How to Tell Windows that a file Changed

Hi guys,

Here's the situation, I'm hoping Python-win32 can help.

I have a program that puts files to be OCR'd into a
directory where
Omnipage sees them and then performs OCR on them. 
Everything was
working great, until yesterday when Omnipage stopped
"seeing" files
added to the folder.

What's odd though is that if I manually place a file in the
folder
Omnipage sees it.  So I'm wondering if I can use Python and
(the
windows API) to tell the OS that I've placed a file in the
folder?
(I'm on Windows 2000 professional if that matters)

Thanks in advance for any help or tips.

-Greg
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Gregory Piņero wrote:

> I have a program that puts files to be OCR'd into a
directory where
> Omnipage sees them and then performs OCR on them. 
Everything was
> working great, until yesterday when Omnipage stopped
"seeing" files
> added to the folder.
> 
> What's odd though is that if I manually place a file in
the folder
> Omnipage sees it.  So I'm wondering if I can use Python
and (the
> windows API) to tell the OS that I've placed a file in
the folder?
> (I'm on Windows 2000 professional if that matters)

Well, it's bizarre behaviour for sure, but in case it helps
you
might try the SHChangeNotify routine exposed in the pywin32
modules. It's one of those does-everything functions MS
seems
to love. The docs, such as they are, are here:

http://tinyurl.com/f5olb

(msdn link)

but I suspect you'll have to poke around the web to find
examples of the parameters.

TJG

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On 3/16/07, Tim Golden <mailtimgolden.me.uk> wrote:
>
> Well, it's bizarre behaviour for sure, but in case it
helps you
> might try the SHChangeNotify routine exposed in the
pywin32
> modules. It's one of those does-everything functions MS
seems
> to love. The docs, such as they are, are here:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/f5olb

> (msdn link)
>
> but I suspect you'll have to poke around the web to
find
> examples of the parameters.
>
Thanks for the advice Tim.  I'm looking at the docs now. 
I'll send an
update on my progress.

-Greg
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On 3/16/07, Gregory Piņero <gregpinerogmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for the advice Tim.  I'm looking at the docs
now.  I'll send an
> update on my progress.
>

Ok, turns out it was easier just to have Omnipage running
before I
moved the file, then it sees it.  But I'm sure I'll need
this approach
one day anyway.

Thanks again for the help.

-Greg
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