File Notification

[BMLekki]

I have a network directory that occasionaly gets a file in it. I want to test the path for "\\servername\path" and have it noteify if any file is in it and then do something. The problem i have been having is that i never know what the *.* could be.

Thanks
~bml

[DSJ]

private Const FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_ATTRIBUTES = &H4
private Const FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_DIR_NAME = &H2
private Const FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_FILE_NAME = &H1
private Const FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_SIZE = &H8
private Const FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_LAST_WRITE = &H10
private Const FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_SECURITY = &H100
private Const FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_ALL = &H4 Or &H2 Or &H1 Or &H8 Or &H10 Or &H100
private Declare Function FindFirstChangeNotification Lib "kernel32" Alias "FindFirstChangeNotificationA" (byval lpPathName as string, byval bWatchSubtree as Long, byval dwNotifyFilter as Long) as Long
private Declare Function FindCloseChangeNotification Lib "kernel32" (byval hChangeHandle as Long) as Long
private Declare Function FindNextChangeNotification Lib "kernel32" (byval hChangeHandle as Long) as Long
private Declare Function WaitForSingleObject Lib "kernel32" (byval hHandle as Long, byval dwMilliseconds as Long) as Long
private Declare Function ResetEvent Lib "kernel32" (byval hEvent as Long) as Long
private Sub Form_Load()
'KPD-Team 2000
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'E-Mail: [email protected]
Dim Ret as Long
'set the notification hook
Ret = FindFirstChangeNotification("C:\", &HFFFFFFFF, FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_ALL)
'Wait until the event is triggered
WaitForSingleObject Ret, &HFFFFFFFF
MsgBox "Event Triggered for the first time"
'Reactivate our hook
FindNextChangeNotification Ret
'Wait until the event is triggered
WaitForSingleObject Ret, &HFFFFFFFF
MsgBox "Event Triggered for the second time"
'Remove our hook
FindCloseChangeNotification Ret
End Sub