In my loop wrong ?

[MattX]

Can someone tell me why my loop is not working ? Or if I need to make a change - I can get the result when the files are already past the 10 mark but if they are less and then they pass the 10 mark the message box fails to pop up.....

#include <File.au3>
#include <Array.au3>

$filefolder = 'D:\Inputp'
$fileextension = '*.eml'
$FileList = _FileListToArray($filefolder, $fileextension);only list files with given extension

While 1
If $FileList[0] > 10 Then
    MsgBox(0, "number of file is:", $FileList[0])
Else
EndIf
WEnd

[AdmiralAlkex]

• You only do the _FileListToArray() once before the loop but it seems like you want the loop to check for changes. Move the _FileListToArray() to the start of the loop.
• Also, you should add a Sleep() in there. Listing the files thousands of times per second seems overkill, no?
• You are including Array.au3 but not using anything from there.
• And finally, as the Else is optional, remove it if there's no code in there.

[BrewManNH]

You're only checking the files once, and you're doing it outside of your loop. If you want to monitor the folder, you need to move this line "$FileList = _FileListToArray($filefolder, $fileextension)", inside of the While Wend loop, and also you might want to think about a way to exit that loop, because right now it's going to run until you kill the process.

[MattX]

Thanks - changed it:

#include <File.au3>
#include <Array.au3>

$filefolder = 'D:Inputp'
$fileextension = '*.eml'

While 1
$FileList = _FileListToArray($filefolder, $fileextension);only list files with given extension
If $FileList[0] > 10 Then
    MsgBox(0, "number of file is:", $FileList[0])
Else
EndIf
WEnd

[kylomas]

MattX,

I would add a check to make sure that I am returning files (see @error values in help file) and idle the CPU with a sleep(1000) (check every second)

kylomas