Resolved-SystemFileWatcher

[mohawk523]

Hi all,
I have an asp.net website and I need to let people upload images via ftp then I need to discover the files and then move them thumbnail them ect..
I have set up the ftp for each user to enter their ftp directory via iis6 isolation mode.
I need to monitor every directory for all users. Via a vb app.
Can anyone tell me the structure I need to accomplish this task?
I’m thinking maybe build a class that will call a vb app sending in a username as the path for systemfilewatcher to monitor. But this may not handle many users. Just the one user at a time.
Then I thought incorporate the systemfilewatcher into the class but this may be a strain on the site (not sure).

To simplify I need to build something that runs all the time watching for files added to any subdirectory in a given directory and I must know the subdirectory name.

Hope that makes sense

[stanav]

FileSystemWatcher uses very little resources... And that's what you should use. Write a Window Service to watch for file created events in your FTP root folder, when an event is raised, do whatever you need to with the file.... This service should be running in your server.

[mohawk523]

Thanks for reply but i still have a problem of watching all the users folders i need an event to fire when one of the subfolders is changed can filesystemwatcher accomplish this. At the moment i can only watch the root of the ftp.

[stanav]

Suppose the your FTP folder structure is like this:

D:
     DomainName
             Username1
             Username2
             Username3
        .... And so on ....
    SomeOtherFolder

Then just set the Path property of your filesytemwatcher to "D:\DomainName" AND the IncludeSubdirectories property to True.... This should take care of every subdirectory under your Site FTP root folder.

[mohawk523]

Thanks i didn't know there was a property for checking subfolders.
Should have looked first well i did but not in the right place i spose..