Unusual file monitor results

[ident]

Im trying to return the path of a saved word document. So im monitoring the directory for saved changes.

If i save a document called sheet.docx i get these results. How come its not displaying just the full path and dcoument? C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\New Folder\Sheet.docx as this is the entry i need



here is my code

Private Sub fswDocumentDirectoryMonitor_Changed(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.IO.FileSystemEventArgs) Handles fswDocumentDirectoryMonitor.Changed
        Debug_LogFileChanged(e.FullPath)
    End Sub
 
    ''' <summary>
    ''' Logs that a file has changed in the debug log list view.
    ''' </summary>
    ''' <param name="pathToFile">The path to the file that was changed.</param>
    ''' <remarks>
    ''' Assumes pathToFile is not null.
    ''' </remarks>
    Private Sub Debug_LogFileChanged(ByVal pathToFile As String)
        Dim count As Integer = lbMonitorDebug.Items.Count + 1
        Dim message As String = String.Format("{0}- {1}  Changed  {2}", count, DateTime.Now, pathToFile)
        lbMonitorDebug.Items.Add(message)
    End Sub
 
    Private Sub fswDocumentDirectoryMonitor_Created(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.IO.FileSystemEventArgs)
        Debug_LogFileCreated(e.FullPath)
        ReturnCreatedFileAfterPrompting(e.FullPath)
    End Sub
 
    ''' <summary>
    ''' Logs that a file was created in the debug list box.
    ''' </summary>
    ''' <param name="fullPath">The full path to the file.</param>
    Private Sub Debug_LogFileCreated(ByVal fullPath As String)
        Dim count As Integer = lbMonitorDebug.Items.Count + 1
        Dim message As String = String.Format("{0}- {1}  Created  {2}", count, DateTime.Now, fullPath)
        lbMonitorDebug.Items.Add(message)
    End Sub
 
    Private Sub ReturnCreatedFileAfterPrompting(ByVal filePath As String)
 
        Dim createdFile As New System.IO.FileInfo(filePath)
 
        Select Case createdFile.Extension.ToLower()
            ' TODO: [AW] Magic list
            Case ".doc", ".docx",
                MessageBox.Show(createdFile.ToString)
        End Select
 
    End Sub
 
    Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
        Try
            fswDocumentDirectoryMonitor.IncludeSubdirectories = True
        Catch ex As Exception
            ' TODO: [AW] Swallows all exceptions
            MessageBox.Show(ex.Message, "Error", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error)
        End Try
    End Sub
 
    ''' <summary>
    ''' Toggles the state of the file system watcher.
    ''' </summary>
    Private Sub StartMonitorState()
        Try
 
            If fswDocumentDirectoryMonitor.Path = "" Then
 
                Dim message As String = "Please choose a directory to monitor"
                MessageBox.Show(message)
                Exit Sub
            End If
 
            fswDocumentDirectoryMonitor.EnableRaisingEvents = True
 
        Catch ex As Exception
            ' TODO: Swallows all exceptions
            ' TODO: What errors are expected?
            MessageBox.Show(ex.Message, "Error", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error)
        End Try
    End Sub

[ident]

any one?

[chris128]

Word does not just do a straight forward creation of a single file when you save a document. When you open a Word document it actually creates a temp file and write any changes you make to that, until you click Save and thats when it updates the original file. I presume when you create a new document it does a similar thing and creates some temp files then just renames one of them to the actual name of the document. If you are only monitoring for Created events then try monitoring LastModified as well and see what you get

[ident]

Word does not just do a straight forward creation of a single file when you save a document. When you open a Word document it actually creates a temp file and write any changes you make to that, until you click Save and thats when it updates the original file. I presume when you create a new document it does a similar thing and creates some temp files then just renames one of them to the actual name of the document. If you are only monitoring for Created events then try monitoring LastModified as well and see what you get

Ok, so what do you think the best way is to detect 2 newly created files?

I use vb to create 2 word files and then save them manually.

I was going to use a file monitor to get these 2 newly saved files path. Would make it quicker then manual;ly browsing for these files to email

any suggestions?

[chris128]

Why not just use VB to save them as well and then you already know where they are saved to?

[ident]

Why not just use VB to save them as well and then you already know where they are saved to?

But how could vb know what i called the file and and the directory since im saving the file out of vb ??? Since its a word document ..... even though i built it in vb?