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Loop Files Action

Declaration

<AMLOOPFILES FOLDER="text" RESULTVARIABLE="text [variable]">
  (block of steps to loop)
</AMLOOP>

See Also

Loop, End Loop, Loop Windows, Loop Processes, Loop Expression, Loop Dataset, Loop List, Break

Description

Loops through the filenames contained in the folder specified. The variable specified in the Index parameter is updated with the current filename. With each successive loop, the next filename is retrieved. The loop ends after all the filenames have been retrieved or when a Break is encountered.

Practical Usage

To perform an action on every file in a folder.

Parameters

General Tab

Folder
Text, Required
MARKUP: FOLDER="C:\inetpub\ftproot\incoming"

Specifies the folder that should be scanned for files.

Result Variable
Text, Required
MARKUP: RESULTVARIABLE="varname"

Specifies an already created variable name that should be populated with the next filename on each successive loop.

Notes

Standard Error Handling Options
This action also includes the standard "Error Causes" and "On Error" failure handling options/tabs

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Variables and Expressions
All text fields allow the use of expressions by surrounding the expression in percentage signs (example: %MYVARIABLE%, %Left('Text',2)%). To help construct these expressions, a popup expression builder is available in all these fields by pressing F2.
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Examples

<AMVARIABLE NAME="currentfile" VALUE="" DESCRIPTION="">

<AMLOOPFILES FOLDER="C:\temp" RESULTVARIABLE="currentfile">

  <AMMESSAGEBOX MESSAGETEXT="The current file is %currentfile%">

</AMLOOP>