Filesystemwatcher path problem

spiceuser-126d9 · 2019-05-30T09:08:37.000Z

Hi,

I’m brand new to Powershell and have managed (with some help online) to get a couple of scripts working for me.

A GUI that launches a .bat file from a button (The GUI has two text box’s, when names are entered it changes the path to the .bat folder).

This is done with the path having C:\Work$($TextBox.text)$($TextBox2.text)\destination_folder.

A script that runs a FileSystemWatcher event to monitor a folder, when a file is created in this folder it runs a separate function.

I cannot get the second one to “watch” a folder based on the same method IE( C:\Work$($TextBox.text)$($TextBox2.text)\destination_folder_Number2)

What I need is the two text boxes to determine both paths and when I click the button, the first one runs as usual and it also starts the watch process at the same time.

Please help, I don’t understand why it won’t work?

Thanks

Adam

edwineekelaers2 · 2019-05-30T09:23:04.000Z

What’s your complete script. Post it pls. As a beginner you should skip the gui. Gui made by hand are a pita

spiceuser-126d9 · 2019-05-30T09:58:01.000Z

Hi Edwin, Thanks for responding,

(The reason for the GUI is because I need lots of different people to be able to put in the file names and run, people who know nothing about the process, code etc They will have never heard of Powershell or CMD…)

First script is the “run.bat” one here:

function startBAT() {
    $STARTButton.Enabled = $false #disable START button, so u won't accidentally run it again while executing
    Set-Location "O:\Work\$($TextBox.text)\$($TextBox2.text)\Production\3D_Files\scenes"
    Start-Process ":\Work\$($TextBox.text)\$($TextBox2.text)\Production\3D_Files\scenes\Max_Scene_Open_TXT_Swap_Render.bat"
    $STARTButton.Enabled = $true #enable START button after done
    $form.Close() #close GUI immediately after execution, delete this line if you dont want to
}

Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Windows.Forms
[System.Windows.Forms.Application]::EnableVisualStyles()

$Form = New-Object system.Windows.Forms.Form
$Form.ClientSize = '500,330'
$Form.text = "PIA Roll-Out"
$Form.TopMost = $false
$Form.StartPosition = 'CenterScreen'
$Form.FormBorderStyle = 'Fixed3D'
$Form.MaximizeBox = $false

$Label = New-Object system.Windows.Forms.Label
$Label.text = "Project No:"
$Label.AutoSize = $true
$Label.location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(50,30)
$Label.size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(50,50)
$Label.Font = 'Microsoft Sans Serif,10'

$TextBox = New-Object system.Windows.Forms.TextBox
$TextBox.multiline = $false
$TextBox.location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(50,50)
$TextBox.size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(400,50)
$TextBox.Font = 'Microsoft Sans Serif,10'

$Label2 = New-Object system.Windows.Forms.Label
$Label2.text = "Job No:"
$Label2.AutoSize = $true
$Label2.location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(50,90)
$Label2.size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(50,80)
$Label2.Font = 'Microsoft Sans Serif,10'

$TextBox2 = New-Object system.Windows.Forms.TextBox
$TextBox2.multiline = $false
$TextBox2.location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(50,110)
$TextBox2.size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(400,50)
$TextBox2.Font = 'Microsoft Sans Serif,10'

$Label3 = New-Object system.Windows.Forms.Label
$Label3.text = "GTIN:"
$Label3.AutoSize = $true
$Label3.location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(50,150)
$Label3.size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(50,80)
$Label3.Font = 'Microsoft Sans Serif,10'

$TextBox3 = New-Object system.Windows.Forms.TextBox
$TextBox3.multiline = $false
$TextBox3.location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(50,170)
$TextBox3.size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(400,50)
$TextBox3.Font = 'Microsoft Sans Serif,10'

$STARTButton = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Button
$STARTButton.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(200,230)
$STARTButton.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(100,50)
$STARTButton.Text = 'START'
$STARTButton.Add_Click({startBAT}) 

$Form.controls.AddRange(@($Label, $TextBox,$Label2, $TextBox2,$Label3, $TextBox3, $STARTButton))

$Form.ShowDialog()

The second one is the file watcher here:

$folder = 'O:\Work\Folder1\Folder2\Production\3D_Files\export' 
$filter = '*.*'  
                         
$fsw = New-Object IO.FileSystemWatcher $folder, $filter -Property @{IncludeSubdirectories = $true;NotifyFilter = [IO.NotifyFilters]'FileName, LastWrite'}

Register-ObjectEvent $fsw Created -SourceIdentifier FileCreated -Action {
$name = $Event.SourceEventArgs.Name
$changeType = $Event.SourceEventArgs.ChangeType
$timeStamp = $Event.TimeGenerated
Write-Host "The file '$name' was $changeType at $timeStamp" -fore green
Out-File -FilePath c:\temp\log\Filelog.txt -Append -InputObject "The file '$name' was $changeType at $timeStamp"
Set-Location "O:\EU_CGI_Resources\IMS\Automation_Testing\Scripting\MaxScript\Texture_change_1\P12345\54321\Production\3D_Files\export"
Start-Process "O:\EU_CGI_Resources\IMS\Automation_Testing\Scripting\MaxScript\Texture_change_1\P12345\54321\Production\3D_Files\export\PS_Run.bat"
}

Register-ObjectEvent $fsw Deleted -SourceIdentifier FileDeleted -Action {
$name = $Event.SourceEventArgs.Name
$changeType = $Event.SourceEventArgs.ChangeType
$timeStamp = $Event.TimeGenerated
Write-Host "The file '$name' was $changeType at $timeStamp" -fore red
Out-File -FilePath c:\temp\log\Filelog.txt -Append -InputObject "The file '$name' was $changeType at $timeStamp"}

Neally · 2019-05-30T12:56:08.000Z

If you post code, please use the ‘Insert Code’ button. Please and thank you!

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spiceuser-126d9 · 2019-05-30T13:11:46.000Z

Sorry