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Creating an HTA to Move Files - 2/27/2006 12:34:17 PM

Navarre

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Hello guys,

I have a small problem that I am not sure on how I go about achiving.

What I need to is create a HTA to that gives the user the option of moving files from specific directories and moving to another directory.

Currently my directory structure looks like this -

K:\Files
K:\NZ
   Monday
   Tuesday
   Wednesday
   Thursday
   Friday
K:\OZ
   Monday
   Tuesday
   Wednesday
   Thursday
   Friday
K:\UCOM
   Monday
   Tuesday
   Wednesday
   Thursday
   Friday
K:\W1
   Monday
   Tuesday
   Wednesday
   Thursday
   Friday

Now I have another script that moves the files into the specific directories prior to being checked off. The easy part is for all the directories except one the other directory is static so a normal script can be made to do this and I have one that does it no problems.

The only real problem is the W1 directory, on a yearly and monthly cycle the other directory changes to look like this - N:\Accounts\RETAIL\2005-2006\2006-03, so at the start of the new month we either need to create 2006-04 if it does not exist or just move the files if someone has already created them.

The last thing I need this to do is an option to call another script to move files around, but again all these directories are static and I just need to call 1 of 3 scripts to do the work.

If anyone can help me out that would great.

Tim

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RE: Creating an HTA to Move Files - 3/1/2006 1:01:32 AM

Country73

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Can you elaborate a little as to how you want your HTA to handle this?

Is the HTA supposed to give the individual a way to select specific files, then choose the directory to move them to?

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RE: Creating an HTA to Move Files - 3/1/2006 8:19:59 AM

Navarre

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These are the parent directories where another process uploads them to everyday so that they do not get mixed up.

What I need to do then is move the files from these directories, usually 1 days worth at a time to another drive either J:\Comms\Oz or J:\Comms\Nz. The eventual goal is make a simple way of movign these files around so that somebody else can take over a daily communications role of uploading these files into our finical system.

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RE: Creating an HTA to Move Files - 3/1/2006 9:52:47 AM

Country73

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I'm sorry, I still don't understand what you want the HTA to do.

If it's simply moving files from one location to another, why not use a basic VBScript to do this?
What's the reason behind creating an HTA to do this?

A basic VBScript can look at the files to be moved, and depending on the criteria you set up in the script, move it to a designated area.

Is there something else to what you want to do?

After thinking about this a little more; You should be able to create an HTA to look in those designated areas where the files reside, and create an output representing each file along with a "checkbox" next to. You could then use something like a button (for each location) to determine which directory to move the checked file(s) to.

Is that more of what you are wanting?

< Message edited by Country73 -- 3/1/2006 9:57:48 AM >

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RE: Creating an HTA to Move Files - 3/1/2006 10:04:47 AM

Navarre

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Thanks for the help, I am trying to make a simple interface for someone that is not computer literate to achive a day to day function, so in that we can write instructions along the line of click this button and so on.

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