(solved) Need some help with dates

[Borje]

Hi I need som help with the selcted date

 

#include "Folder.au3"
Local Const $sMessage = "Select Register-Backup folder to restore"
Local $Folder = FileSelectFolder2($sMessage, @scriptdir)

MsgBox(32+4," Result  ", $Folder) ;4096 ; The selection works

; What I want is how to do to have the selected date replaced to @YEAR & "-" & @MON & "-" & @MDAY in the line below !!

 Run("Regedit.exe /s @ScriptDir" & "\RegBackup" & "-" &@YEAR & "-" & @MON & "-" & @MDAY & "\RegBackup.reg")

 MsgBox(32+4," Result after selecting a folder ", @YEAR & "-" & @MON & "-" & @MDAY) ; This must display the selected date and not today date

 

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Edited May 18, 2023 by Borje
Solved

[Skeletor]

So if I understand you correctly, you want to create a folder with the name "RegBackup" followed by the year, month, and day, and then verify if the folder exists using a MsgBox?
Example below:

Local $folderName = "RegBackup-" & @YEAR & "-" & @MON & "-" & @MDAY
Local $folderPath = @ScriptDir & "\" & $folderName

If Not FileExists($folderPath) Then
    DirCreate($folderPath)
    MsgBox(64 + 4, "Folder Created", "The folder " & $folderName & " has been created.")
Else
    MsgBox(48 + 4, "Folder Exists", "The folder " & $folderName & " already exists.")
EndIf

 

[Borje]

No I not want to create the folder is already made but what i want when I open the folder dialog and pick

a already made i want this date to be inserted in line below

 

Run("Regedit.exe /s @ScriptDir" & "\RegBackup" & "-" &@YEAR & "-" & @MON & "-" & @MDAY & "\RegBackup.reg")

[Skeletor]

Like this:
 

Local $folderName = "RegBackup"
Local $newFolderName = $folderName & "-" & @YEAR & "-" & @MON & "-" & @MDAY

Local $folderPath = @ScriptDir & "\" & $folderName
Local $newFolderPath = @ScriptDir & "\" & $newFolderName

If Not FileExists($newFolderPath) Then
    If FileExists($folderPath) Then
        DirMove($folderPath, $newFolderPath)
        MsgBox(52, "Folder Renamed", "The folder has been renamed to: " & $newFolderName)
    Else
        MsgBox(20, "Folder Not Found", "The folder " & $folderName & " does not exist.")
    EndIf
Else
    MsgBox(52, "Folder Exists", "The folder " & $newFolderName & " already exists.")
EndIf


Run("Regedit.exe /s @ScriptDir" & "\" & $newFolderName & "\RegBackup.reg")

 

Edited May 18, 2023 by Skeletor

[OJBakker]

You have the date already embedded in the name of the folder so you do not need to extract the date-parts to restore the registry or report the date in msgbox.

The code below is probably close to what you want (untested).

#include "Folder.au3"
Local Const $sMessage = "Select Register-Backup folder to restore"
Local $Folder = FileSelectFolder2($sMessage, @ScriptDir)

MsgBox(32 + 4, " Result  ", $Folder) ;4096 ; The selection works

; What I want is how to do to have the selected date replaced to @YEAR & "-" & @MON & "-" & @MDAY in the line below !!

; Run("Regedit.exe /s @ScriptDir" & "\RegBackup" & "-" &@YEAR & "-" & @MON & "-" & @MDAY & "\RegBackup.reg")

; MsgBox(32+4," Result after selecting a folder ", @YEAR & "-" & @MON & "-" & @MDAY) ; This must display the selected date and not today date

; assuming the $Folder is full path to the reg file

If FileExists($Folder & "\RegBackup.reg") Then
    Run("Regedit.exe /s $Folder" & "\RegBackup.reg")
    Local $sDisplayDate = StringReplace($Folder, @ScriptDir & "\RegBackup" & "-", "") ; remove first part, leaving only the date-part
    MsgBox(32 + 4, " Result after selecting a folder ", $sDisplayDate) ; This must display the selected date and not today date
    ; if you want to get the separate parts of the date use stringsplit($sDisplayDate, "-")
EndIf

 

[Borje]

I can not have that to works the result should be this

 

Run("Regedit.exe /s @ScriptDir" & "\RegBackup" & "-" &@YEAR & "-" & @MON & "-" & @MDAY & "\RegBackup.reg")

The stringreplace should only replace the  @YEAR @MON @DAY all other should be there from the select dialog

So I can run this with Regedit.exe   

[OJBakker]

No, it should not!

You want to restore an older backup to the registry.

You select a subfolder in the @scriptdir with in the name of that subfolder the date of the older backup.

You add the name of the registry backup file to the path of the selected folder and that is all that is needed to let regedit do its job.

If you insist you can split the individual date parts from the foldername, but there is no need to do so.

[Borje]

I want to select a older backup and then run the regiedit with the selected date and not todays date 

perhaps the syntax is wrong in the run regedit?

[Danp2]

This should work as long as the folder structure you included in the attachment is correct --

#include "Folder.au3"
Local Const $sMessage = "Select Register-Backup folder to restore"
Local $Folder = FileSelectFolder2($sMessage, @scriptdir)

If Not @error Then
  Run("Regedit.exe /s " & $Folder & "\RegBackup\RegBackup.reg")
EndIf

 

[OJBakker]

Post the code you use to create the backups. There is probably something different between the scripts for creating / restoring backups relating to paths/filenames.

Also check the value of the full filename used in the regedit line. It might be an error with a missing of duplicate "\".

[Borje]

Thank all of you helping me all works now with danp2 script many many thanks!!