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[Noobee]

I need a script that will watch a certain directory and then run a script when a file is added to the directory. Can this be accomplished? Can ahk scripts run other ahk scripts in this manner?

Thanks in advanced!

[engunneer]

http://www.autohotkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=22862

Yes, scripts can run other scripts - see the Run command
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[NooBee]

I was able to run the referenced script but I am not yet proficent enough to modify the script to suit my needs. I get lost in the loops.

Does anyone else have a simpler example?

[Xander]

I don't know if there is a way to be notified when a file is added to a directory, but you could create your own monitoring of the directory.

[NooBee]

I still don't get it I have added a beep to the GetFiles check so I know the code enters this point but files do not appear to be concatenated to the files="" because I don't get a beep when Files != PreviousFiles

Thanks for your patience

[engunneer]

time to learn some debugging tools such as msgbox, listvars, listlines, pause, OutputDebug, etc.
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