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Polling a folder

Rob
I would like to kick off a VB.net program when a specific filename is
dropped into a specific folder. How might I best accomplish this ?

Thanks,
Rob
Nov 21 '05 #1
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Rob,

Take a look at the FileSystemWatcher class.

Kerry Moorman
"Rob" wrote:
I would like to kick off a VB.net program when a specific filename is
dropped into a specific folder. How might I best accomplish this ?

Thanks,
Rob

Nov 21 '05 #2
Rob
Kerry,

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction !

"Kerry Moorman" <Ke**********@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Rob,

Take a look at the FileSystemWatcher class.

Kerry Moorman
"Rob" wrote:
I would like to kick off a VB.net program when a specific filename is
dropped into a specific folder. How might I best accomplish this ?

Thanks,
Rob

Nov 21 '05 #3

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