Running a script from Explorer

[PhillipFoster]

I have a very repetetive task that I think I could automate - but having read a load of stuff about WSH and VBS I can't see a solution to.
I receive loads of faxes every week (up to 5000) in a zip file that I then have to print.
What I do at the moment is:
- extract them to a dir called "fax inbox"
- within explorer, select 10 files, right click and "print".
- once they're spooled, right click and "send to fax staging"
(a shortcut I created) then delete them from "fax inbox".
- once the files have printed I then delete them from the staging dir.

I have had problems when the printer fouls up which is why I hold them in a staging area until they've printed. It's also important that none are duplicated.

Can anyone suggest a solution?

Thanks - Phil.

 

[TomKane]

This isn't really a vbs answer - probably not the most intelligent way of doing things either.....

Regarding the extraction - is PKZIP still out there? It's a zip unzip tool - a dos version of winzip you could say. You could set up a shell or a batch file to do that part of your task automatically.

As for reading the directory - a bit low tech - but you could do a dos dir of the directory and pipe it > to a file.

Now you have a file with all your fax files within it

You could then have a vbs script than opens and reads through the lines of this new file to get the name of the fax file, print the file and copy it to your staging area

Hope this helps...

 

[FengShui1998]

Phllip,

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