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

Maybe some clues here
Have a look at
Creating a Watched Folder with FindChangeNotification
http://www.mvps.org/vbnet/index.html?code/fileapi/watchedfolder.htm
or this one
http://www.mvps.org/vbvision/Sample_Projects.htm#Watch_Directory_Demo
Erwin Craps wrote:

>Ok Thanks, I look into it. 
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock
>Sent: Friday, November 28, 2003 10:37 AM
>To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
>Subject: Re: [AccessD] NTFS new/changed file report by OS in Access
>
>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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