The attached script works first uses the name of a single file ("SomeFile.PART01.RAR"), creates a substring of the the last 6 characters and then searches for "1.rar". That works; "1.rar" is found.

However, when the same thing is done by looping the files in a folder (containing "SomeFile.PART01.RAR"), "1.rar" is not found!?

Very strange!??

Category Survey AutoMate 9 version: 9.0.5 Windows version: Windows 7

Task Steps: (Right click, Select All, Copy to copy to the clipboard. Steps can then be pasted into the AutoMate Task Builder)
<AMVARIABLE NAME="FileName">SomeFile.PART01.RAR</AMVARIABLE> <AMVARIABLE NAME="FileNameLast6"></AMVARIABLE> <AMSET VARIABLENAME="FileNameLast6">%Right(FileName, 6)%</AMSET> <!--<AMSHOWDIALOG>%FileNameLast6%</AMSHOWDIALOG>--> <AMIF TEXT="%FileNameLast6%" SUBSTRING="1.rar"> <AMSHOWDIALOG>%FileName%</AMSHOWDIALOG> </AMIF> <AMLOOP TYPE="FOLDER" FOLDER="D:\Junk\test" RESULTVARIABLE="FileName" ONLYFILENAME="YES"> <AMSET VARIABLENAME="FileNameLast6">%Right(FileName, 6)%</AMSET> <!-- <AMSHOWDIALOG>%FileNameLast6%</AMSHOWDIALOG>--> <AMIF TEXT="FileNameLast6" SUBSTRING="1.rar"> <AMSHOWDIALOG>%FileName%</AMSHOWDIALOG> </AMIF> </AMLOOP>

If I modify the script to not find the last 6 characters, but instead search for 1.rar in the whole filename; looping works fine.

Category Survey AutoMate 9 version: 9.0.5 Windows version: Windows 7

Task Steps: (Right click, Select All, Copy to copy to the clipboard. Steps can then be pasted into the AutoMate Task Builder)
<AMVARIABLE NAME="FileName">SomeFile.PART01.RAR</AMVARIABLE> <AMVARIABLE NAME="FileNameLast6"></AMVARIABLE> <AMSET VARIABLENAME="FileNameLast6">%Right(FileName, 6)%</AMSET> <!--<AMSHOWDIALOG>%FileNameLast6%</AMSHOWDIALOG>--> <AMIF TEXT="%FileName%" SUBSTRING="1.rar"> <AMSHOWDIALOG>%FileName%</AMSHOWDIALOG> </AMIF> <AMLOOP TYPE="FOLDER" FOLDER="D:\Junk\test" RESULTVARIABLE="FileName" ONLYFILENAME="YES"> <AMSET VARIABLENAME="FileNameLast6">%Right(FileName, 6)%</AMSET> <!-- <AMSHOWDIALOG>%FileNameLast6%</AMSHOWDIALOG>--> <AMIF TEXT="%FileName%" SUBSTRING="1.rar"> <AMSHOWDIALOG>%FileName%</AMSHOWDIALOG> </AMIF> </AMLOOP>

Hi Erik,

After reviewing the two sets of steps provided, I did notice an issue in the first set of steps. On the If text contains step during the loop, theFileNameLast6 variable is entered with percent signs. This means that the if statement if evalutating theFileNameLast6 text for 1.rar. If you add the % before and after to it, %theFileNameLast6%, then it will be able to pull the variable's value and work as intended.

Category Survey AutoMate 9 version: Windows version:

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