So it sounds like it is capturing the modified date. Dan Goldberg
From: Michael J. Sinclair Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 3:50 PM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Capturing File Properties Thanks Dan, I have the PowerPack and the Plugin does indeed return a date and time stamp, but I can't tell if the date and time stamp returned is the creation date, the last modified date or the last accessed date. The documentation says.... The GetTimeStamp Plugin is used to capture the date and time stamp of a particular file. It does not appear in the R:BASE for Windows Plugins Menu. Syntax: PLUGIN GetTimeStamp vFileTimeStampTxt|FileName.ext Where: vFileTimeStampTxt is the variable to return the DATETIME value FileName.ext is the actual name and extension of the file, preceding with the full path. Notes: Returned variable name and the exact file name with path must be separated by a "|" pipe symbol. If I create a file, and use the plugin I get a value. If I then edit the file and use the plugin I get a later value. If open the file but don't change anything, the value stays the same. Is there a way to get more detailed info? Mike -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Dan Goldberg <[email protected]> To: RBASE-L Mailing List <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 6:11 PM Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Capturing File Properties There is a plugin that gets the file date called “GetTimeStamp” I do not have the plugin power pack but I have what I have read from the pdf on it and it sounds like what you are looking for. Dan Goldberg From: Michael J. Sinclair Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 3:00 PM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Capturing File Properties Hi All, Is there a way for rbase 9.5 to get file properties of a specific file such as the date and time Created, Modified and Accessed? That information is available when I right click on a file, but I don't know how to capture that data. My goal is to use an External Form to print any new files placed in a directory, but I want to make sure that only new files get printed. I would prefer to avoid deleting the file after printing it, but if all else fails, that is what I would do. Is there a using Rbase to identify any files within a directory that were created after a specific date and time? TIA Mike
