Draygoes Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 Hey all! I'd like to be able to watch for a download (all downloads that happen) to finish so that I can execute/move/whatever I need to do with the downloaded file automatically. Can this be done in Autoit? What function(s) should I be looking at to get me started if it is? Thank for your time, everyone. Spoiler "If a vegetarian eats vegetables,What the heck does a humanitarian eat?" "I hear voices in my head, but I ignore them and continue on killing." "You have forced me to raise the indifference warning to beige, it's a beige alert people. As with all beige alerts please prepare to think about the possibility of caring." An optimist says that giving someone power DOESN'T immediately turn them into a sadist. A pessimist says that giving someone power doesn't IMMEDIATELY turn them into a sadist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draygoes Posted February 19, 2022 Author Share Posted February 19, 2022 (edited) Alternativly, do you know of a good download manager that will launch a program with a command containing the filename of the downloaded file? I'm open to other solutions as well. Really, any way to make this work will do, even if I have to cobble a solution together using multiple components. I've done that before. Edited February 19, 2022 by Draygoes changed wording Spoiler "If a vegetarian eats vegetables,What the heck does a humanitarian eat?" "I hear voices in my head, but I ignore them and continue on killing." "You have forced me to raise the indifference warning to beige, it's a beige alert people. As with all beige alerts please prepare to think about the possibility of caring." An optimist says that giving someone power DOESN'T immediately turn them into a sadist. A pessimist says that giving someone power doesn't IMMEDIATELY turn them into a sadist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orbs Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 if you know the URL of the file to download, why use a browser or a download manager? handle the entire process inside your AutoIt script. any decent download manager should be able to run a command upon download completion. try Free Download Manager, this is one i found to be most useful in the past, although i never checked if it has such a feature, i'm fairly certain it does. if you know the local file name of the downloaded file, then you can monitor your downloads folder for the newly appearance of the file. Signature - my forum contributions: Spoiler UDF: LFN - support for long file names (over 260 characters) InputImpose - impose valid characters in an input control TimeConvert - convert UTC to/from local time and/or reformat the string representation AMF - accept multiple files from Windows Explorer context menu DateDuration - literal description of the difference between given dates Apps: Touch - set the "modified" timestamp of a file to current time Show For Files - tray menu to show/hide files extensions, hidden & system files, and selection checkboxes SPDiff - Single-Pane Text Diff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nine Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 InetGet ? If you need to go thru the web browser, you could watch the file size with FileGetSize. I have seen in the past that the size of the file gets only updated at the end of the download. So during the download, size will remain at 0. Just check that trick if it still works with Brave. “They did not know it was impossible, so they did it” ― Mark Twain Spoiler Block all input without UAC Save/Retrieve Images to/from Text Monitor Management (VCP commands) Tool to search in text (au3) files Date Range Picker Virtual Desktop Manager Sudoku Game 2020 Overlapped Named Pipe IPC HotString 2.0 - Hot keys with string x64 Bitwise Operations Multi-keyboards HotKeySet Recursive Array Display Fast and simple WCD IPC Multiple Folders Selector Printer Manager GIF Animation (cached) Screen Scraping Multi-Threading Made Easy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danp2 Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 Have you checked to see if the browsers offer an API for monitoring downloads? Latest Webdriver UDF Release Webdriver Wiki FAQs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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