ReadDirectoryContent (Activity)

The ReadDirectoryContent returns a file list from a directory matching a search pattern.

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• Example

Description

Read Directory Content
Name	ReadDirectoryContent
Purpose	Read directory content
Category	File Primitives
Returns	Number of files found
Version	2.3+

Arguments

Argument	Type	Direction	Purpose
CreationTime	DateTime	In	Minimum creation time
Directory	String	In	Directory full path
FileNames	List<String>	Out	List of file full paths
Filter	String	In	Search pattern for files (extension)
LastWriteTime	DateTime	In	Minimum last write time
Result	Integer	Out	Number of found files

Usage

This activity returns a list of file full paths matching the search pattern Filter and timestamp criteria CreationTime and LastWriteTime in the given directory.

In Result the number of actual found files is returned.

Example

Load the MetaClass named PUMP, also load the MetaProperty NOMINALPOWER from the property pool and then add it to the MetaClasses' properties:

Argument	Value
Filter	c*

See also

• Workflow Designer
• DeleteDirectoryContent (Activity)