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/Win/WMI/WMI File Events


Required plugins for this example: MBS Win Plugin

You find this example project in your Plugins Download as a Xojo project file within the examples folder: /Win/WMI/WMI File Events

This example is the version from Fri, 12th Aug 2021.

Project "WMI File Events.xojo_binary_project"
Class App Inherits Application
Const kEditClear = "&Löschen"
Const kFileQuit = "Beenden"
Const kFileQuitShortcut = ""
Sub Constructor() // required for Windows 8.1 or later Call WindowsWMIMBS.InitSecurity(False) End Sub
End Class
Class MainWindow Inherits Window
Control List Inherits Listbox
ControlInstance List Inherits Listbox
End Control
Control Timer1 Inherits Timer
ControlInstance Timer1 Inherits Timer
EventHandler Sub Action() dim found as Boolean = false while w.NextItem found = true List.AddRow "got event "+str(Ticks) dim s() as string = w.GetNames dim o as WMIObjectMBS = w.GetPropertyObject("TargetInstance") if o<>Nil then List.AddRow "Type: "+o.GetPropertyString("__CLASS") List.AddRow "Name: "+o.GetPropertyString("Name") end if wend if found then me.Period = 100 else me.Period = 1000 end if End EventHandler
End Control
EventHandler Sub Open() dim query as string // Watch for file events dim folder as FolderItem = SpecialFolder.Desktop dim path as string = folder.NativePath dim drive as string = left(path,2) dim rest as string = mid(path,3) rest = ReplaceAll(rest, "\", "\\") query = "SELECT * FROM __InstanceOperationEvent WITHIN 1 WHERE TargetInstance ISA 'CIM_DataFile' AND TargetInstance.Drive='"+drive+"' AND TargetInstance.Path='"+rest+"'" w = new WindowsWMIMBS if not w.ConnectServer("root\cimv2") then MsgBox "Failed to connect." elseif not w.ExecNotificationQueryAsync("WQL", query) then MsgBox "Failed to run query." else // ok timer1.Mode = 2 end if End EventHandler
Property w As WindowsWMIMBS
End Class
MenuBar MenuBar1
MenuItem FileMenu = "&Ablage"
MenuItem FileQuit = "#App.kFileQuit"
MenuItem EditMenu = "&Bearbeiten"
MenuItem EditUndo = "&Rückgängig"
MenuItem UntitledMenu1 = "-"
MenuItem EditCut = "&Ausschneiden"
MenuItem EditCopy = "&Kopieren"
MenuItem EditPaste = "&Einfügen"
MenuItem EditClear = "#App.kEditClear"
MenuItem UntitledMenu0 = "-"
MenuItem EditSelectAll = "&Alles auswählen"
End MenuBar
End Project

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The items on this page are in the following plugins: MBS Win Plugin.


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