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[madhatr]

I have a machine on the network that is hooked up to a special printer. Special software is needed to print to it. I would like to have any machine to print off of it.

So I had this idea. A program that I wrote to print other labels could take the information needed and create a text file with all the var that I want to print. That file could then be saved to a shared drive. I would then need to write a program that would look in that directory for any new files. It would then take that file and use it for the var to print and then delete that file. It would check that directory every minute or so.

Would this be the best way to do this. If so what would be the best way to go about writing this program? Since many people would be doing this, sometimes at the same time the file would need to have a random name. How would I go about getting the name of that file and deleting just that file when it is done before moving on to the next file?

Thanks in advance for any help.

[poo_noo]

maybe use the run option

[ManaUser]

The Loop FilePatern can take care of most of that. So, for example you might hive the files names like PrintMe23769285.txt. Then then you would use the command Loop PrintMe*.txt, and it will automatically pick up each file named in that way, one at a time, and allow you to read adn then delete it.

[madhatr]

Ok, I tried this

[nick]