How do i use fileread with only a partial filename?

[wpsatisfide]

Im a total noob to autoit, and have only written a few scripts with actool in the past. This is to look in a chat log from a game and see if a certain string is in it. The game auto time stamps the file, so it would be c:\chatlog_time_date.txt

this is what i got so far, but it doesnt work

CODE

$file = FileFindFirstFile("c:\chatlog*.txt")

$Contents = FileRead($file)

$location = StringInStr($contents,"sometext")

If $location Then MsgBox(0,"Found","The search string is in the log")

Edited January 23, 2007 by wpsatisfide

[Glyph]

Your not declaring a true... like

$file = FileFindFirstFile("c:\chatlog*.txt")
$Contents = FileRead($file)
$location = StringInStr($contents,"sometext")

If $location = 1  Then 
MsgBox(0,"Found","The search string is in the log")
endif

but then again i dont understand wtf you are trying to do here...

you want to read the text document or tell you if there is text in it?

[wpsatisfide]

but then again i dont understand wtf you are trying to do here...

you want to read the text document or tell you if there is text in it?

sorry I want to see if a certain phrase, "sometext" for example, is in the text file

[wpsatisfide]

up cause im 4 pages back.

What i want to do is make a buffbot for a game. This bot would cast buffs on another player if given the password in a tell.

The part I need help with is this. I can type /log in game and it creates a chat log file in the format Chat_log_year_date_time.txt, I cant specify the file name like /log chatlog.txt.

So what I need to do is open this logfile every minute or 2 and scan for the password. This is the only part I need help with. As i mentioned I have used actool and in asherons call i could specify the filename when saving it and easily search the file.

Actool does not support wildcard filename searches so thats why im here. Although autoit is more complicated, I think it will be able to do what i want.

After I get to the point where I can check for the password, the rest of the file should be a breeze.