Hi,
Can anyone point me in the right direction i need to get the latest file from a folder. Not sure of the best way to accomplish this.
Thanks
Lee
You want to look through all items in a single folder and find the one with the highest modification date?
Try this:
dim dir as FolderItem // set this to your directory to check
dim highestDateValue as Double
dim highestDateItem as FolderItem
dim n as Integer = dir.Count-1
for idx as Integer = 1 to n
dim f as FolderItem = dir.TrueItem(idx)
if f = nil then continue // this file is not accessible, so let's skip it
if dir.Directory then continue // check only files, not folders
dim dateValue as Double = f.ModificationDate.TotalSeconds
if dateValue > highestDateValue then
// this item is newer than all the others we've looked at so far
highestDateValue = dateValue
highestDateItem = f
end
next
// now highestDateItem is either nil (if the dir was empty) or contains
// the latest file or folder