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#187393 - 2008-04-30 03:54 PM Wildcards in IF statement
cwhitmore cwhitmore Starting to like KiXtart Registered: 2001-05-23 Posts: 102 Loc: Austin, Texas, USA	I'd like to check whether a shortcut exists in the Startup Menu of each user and delete it if it does. Something like this: If Exist('C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\StaffTracker.') Del ('C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\StaffTracker.') Endif Is the wildcard syntax correct for the If Exist? If so, how do I transfer the "real" name of the StaffTracker. to the Del statement?
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#187394 - 2008-04-30 04:19 PM Re: Wildcards in IF statement [Re: cwhitmore]
Allen Allen KiX Supporter Registered: 2003-04-19 Posts: 4572 Loc: USA	This should work, but I have seen times when it didn't work as I expected. To get around it, you could use the builtin DIR to loop through the files using Instr() to see if the name you are looking for is in the filename. You could also use DIRPLUS() (and instr) which is found in the UDF Section. _________________________ (... better days ahead)
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#187395 - 2008-04-30 04:24 PM Re: Wildcards in IF statement [Re: Allen]
Allen Allen KiX Supporter Registered: 2003-04-19 Posts: 4572 Loc: USA	Something like untested $dir="C:\TEMP" $FileName = Dir($dir) While $FileName <> "" and @ERROR = 0 ? $FileName if instr($filename,"StaffTracker") ;del $dir + "\" + $filename endif $FileName = Dir() ; retrieve next file Loop _________________________ (... better days ahead)
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#187396 - 2008-04-30 04:55 PM Re: Wildcards in IF statement [Re: Allen]
cwhitmore cwhitmore Starting to like KiXtart Registered: 2001-05-23 Posts: 102 Loc: Austin, Texas, USA	Allen, Thanks for the script. I tried it, but it still doesn't work. I even put in the actual file name StaffTracker.web.url, but it won't delete it. (BTW - I did take out the ; in front of del and changed the "C:\TEMP" to "C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup") What else could be causing the problem?
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#187397 - 2008-04-30 05:05 PM Re: Wildcards in IF statement [Re: cwhitmore]
Allen Allen KiX Supporter Registered: 2003-04-19 Posts: 4572 Loc: USA	Does the filename show up on the screen when it going through the files? Put @serror and/or @result on the lines following the del and see what it tells you. _________________________ (... better days ahead)
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#187401 - 2008-04-30 06:16 PM Re: Wildcards in IF statement [Re: Allen]
cwhitmore cwhitmore Starting to like KiXtart Registered: 2001-05-23 Posts: 102 Loc: Austin, Texas, USA	Allen, Turns out that the problem is with VMware. I was running a XP Pro virtual machine on my Vista box, but the script wasn't running at all. After I logged into my laptop the script works fine. Sorry for wasting yours time.
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