File Loop and If/Else Topic is solved

[jarhead]

I'm using pdftk to combine two PDF files.

Running the following works fine with one PDF in the folder:

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Loop, Files, %A_Desktop%\MyFolder\*.pdf
Run %comspec% /c pdftk "%A_Desktop%\Folder2\Ins.pdf" "%A_LoopFileFullPath%" cat output "%A_Desktop%\MyFolder\TEST.pdf" "dont_ask", , hide
ExitApp

I'm wanting to find a certain PDF file in the folder. If the file is not found, I want to run FileSelectFile so that I can select the PDF to be used.

The PDF I want to use in the folder will always be named something like Smith, John Ledger 06-21-2021 so I'm assuming it would make since to look for the Ledger 06-21-2021 portion of the file name using something like RegExMatch.

I'm not exactly sure of the best way to do this. I'm assuming something like:

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Loop, Files, %A_Desktop%\MyFolder\*.pdf

If the PDF file name is in this format → Smith, John Ledger 06-21-2021 do this

Run %comspec% /c pdftk "%A_Desktop%\Folder2\Ins.pdf" "%A_LoopFileFullPath%" cat output "%A_Desktop%\MyFolder\TEST.pdf" "dont_ask", , hide
ExitApp

Else 

FileSelectFile, SelectedFile, 3, %A_Desktop%\MyFolder, Select PDF, PDF Docs (*.pdf)

Run %comspec% /c pdftk "%A_Desktop%\Folder2\Ins.pdf" "%SelectedFile%" cat output "%A_Desktop%\MyFolder\TEST.pdf" "dont_ask", , hide
ExitApp

Any help is appreciated. Thanks!

[mikeyww]

When you write, "in this format", how would you describe that format? What are some additional examples that match that format? What are some examples that do not match that format?

[jarhead]

The name of the pdf will always be last name, first name followed by the word Ledger and then the date so Smith, John Ledger 06-22-2021 or De La Cruz, Jose Ledger 06-22-2021. Thanks!

[jarhead]

I must be using RegExMatch incorrectly as the If portion of the following code is not working. Any ideas?

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Loop, Files, %A_Desktop%\MyFolder\*.pdf
	
If RegExMatch(A_LoopFileName, "Ledger \d{2}-\d{2}-\d{4}.pdf$")
	
{
Run %comspec% /c pdftk "%A_Desktop%\Folder2\Ins.pdf" "%A_LoopFileFullPath%" cat output "%A_Desktop%\MyFolder\TEST.pdf" "dont_ask", , hide
ExitApp
}

Else 

{
	FileSelectFile, SelectedFile, 3, %A_Desktop%\MyFolder, Select PDF, PDF Docs (*.pdf)
	
	Run %comspec% /c pdftk "%A_Desktop%\Folder2\Ins.pdf" "%SelectedFile%" cat output "%A_Desktop%\MyFolder\TEST2.pdf" "dont_ask", , hide
	ExitApp
}

[boiler]

I don’t think it’s the RegEx statement that’s the problem. Here’s a demo:

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LoopFileName := "C\Users\Me\Desktop\Folder2\Smith, John Ledger 06-22-2021.pdf"
If RegExMatch(LoopFileName, "Ledger \d{2}-\d{2}-\d{4}.pdf$")
	MsgBox, Success
Else 
	MsgBox, Fail

[jarhead]

I don’t think it’s the RegEx statement that’s the problem. Here’s a demo:

Thanks! pdftk must have been hung up or something as the script is working now. Strange.