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Wildcards in VB.net

angelicred	12 Dec, 2007 - 12:20 PM Post #1
New D.I.C Head Joined: 12 Dec, 2007 Posts: 3 My Contributions	I am trying to download files with the following format IESO_yyyymmdd_v1.xml IESO_yyyymmdd_v2.xml IESO_yyyymmdd_v3.xml IESO_yyyymmdd_v4.xml IESO_yyyymmdd_v5.xml IESO_yyyymmdd_v6.xml Since the v"n" changes every hour I can make itfixed inside of the code. Can someone help me with this.
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RodgerB	RE: Wildcards In VB.net 12 Dec, 2007 - 04:55 PM Post #2
D.I.C Lover Joined: 21 Sep, 2007 Posts: 2,166 Thanked: 17 times Dream Kudos: 2200 Expert In: Dot Net Technologies My Contributions	Hi angelicred, When you want it to download every hour, does it reset to zero on the next day or is it continuous? If it reset's I have created this code for you here: CODE My.Computer.Network.DownloadFile("http://www.mywebsite.com", "IESO_yyyymmdd_v" + _ System.DateTime.Now.Hour.ToString() + ".xml") Hope that helps. This post has been edited by RodgerB: 12 Dec, 2007 - 04:57 PM
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angelicred	RE: Wildcards In VB.net 13 Dec, 2007 - 06:55 AM Post #3
New D.I.C Head Joined: 12 Dec, 2007 Posts: 3 My Contributions	QUOTE(RodgerB @ 12 Dec, 2007 - 05:55 PM) Hi angelicred, When you want it to download every hour, does it reset to zero on the next day or is it continuous? If it reset's I have created this code for you here: CODE My.Computer.Network.DownloadFile("http://www.mywebsite.com", "IESO_yyyymmdd_v" + _ System.DateTime.Now.Hour.ToString() + ".xml") Hope that helps. That does. Thank you very much
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angelicred	RE: Wildcards In VB.net 13 Dec, 2007 - 10:03 AM Post #4
New D.I.C Head Joined: 12 Dec, 2007 Posts: 3 My Contributions	Ok New Question What if the numbers go from 1 - 25? the datetime.hours go from 0-23. How would I get the 24 and the 25 file?
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