Read from a TXT file and send a keystroke to another application

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Hi,
How can i make a program that is constantly reading a folder to see if there is a *.txt file there, and if there is it will read it and send the info there in keystrokes to another window, they it erases the file and restarts the process of trying to read...

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Posted 14-Jan-10 15:14pm

CarpeDiem7

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Christian Graus · Answer 1 · 2010-01-14T15:23:00

Well, you have major issues with this task.

1 - what if your other task tries to read the file when it's being written ? How often will it be written ?
2 - how do you make sure nothing is written to the file between you reading it and you deleting it ?

Ignoring these issues, and the incredible hack that is sending keystrokes to another window that's not in your app ( but you can do it by sending the window WM messages ), you just set up a file watcher in a service that watches that location. It doesn't have to be a service, but it sounds like you'd want it to be.