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[Da Rossa]

Hi, I have two questions about FileSetTime.

First, let me tell you that I very often take screenshots of certain windows in my computer then I send them via e-mail or host in photoservices like tinypic and photobucket. I already created a HK to let it take the pic, open IrFanView, and paste. I make the adjustments and save. By default, this fresh image goes to the desktop folder.

This means that the last file created on the desktop was the picture itself. So, when I go to the hosting services, I have to browse to the picture, which is a tedious task. But, knowing that it is necessarily the last created file, how to have a hotstring send the path of it, like:
:*:lastimg::C:\...\Destktop\%thelastpic%.jpg

I thought about FileGetTime, but like the own description says...

[Leef_me]

If you want a list of files by date, look at Loop (files & folders)
http://www.autohotkey.com/docs/commands/LoopFile.htm
Example 4 is by Mod date, but it should be trivial to use created date.

I have not used the FilSetTime command.
However, I have used other programs which were able to change those 3 timestamps. Now that I have WinVista, I see that WinExplorer allows viewing even more timestamps. Besides "Mod, creation and last access", I can see column entries for date acquired, archived, completed, last save, received, released, date sent, date taken (photo?) and date visited.

I can't speak to the level of knowledge required, but surely others can make any changes because the data is just bits and bytes.

Concerning you last saved image, why not establish a system that uses current date AS the filename, 18 characters seems enough.
While you are at it, why not have a txt file that gives a description of the file.

Alternately, just give the new file the next number in a list. For Ahk scripts I have somehing like AK?????.ahk If you have your script doing all the work, why not let the script name the file? In this case, you can save the value of the last generated image in an INI file.

[Da Rossa]

Thanks for the clarifications about the timestamps!

About the goal I need: no, this doesn't have to get too complicated like that!
But lets see: if I have the current date to be set as the image filename, like
19-2-10__07-33.jpg, what if I need to uipload more than one image (or any kind of file, assuming this can also be used in e-mail attachments)?

Look, this could be easy to do in the first step: the file saving part. For example, I use IrFanView, a very decent image handling program, and then I put the new file on the desktop.

Then, I go to something like bayimg or tinypic, or photobucket, where I have an account. The idea is, when I'm prompted to the file to be uploaded, I don't have the need to browse for it, to avoid the não se trata dey task which is the file navigation.

Or you might have another suggestion for this!
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If you use unix time it is easy to sort (and have a unique name)and you can always convert to "human time"

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[Da Rossa]

@ yume

Well, we're getting there!
But this code has some issues...
First, it doesn't actually retrieve the last created jpg file in that directory. (I changed E:\testimages to E:\Desktop). I created some image files and the last one indeed was retrieved when I first executed the code. Then, I grabbed one of the files and copied it to the same folder (the own Destkop itself) and executed again. The previous file again was returned, but not the copy, which was, obviously, first created.

SEcond: what if I'd like to extend this to all filetypes, not just .jpg? I replaced

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If you look at the code you will see that the creation time is of the picture not of the file.The time is coded into the filename so copying the file will not change it.I did it because if i screengrab an image to upload i just want a quick access to the filename without using total commander.


You can try this one if you want ,it uses the filecreation timestamp .It is a modification of the example from the helpfile topic Loop files&folders

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