[AccessD] NTFS new/changed file report by OS in Access

Gustav Brock gustav at cactus.dk
Fri Nov 28 03:37:27 CST 2003


Hi Erwin

> NTFS  has the posibilty to report to an app when a new file  is added or
> changed in a folder.
> So instead of screening a folder for new files app, its rather the OS
> that reports to the app that new or changed files are in a certain
> folder.
> Has anyone tried to use this in Access?
> I supose this is some kind of an API call.
> This is very true for WXP don't not for W2K.

Yes, Jürgen Welz helped me with this for Win2000 but it appears to
only work reliably for changes "now and then", not for busy traffic.

Look up the archive on these:

  2002-02-19: On Timer Events

and a repost/quote

  2002-04-23: Monitoring Directories

If you can achieve better results I would be most interested in
learning about it.

/gustav



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