Windows File Table

[swade61970]

I need to write a program that can run as a service. The program needs to monitor a server for when files gets created. I can write a program to run file system commands in VB to look for files created since the last time the program ran but I was hoping there is a faster approach.

The server where the files reside will have approximately 80 folders with an unlimited number of files in each folder. I just want to know when a new file has been created in each of the folders.

Is there an API I call that can read a Windows Database that contains the list of files and the time and date they were created?

Any other suggestions?

 

[SqueakinSweep]

Check out the filesystemwatcher class.

Sample

Dim watcher As New FileSystemWatcher()
watcher.Path = "c:\temp\"
' Watch for changes in LastAccess and LastWrite times, and
' the renaming of files or directories. 
watcher.NotifyFilter = (NotifyFilters.LastAccess Or NotifyFilters.LastWrite Or NotifyFilters.FileName Or NotifyFilters.DirectoryName)
' Only watch text files.
watcher.Filter = "*.txt"
        
' Add event handlers.
AddHandler watcher.Changed, AddressOf OnChanged
AddHandler watcher.Created, AddressOf OnChanged
AddHandler watcher.Deleted, AddressOf OnChanged
AddHandler watcher.Renamed, AddressOf OnRenamed

Sweep
...if it works dont mess with it

 

[swade61970]

Works great. How do you get the event handler to stop trigger ing? It keeps on firing after creating one file.