Question

VBScript to Filter Files by Last Modified Date

Asked by: justjess59

I have a VBScript that ive been working with , its shy of what I'd like to accomplish .  I would like to be able to specify in the .ini to only output files last modified after a particular date or not modified within x amount of days.  This sorts them by modified date, and can specify overall age of file inx days.  

I also have an issue with the xml output , I can and have modified the script to output to a txt file successfully. I really need to get this out in a xml format.  Some help is greatly needed as a novice who's brain is cramping and eyes crossing.   See the script and ini  below.

`Contents of DOCSCAN.VBS
-----------------------
'DocScan Report Program
'Scans folders for old files, and generates a report
'Reads a text file for options of folders to scan, file types and age

Const ForReading = 1
Dim aDirs=C:\
Dim aExts
Dim dOptionsDate=01/01/2007
Dim strSortBy
Dim intFileCount
Dim intTotalMB

Const adVarChar = 200
Const adDouble = 5
Const adInteger = 3
Const adDate = 7
Const adCurrency = 6
Const MaxCharacters = 255
strFile="options.ini"
bDebug=False
Dim log

Set oShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'set up regular expression to use to filter file types
set oregexp=new regexp
oregexp.global=true
oregexp.ignorecase=true

'read the Options.ini file
readoptions

Set DataList = CreateObject("ADOR.Recordset")
DataList.Fields.Append "Path", adVarChar, MaxCharacters
DataList.Fields.Append "Size", adDouble, MaxCharacters
DataList.Fields.Append "Age", adInteger, MaxCharacters
DataList.Fields.Append "LastMod", adDate, MaxCharacters
DataList.Open

baseDate = Now - dOptionsDate

'loop through all folder to read files
for i=lbound(aDirs) to ubound(aDirs)
  on error resume next
  Set fl = fso.GetFolder(aDirs(i))
  If err.number *{> 0 then
    Err.Clear
  Else
    'set up regexp search pattern based on extensions from options file
    'pattern should appear something like "^[w- .]+.(com|pif|vbs|vbe|exe|bat|cmd)$"
    strpattern="^[w- .]+.("
    for j=lbound(aExts) to ubound(aExts)
       strpattern = strpattern & (aExts(j))
       if j *{> ubound(aExts) then strpattern = strpattern & "|"
    next
    strpattern = strpattern & ")$"
    if bDebug then wscript.echo strpattern
    oregexp.pattern=strpattern
    'call routine to scan folder and recurse through subfolders
    Call ScanFolder (fl)
  End If
next

'Write results to file
WriteLogFile

'If msgbox("Results are located in docscan.xml" + vbcrlf + "View results now?", 68, "DocScan Report") = 6 then
  'display results in IE
  Set objFile = FSO.GetFile(wscript.scriptfullname)
  'create an XSL file to help in the display of the output
  MakeXSLFile
  Set myIE = CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application")
  myIE.Navigate FSO.GetParentFolderName(objFile) & "docscan.xml"
  myIE.ToolBar = False
  myIE.StatusBar = False
  myIE.AddressBar = False
  myIE.MenuBar = False
  myIE.Resizable = True
  myIE.TheaterMode = False
  myIE.Width = 650
  myIE.Height = 600
  myIE.Left = 0
  myIE.Top = 0
  myIE.Visible = True
  oShell.AppActivate("Microsoft Internet Explorer")


'**************************************************************************
Function ScanFolder(fl)
  on error resume next
  Dim sfls, sfl, f, fs
  Set fs = fl.files
  if bDebug then wscript.echo oregexp.pattern
  if bDebug then wscript.echo fl.path
  'loop through each file
  For Each f In fs
    if bDebug then wscript.echo f.name
    If f.DateLastModified *{ baseDate and oregexp.test(f.name) then
      intFileCount=intFilecount+1
      intTotalMB = intTotalMB + (f.size/1024)
      DataList.AddNew
      DataList("Path") = f.path
      DataList("Size") = f.size/1024
      DataList("Age") = now-f.DateLastModified
      DataList("LastMod") = f.DateLastModified
      DataList.Update
      err.clear
    End If
  Next
  set sfls = fl.SubFolders
  'recurse through subfolders
  For Each sfl in sfls
    ScanFolder sfl
  Next
End Function

'**************************************************************************
Sub ReadOptions()
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
if objFSO.fileexists (strFile) then
  Set objTextFile = objFSO.OpenTextFile (strFile, ForReading)
  Do Until objTextFile.AtEndOfStream
    strTextLine = objTextFile.Readline
    select case ucase(mid(strTextLine,1,4))
      case "DIRS"
        strValue=mid(strTextLine,7,len(strTextLine)-7)
        aDirs=split(strValue,";")
      case "EXTS"
        strValue=mid(strTextLine,7,len(strTextLine)-7)
        aExts=split(strValue,";")
      case "AGE="
        dOptionsDate=mid(strTextLine,5)
      case "SORT"
        strSortBy=mid(strTextLine,7,len(strTextLine)-7)
    end select
  Loop
  objTextFile.Close
else
  'no options file - abort
  'kill message box
  retval=oShell.AppActivate("** DocScan Report **")
  if retval then oShell.SendKeys "{Enter}"

  wscript.echo "DocScan Error #1 - no options.ini file found.  Program aborted."
  wscript.quit(1)
end if

if bDebug then
  strmsg="DIRS" & vbcrlf
  for i=lbound(aDirs) to ubound(aDirs)
    strmsg=strmsg & vbtab & aDirs(i) & vbcrlf
  next
  strmsg=strmsg & "EXTS" & vbcrlf
  for i=lbound(aExts) to ubound(aExts)
    strmsg=strmsg & vbtab & aExts(i) & vbcrlf
  next
  strmsg=strmsg & "Date=" & dOptionsDate & vbcrlf
  strmsg=strmsg & "Sort By=" & strSortBy & vbcrlf
  wscript.echo strmsg
end if
End Sub

'**************************************************************************
Sub WriteLogFile()
'open output file to store results
Set log = fso.CreateTextFile("docscan.xml", true)
If Err.Number *{> 0 then
  oShell.Popup "DocScan Error #2 - Cannot Create docscan.xml File: " & Err.Description
  Wscript.Quit(2)
end if

'write header and title info into output file
log.WriteLine "*{?xml version=" & chr(34) & "1.0" & chr(34) & "?>"
log.WriteLine "*{?xml-stylesheet type=" & chr(34) & "text/xsl" & chr(34) & " href=" & chr(34) & "docscan.xsl" & chr(34) & "?>"
log.WriteLine "*{Report>"
log.WriteLine "*{TitleLine1>DocScan Report - Files Older than " & dOptionsDate & " days.*{/TitleLine1>"
log.WriteLine "*{TitleLine2>(As of: " & Date & " @ " & Time & ")*{/TitleLine2>"
log.WriteLine "*{Files>"

DataList.Sort = strSortBy
DataList.MoveFirst
Do Until DataList.EOF
  log.WriteLine "*{File>"
  log.WriteLine "*{FileName>" & DataList.Fields.Item("Path") & "*{/FileName>" & _
      "*{Size>" & formatnumber(DataList.Fields.Item("Size"),1,0,0,-1) & "*{/Size>" & _
      "*{Age>" & formatnumber(DataList.Fields.Item("Age"),0,0,0,-1) & "*{/Age>" & _
      "*{LastMod>" & DataList.Fields.Item("LastMod") & "*{/LastMod>"
  log.WriteLine "*{/File>"
  DataList.MoveNext
Loop


'write trailing data to output file
log.WriteLine "*{/Files>"
log.WriteLine "*{Summary>Total files: " & formatnumber(intFileCount,0,0,0,-1) & " - using " & formatnumber(intTotalMB,1,0,0,-1) & "KB *{/Summary>"
log.WriteLine "*{/Report>"

log.close

End Sub

'**************************************************************************
Sub MakeXSLFile()
  Set xsl = fso.CreateTextFile("docscan.xsl", true)
  xsl.writeline "*{xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl='http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform' version='1.0' >"
  xsl.writeline "*{xsl:template match='Report'>"
  xsl.writeline "*{HTML>"
  xsl.writeline "   *{BODY> "
  xsl.writeline "      *{INPUT id='PrintMe' name='PrintMe' onclick='javascript:window.print()' type='button' value='Print'/>"
  xsl.writeline "      *{INPUT id='CloseMe' name='CloseMe' onclick='javascript:window.close()' type='button' value='Close Window'/>"
  xsl.writeline "      *{P style='color: blue; font-size: 16pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt'>*{xsl:value-of select='TitleLine1'/>*{/P>"
  xsl.writeline "      *{P style='color: blue; font-size: 16pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt'>*{xsl:value-of select='TitleLine2'/>*{/P>"
  xsl.writeline "      *{TABLE border='1' style='table-layout: fixed;border: medium none' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' width='300'> "
  xsl.writeline "         *{TR bgcolor='yellow'>"
  xsl.writeline "            *{TD width='320' style='font-size: 10pt; padding-right: 5pt; padding-left: 5pt'>File*{/TD>"
  xsl.writeline "            *{TD width='70' align='right' style='font-size: 10pt; padding-right: 5pt; padding-left: 5pt'>Size(KB)*{/TD>"
  xsl.writeline "            *{TD width='50' align='right' style='font-size: 10pt; padding-right: 5pt; padding-left: 5pt'>Age(Days)*{/TD>"
  xsl.writeline "            *{TD width='150' style='font-size: 10pt; padding-right: 5pt; padding-left: 5pt'>Last Modified*{/TD>"
  xsl.writeline "         *{/TR>"
  xsl.writeline "         *{xsl:for-each select='Files/File'>"
  xsl.writeline "            *{TR>   "
  xsl.writeline "               *{TD size='1' style='font-size: 10pt; padding-right: 5pt; padding-left: 5pt'>*{xsl:value-of select='FileName'/>*{/TD>"
  xsl.writeline "               *{TD align='right' style='font-size: 10pt; padding-right: 5pt; padding-left: 5pt'>*{xsl:value-of select='Size'/>*{/TD>"
  xsl.writeline "               *{TD align='right' style='color: red; font-size: 10pt; padding-right: 5pt; padding-left: 5pt'>*{xsl:value-of select='Age'/>*{/TD>"
  xsl.writeline "               *{TD style='font-size: 10pt; padding-right: 5pt; padding-left: 5pt'>*{xsl:value-of select='LastMod'/>*{/TD>"
  xsl.writeline "            *{/TR>"
  xsl.writeline "         *{/xsl:for-each>"
  xsl.writeline "      *{/TABLE>"
  xsl.writeline "      *{P style='color: red; font-size: 16pt'>*{xsl:value-of select='Summary'/>*{/P>"
  xsl.writeline "   *{/BODY>"
  xsl.writeline "*{/HTML>"
  xsl.writeline "*{/xsl:template>"
  xsl.writeline "*{/xsl:stylesheet>"
  xsl.close
End Sub
 

`Contents of OPTIONS.INI
-----------------------
'dirs identifies folder to scan. Scan is done recursively through all sub folders
dirs="c:"

'exts is used to filter only these files for display
exts="doc;xls;ppt;nsf;txt;dat;inf;exe;gif;ini;tmp"

'the age setting limits the files displayed to be this age or older
age=180

'valid sort values are age, path, size or lastmod
sort="lastmod"

 

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Answers

 

by: jensfiedererPosted on 2007-01-30 at 20:34:00ID: 18433583

This is a Javascript group, not a VBscript group.

 

by: ZvonkoPosted on 2007-01-31 at 01:33:07ID: 18434535

All I did was to change two var definitions and change the xml file name:

Const ForReading = 1
Dim aDirs
aDirs="C:\"
Dim aExts
Dim dOptionsDate
dOptionsDate=cdate("01/01/2007")
Dim strSortBy
Dim intFileCount
Dim intTotalMB


And here:
  myIE.Navigate FSO.GetParentFolderName(objFile) & "\docscan.xml"


That was all, and it worked for me.

 

by: ZvonkoPosted on 2007-01-31 at 01:36:02ID: 18434549

Oh, and of course I changed all *{ to < before testing, but that is too obvious.

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