY - 1][1] & '.txt', $sDrive & '\todolist\' & $aDaysOfWeek[@WDAY - 1][1] & '.txt', $FC_CREATEPATH + $FC_OVERWRITE) = 0 Then TrayItemSetText($lastdeviceitem, $sDrive & ' ToDo List Copy Failed - Day = ' & $aDaysOfWeek[@WDAY - 1][1]) Else TrayItemSetText($lastdeviceitem, $sDrive & ' ToDo List Copy Successfull for ' & $aDaysOfWeek[@WDAY - 1][1]) EndIf $sDrive = '' EndIf WEnd There's a lot to chew on here for a new user. I hope you take the time to understand what is going on. kylomas Edited May 9, 2017 by kylomas Forum Rules Procedure for posting code "I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals." - Sir Winston Churchill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexFing17 Posted May 10, 2017 Author Share Posted May 10, 2017 On 5/8/2017 at 11:09 PM, kylomas said: Alex, Interesting diversion...this code will detect insertion of a usb drive and write a "day" text file to it based on the current day. It will always overwrite the usb drives file... expandcollapse popup#include <array.au3> #include <WindowsConstants.au3> #include <GUIConstantsEx.au3> #include <FileConstants.au3> Opt("TrayMenuMode", 3) ; definitions for device arrival notification routine local Const $DBT_DEVICEARRIVAL = 0x00008000 local Const $tagDEV_BROADCAST_HDR = "dword dbchsize;dword dbchdevicetype;dword dbchreserved" local Const $DBT_DEVTYP_VOLUME = 0x00000002 local Const $tagDEV_BROADCAST_VOLUME = "dword dbcvsize;dword dbcvdevicetype;dword dbcvreserved;dword dbcvunitmask;short dbcvflags" local Const $DBTF_MEDIA = 0x0001 local Const $DBTF_NET = 0x0002 Local $sDrive = '' ; array to get the day of week name...the _DateDayOfWeek function could have been used but I chose to do it this way... Local $aDaysOfWeek[7][2] = [ _ [1, 'Sunday'], _ [2, 'Monday'], _ [3, 'Tuesday'], _ [4, 'Wednesday'], _ [5, 'Thursday'], _ [6, 'Friday'], _ [7, 'Saturday'] _ ] GUICreate("") ; tray menu for script control / info Local $lastdevicemenu = TrayCreateMenu('Last Detected Device and Status') Local $lastdeviceitem = TrayCreateItem('None', $lastdevicemenu) Local $exit = TrayCreateItem('Exit') GUIRegisterMsg($WM_DEVICECHANGE, "MyFunc") ; routine to get unitmask from device arrival notification Func MyFunc($hWndGUI, $MsgID, $WParam, $LParam) $iEvent = $WParam If $iEvent = $DBT_DEVICEARRIVAL Then $temp = DllStructCreate($tagDEV_BROADCAST_HDR, $LParam) $iDeviceType = DllStructGetData($temp, "dbchdevicetype") If $iDeviceType = $DBT_DEVTYP_VOLUME Then $struct = DllStructCreate($tagDEV_BROADCAST_VOLUME, $LParam) $iUnitMask = DllStructGetData($struct, "dbcvunitmask") $iFlags = DllStructGetData($struct, "dbcvflags") If Not BitAND($iFlags, $DBTF_MEDIA) And Not BitAND($iFlags, $DBTF_NET) Then $sDrive = FirstDriveFromMask($iUnitMask) ConsoleWrite($sDrive & " was inserted!" & @CRLF) EndIf EndIf EndIf EndFunc ;==>MyFunc ; routine to translate unitmask to volume name Func FirstDriveFromMask($unitmask) Local $i For $i = 0 To 25 If BitAND($unitmask, 0x1) Then ExitLoop $unitmask = BitShift($unitmask, 1) Next Return Chr($i + Asc('A')) & ':' EndFunc ;==>FirstDriveFromMask While 1 $msg = TrayGetMsg() Switch $msg Case $exit Exit EndSwitch ; if $sDrive is populated then do my copy routine If $sDrive Then If $sDrive = 'A:' Or $sDrive = 'B:' Then ContinueLoop If FileCopy(@ScriptDir & '\todolist\' & $aDaysOfWeek[@WDAY - 1][1] & '.txt', $sDrive & '\todolist\' & $aDaysOfWeek[@WDAY - 1][1] & '.txt', $FC_CREATEPATH + $FC_OVERWRITE) = 0 Then TrayItemSetText($lastdeviceitem, $sDrive & ' ToDo List Copy Failed - Day = ' & $aDaysOfWeek[@WDAY - 1][1]) Else TrayItemSetText($lastdeviceitem, $sDrive & ' ToDo List Copy Successfull for ' & $aDaysOfWeek[@WDAY - 1][1]) EndIf $sDrive = '' EndIf WEnd There's a lot to chew on here for a new user. I hope you take the time to understand what is going on. kylomas Thanks very much.from your code, i have been able to edit it to my like. Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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