Open and Reading the file

Hi,

 There is a requirement where files have to be renamed and moved to a new location. These files are cognos reports which are stored as two files

 - > One is the actual report
 - > Second is the description file which contains the actual name of the report. This is an XML file.

The description and the report files are stored with a random sequence number as file name.

The requirement is detailed as below:

1. The description file for the corres report has to be opened and browsed for the actual report name.

2. This report name is to be stored in a temporary variable and the report has to be renamed with this name.

3. The renamed file has to be moved from the current location (say C:\sample) to a new location (D:\)

I am trying to create a batch file for the above requirement. I have tried moving the file from one location to the other, but am not aware as how to open and read the XML file contents.

Could you please provide me with suitable DOS commands which will help me achieve the requirement.
Early response would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance,
Srujana

To open the file you should be able to simply write it's name and whatever it it's extension is assigned to should open it. If this doesn't work you can try writing the path to the executable and then the name of the file you want to open.

To open a file in notepad manually.

C:\>notepad filename

If you want to do this as an automated procedure I need more information.

So firstly, the description file has to be opened ".xml". How would this be distinguished from others? Date? Only one in folder? Modified by Date?

Secondly the report name has to be obtained from this file. What line is the name on, how many lines are there? Can you post an accurate example?

Then the name has to be used to rename that same file? I don't understand? Does that actual report have an 'incorrect' name? If so then that needs to be identified too..

Moving it is easy enough but I don't know what name is going where, please clarify and tell me if the above assumptions are correct.

it is better to show:
a) example file names that you currently have
b) things to search for in your files...and what you want to do with it.
b) examples of expected output

Hi,

 Thanks for your responses. The requirement is explained below:
 
 Aim: To move Cognos reports from one location to other.
 
 The Cognos reports are stored in the Server as "PDF" files with a default name which is actually a random number sequence, for eg., 1325_1834940
 
Apart from this file, a description file exists which is nothing but an "XML" file. In this XML file, we will find the actual report name, which may be present anywhere in the XML code.

Now, our task is to open the XML file find that report name, store it in a temporary variable and rename the PDF file with that name.

After this, the renamed PDF file has to be moved to another location.

For eg., for a Cognos report  "Rep1_test", two files exist in the current location:

  1325_123467.xml
  1325_123467.pdf

The XML file will contain the actual name which is "Rep1_test" in the XML code which has to be searched for and with which the PDF file has to be renamed.

I hope the above explanation is clear, if not let me know.

Thanks,
Srujana
 

Yes, thats a lot more clear but starting to border on the limits of my ability.

You haven't answered how it would be decided what xml and pdf files are going to be used in the batch? Is the name stored in a variable or would it be entered, or would it be the most recently modified?

Also, the actual name has to have something that makes it findable. If it is in a random location it will be impossible to locate and assign to a variable. Is it always on the same line? Does the line it is on have an identifier that will always be the same or what?

This is what I understand so far:

Find xml / pdf file name. Assign to variable. (need to know what filename to open based on date etc?).
Find in filename.xml the actual name (need to know how to distinguish this).
Use actual name as the name to copy the filename.pdf to D:\

Thanks for a prompt response. Our script would be triggered after a process places the scheduled reports (XML and PDF) in the server. As and when they're placed, our script should perform the required tasks and place the renamed PDF file in the desired location.

Hence, our script will have XML and PDF files as input parameters (generic) and PDF file as output.

Regarding the search criteria of the name, the report name would be found after the second "@name" statement in the xml code. The code is given below:

 <reportSearchPath>/content/package[@name='Provider']/report[@name='Report_test1']</reportSearchPath>
  <reportViewSearchPath>/content/folder[@name='COGNOS-DEV Team']/reportView[@name='Report View of Report_test1']</reportViewSearchPath>

 
Thanks .....

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Option Explicit
Dim objFSO,objFile,line,strToFind
Dim myFiles, srcFolder, dstFile
Dim pdfBase,xmlBase,i
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
srcFolder="c:\temp" 'Server location
strToFind = "Rep1_test" 'Enter string you want to find'
dstFile = "c:\temp\"&strToFind 'this is file to rename to
Dim pdfStore(),pdfFullStore()
i=0
For Each myFiles In objFSO.GetFolder(srcFolder).Files
If objFSO.GetExtensionName(myFiles) = "pdf" Then
pdfBase = objFSO.GetBaseName(myFiles)
ReDim Preserve pdfStore(i)
ReDim Preserve pdfFullStore(i)
pdfStore(i)=pdfBase
pdfFullStore(i)=myFiles
i=i+1
End If
Next
For Each myFiles In objFSO.GetFolder(srcFolder).Files
If objFSO.GetExtensionName(myFiles) = "xml" Then
xmlBase = objFSO.GetBaseName(myFiles)
For i=LBound(pdfStore) To UBound(pdfStore)
If pdfStore(i) = xmlBase Then
WScript.Echo "found " , xmlBase, pdfStore(i)
Set objFile=objFSO.OpenTextFile(myFiles,1)
Do Until objFile.AtEndOfLine
    line=objFile.ReadLine
If InStr(1, line, strToFind) >0 Then
WScript.Echo "found repl_test ", line
WScript.Echo "Renaming pdf ..."
objFSO.MoveFile pdfFullStore(i),dstFile&".pdf"
End If
Loop
Set objFile=Nothing
End If
Next
End If
Next
save as myscript.vbs and run from command line , cscript /nologo myscript.vbs.

Thank you for the code. I shall try and get back to you in case of any clarifications.

 

If that doesn't work and / or you'd like a 100% automated batch script I STILL would need to know "How to decide what .xml / .pdf file to perform the actions on, is it based on last modified etc. or would it just be the only one in the folder?".

ghostdog74's code, I believe requires manual input each time, as I believe the actual report name in the xml file would change.

strToFind = "Rep1_test" 'Enter string you want to find'
dstFile = "c:\temp\"&strToFind 'this is file to rename to

If I'm correct this means you have to know what you're looking for to find it, I believe you would like that process to be automated.

Please answer the questions and I'm sure ghostdog will also improve his script if indeed that is required?

As mentioned previosuly, the search criteria is not fixed. In the sense, it is not static and keeps changing as any report can be placed in the server at any time.

Hence, strToFind = "Rep1_test" 'Enter string you want to find'
statement has to be generic in nature.

The report name is present after the second "@name" statement in the xml code. See the below code again:

<reportSearchPath>/content/package[@name='Provider']/report[@name='Report_test1']</reportSearchPath>
  <reportViewSearchPath>/content/folder[@name='COGNOS-DEV Team']/reportView[@name='Report View of Report_test1']</reportViewSearchPath>

Thanks.

If that doesn't work and / or you'd like a 100% automated batch script I STILL would need to know "How to decide what .xml / .pdf file to perform the actions on, is it based on last modified etc. or would it just be the only one in the folder?".

ghostdog74's code, I believe requires manual input each time, as I believe the actual report name in the xml file would change.

strToFind = "Rep1_test" 'Enter string you want to find'
dstFile = "c:\temp\"&strToFind 'this is file to rename to

If I'm correct this means you have to know what you're looking for to find it, I believe you would like that process to be automated.

Please answer the questions and I'm sure ghostdog will also improve his script if indeed that is required?

YES, I mentioned all that, now if you wouldn't mind please answer the question, cheers.

If that doesn't work and / or you'd like a 100% automated batch script I STILL would need to know "How to decide what .xml / .pdf file to perform the actions on, is it based on last modified etc. or would it just be the only one in the folder?".

ghostdog74's code, I believe requires manual input each time, as I believe the actual report name in the xml file would change.

strToFind = "Rep1_test" 'Enter string you want to find'
dstFile = "c:\temp\"&strToFind 'this is file to rename to

If I'm correct this means you have to know what you're looking for to find it, I believe you would like that process to be automated.

Please answer the questions and I'm sure ghostdog will also improve his script if indeed that is required?

YES, I mentioned all that, now if you wouldn't mind please answer the question, cheers.

Those .xml / .pdf files are considered which are placed in the server by a process.
Hence, these files can be more than one in number.
For eg., if two reports have been scheduled a process places a '.xml /.pdf ' for each of the reports in the server. 
Hence, our trigger point would be the last modified date/time of the folder.
So, every time a report is scheduled and placed this script has to be invoked.
So, if the process runs 100times in a day, this script is also invoked those many times.

I hope this answers your question... let me know in case of further clarity.

@echo off

cd C:\
cls

:input
set input=

:: Check for xmls
if not exist "*.xml" (
   echo No .xml files.
   pause >nul
   exit
)

:: Set input to last .xml in dir
for /f "usebackq delims=" %%I in (`dir /b /a:-d /o:-d *.xml`) do (
   set input=%%~nI
   goto output
)

:output

:: Grab 'actual' name of pdf from xml
set output=
for /f "usebackq tokens=4 delims='" %%I in ("%input%.xml") do (
   set output=%%I
   goto copy
)

:copy
copy "%input%.pdf" "D:\%output%.pdf"
pause

That should work. Grabs filename (without ext) of newest xml (gives error if none exist) then looks in %input%.xml, using tokens finds the actual name. Then setting this name as the output it copies %input%.pdf to D:\%output%.pdf. I believe that is correct?

Input folder has been set as C: in example, please change only the "CD ..." line to go to the INPUT directory.
Output folder is D:\.

Tell me first what the folders should be but otherwise that worked fine for me with your example xml file and a pdf file with same name.

it certainly pays to describe your problem as clearly as possible.

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Option Explicit
On Error Resume Next
Dim objFSO,objFile,objRE,colMatches,oMatches
Dim myFiles, srcFolder, dstFolder,dstFile,line,strToFind,strFileName
Dim pdfBase,xmlBase,i,strFileContents
Dim pdfStore(),pdfFullStore() 'define some array to store paths
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
' Create regexp
Set objRE = New RegExp
objRE.Global     = True
objRE.IgnoreCase = False
objRE.Pattern    = "\[@name=(.*?)\]" 'pattern to search for
srcFolder="c:\temp" 'Server source folder location
dstFolder="c:\temp" 'Destination Folder as desired
i=0 'array counter
For Each myFiles In objFSO.GetFolder(srcFolder).Files
If objFSO.GetExtensionName(myFiles) = "pdf" Then
pdfBase = objFSO.GetBaseName(myFiles)
ReDim Preserve pdfStore(i)
ReDim Preserve pdfFullStore(i)
pdfStore(i)=pdfBase
pdfFullStore(i)=myFiles
i=i+1
End If
Next
For Each myFiles In objFSO.GetFolder(srcFolder).Files
If objFSO.GetExtensionName(myFiles) = "xml" Then
xmlBase = objFSO.GetBaseName(myFiles)
For i=LBound(pdfStore) To UBound(pdfStore)
If pdfStore(i) = xmlBase Then
WScript.Echo "found " , xmlBase, pdfStore(i)
Set objFile=objFSO.OpenTextFile(myFiles,1)
strFileContents = objFile.ReadAll
objFile.Close
Set colMatches = objRE.Execute(strFileContents)
    Set oMatches = colMatches(1)
    If Len(oMatches) = 0 Then
    WScript.Echo "@name not found"
    Else
    strToFind = Replace(oMatches,"[@name='","")
    strToFind = Replace(strToFind,"']","")
    WScript.Echo "The string to replace is ",strToFind
    dstFile = dstFolder&"\"&strToFind
    WScript.Echo dstFile
    WScript.Echo "Renaming pdf ..."
objFSO.MoveFile pdfFullStore(i),dstFile&".pdf"
    End If
    Set objFile=Nothing
Set oMatches=Nothing
Set colMatches=Nothing
End If
Next
End If
Next


There, you have two options, I don't know how similar in actions ghostdog's is to mine. Though mine definitely has less code and looks easier to follow.

I did make one assumption though.

<reportSearchPath>/content/package[@name='Provider']/report[@name='Report_test1']</reportSearchPath>

That all four of those " ' " apostrophes will always be on the FIRST line in the xml, with the real report name within the third and fourth. I chose to do it this way because another way the apostrophes would have been captured in the variable.

Both,

 Thanks for your responses. But, I have a problem here. I am unable to run the VB script. I tried executing it from command line but nothing seems to be happening.

I also tried to run batch file, but it just executes till changing the directory and then displays the following message:

 The system cannot find the file specified.
 Press any key to continue . . .


Could you please help me ...

Thanks...
Srujana

As I said, you will need to tell me what folders are used. The real folders, not examples. Thanks.

That should work. Grabs filename (without ext) of newest xml (gives error if none exist) then looks in %input%.xml, using tokens finds the actual name. Then setting this name as the output it copies %input%.pdf to D:\%output%.pdf. I believe that is correct?

Input folder has been set as C: in example, please change only the "CD ..." line to go to the INPUT directory.
Output folder is D:\.

Tell me first what the folders should be but otherwise that worked fine for me with your example xml file and a pdf file with same name.

Answer all that, is it correct?

Everything is right. As of now, I am trying to test the program in my local folders and I made the changes accordingly. But, I donot understand the reason as to why its not being executed.

Ok remove the @echo off line at the top of the script, run it again. Then right click on the window click 'MARK'. Select everything, make sure you have everything and then press 'ENTER'. You will then be able to paste that information here, thanks.

Also post if possible a "dir" of the input folder and the contents of the xml file. I will figure out where I went wrong. You didn't answer if the line which has the actual name is always the first and has four 's with the name between the THIRD and FOURTH.

I am unable to run the VB script. I tried executing it from command line but nothing seems to be happening.

how did you execute it? it should be : cscript /nologo myscript.vbs. try to put your script in the same directory as the files. Also change the script's srcFolder, dstFolder etc....according to your environment..? Don't just cut and paste...and expect it to work...

Hi,
 
 This is the output:

 C:\log>set input=

C:\log>if not exist "*.xml" (
echo No .xml files.
 pause  1>nul
 exit
)

C:\log>for /F "usebackq delims=" %I in (`dir /b /a:-d /o:-d *.xml`) do (
set input=%~nI
 goto output
)

C:\log>(
set input=Test
 goto output
)

C:\log>set output=

C:\log>for /F "usebackq tokens=4 delims='" %I in ("Test.xml") do (
set output=%I
 goto copy
)

C:\log>copy "Test.pdf" "D:\.pdf"
The system cannot find the file specified.

C:\log>pause
Press any key to continue . . .

C:\log>


I created a folder called  "log" in C:\ drive. And, placed two files
 Test.xml
 123.pdf

But, the program seems to be renaming the pdf with "Test".

Please look into the same., thanks

Ghostdog, I made the modifications accordingly and only then tried executing the VBS file. But, nothing seems to be happening.

JESUS CHRIST. You said the pdf file and the xml will always have the same name... Try rename them to both the same name and it will work...

If they are not always going to both be the same then tell me and I will rewrite it a bit but that will take a while and may be less reliable. Try making the xml and pdf with same name..

For eg., for a Cognos report  "Rep1_test", two files exist in the current location:

  1325_123467.xml
  1325_123467.pdf

Sorry for the language but I'm just relieved that it wasn't my fault lol.

Why didn't the code you copied have the 'cd ...' line?

Yes,both the files exist with the same name. But, the program has to rename the PDF with the name present in the XML code (2nd @name) which it isnt doing.

Well it worked fine for me when I tested it.

You MUST have an xml and a pdf file with the same name in the folder that it is CDing to.

Please post the contents of the xml file here. Because it's not grabbing the name.

And please start reading my posts and answering all questions so I don't have to keep reposting the same ones, thanks.

Ghost dog, this the output after running your script.

I included the execute statement in a batch file and ran it.

C:\log>cd\

C:\>batch_vbs.bat

C:\>CD C:\log

C:\log>cscript /nologo C:\log\vbs_text.vbs
found  123 123
The string to replace is  [@name=&apos;PRV-INT-001:Provider NCPDP Interface Erro
r Report&apos;]
d:\\[@name=&apos;PRV-INT-001:Provider NCPDP Interface Error Report&apos;]
Renaming pdf ...
C:\log>

Please post A REAL example of an xml file used. Because judging by that script you have just posted it appears that 's are not always present. If you ANSWERED my question I would have used an alternative method.

Please post the xml and identify the name the pdf is to be changed to and two characters either side of it that will NEVER change..

Thanks, please make sure you are answering all those questions.

Delta,

 I have placed following files in C:\log

 123.xml
 123.pdf

The XML code is as below:

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
- <!--   Copyright (C) 2006 Cognos Incorporated.  All Rights Reserved.
  Cognos (R) is a trademark of Cognos Incorporated.

  -->
- <!--   Experimental.
  Product features described in this file may not be supported in future releases.

  -->
- <outputDescriptor xmlns="http://developer.cognos.com/schema/OutputDescriptor/1.0" xmlns:SOAP-ENC="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
  <asOfTime>2007-08-12T13:38:08.093Z</asOfTime>
  <burstKey />
  <contact />
  <defaultDescription />
  <defaultName>2007-08-12T13:38:09.078Z</defaultName>
  <fileName>1376_1186940289078.pdf</fileName>
  <locale>en-us</locale>
  <owner>rgajendra</owner>
  <ownerNamespace>COGNOS-DEV Team</ownerNamespace>
  <parameterValues />
  <reportSearchPath>/content/package[@name='Provider']/report[@name='PRV-INT-001:Provider NCPDP Interface Error Report']</reportSearchPath>
  <reportViewSearchPath>/content/folder[@name='COGNOS-DEV Team']/reportView[@name='Report View of PRV-INT-001:Provider NCPDP Interface Error Report']</reportViewSearchPath>
  </outputDescriptor>

The name the PDF is to be changed to is:

PRV-INT-001:Provider NCPDP Interface Error Report.

The ' ' on either side of the name would never change.

Thanks...

Will the line always be on 21 or will it be the only line that has a @name OR 'reportsearchpath' on it, or both? And are there always FOUR ' on that line?

It will be the only line which has @name in it, which is second in the order.

Ok will it also be the only line with "reportSearchPath" on it, because that would be easier to find.

Yes.

Filenames cannot contain ":". Thats why the batch wasn't working.

Oh..k so is there no other alternative?

Yes I can change the : to an alternative character before the file is renamed, what would you like unusable characters to be altered to? The unusable characters are: "\ / : ? " < > |" but "< > |" will cause the batch file to crash anyway.

Can you change the character to '-' (hiphen)

Yes. What of those characters may be present? Just the :?

@echo off

:: Change "C:\OUTPUT" to output directory with NO "\" at end.
set outdir=C:\OUTPUT
if not exist "%outdir%" (
   echo Output folder not exist.
   pause >nul
   exit
)

:: Change "C:\" to input directory with "\" at end.
cd C:\

cls

set input=

:: Check for xmls
if not exist "*.xml" (
   echo No .xml files.
   pause >nul
   exit
)

:: Set input to last modified .xml in dir
   for /f "usebackq delims=" %%I in (`dir /b /a:-d /o:-d *.xml`) do (
   set input=%%~nI
   goto out
)

:out

:: Grab 'actual' name of pdf from xml
set output=

for /f "usebackq tokens=4 delims='" %%I in (`findstr /i "reportSearchPath" "%input%.xml"`) do (
   set output=%%I
   goto copy
)

:copy
set output=%output::=-%
copy "%input%.pdf" "%outdir%\%output%.pdf"
pause

There you go.. Don't forget to change the input and output folders according to the information.

Hey! this is the output, it still seems to consider the XML name and not the name inside it...


C:\log>set input=

C:\log>if not exist "*.xml" (
echo No .xml files.
 pause  1>nul
 exit
)

C:\log>for /F "usebackq delims=" %I in (`dir /b /a:-d /o:-d *.xml`) do (
set input=%~nI
 goto out
)

C:\log>(
set input=123
 goto out
)

C:\log>set output=

C:\log>for /F "usebackq tokens=4 delims='" %I in (`findstr /i "reportSearchPath
 "123.xml"`) do (
set output=%I
 goto copy
)

C:\log>set output=:=-

C:\log>copy "123.pdf" "D:\:=-.pdf"
The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.
        0 file(s) copied.

C:\log>pause
Press any key to continue . . .

C:\log>

Hmmm, that works for me, are you sure the line format is the same as this?

"<reportSearchPath>/content/package[@name='Provider']/report[@name='PRV-INT-001:Provider NCPDP Interface Error Report']</reportSearchPath>"

Try replacting the "reportSearchPath" for "@name" in the second for statement.

Hey! it still doesnt work

Ghostdog, I made the modifications accordingly and only then tried executing the VBS file. But, nothing seems to be happening.

show me your version of the vb script. Also, don't just say not happening. describe in more detail. does it mean you did not see the changed file? or it does change but not to your specs?  for me it works.

Ok I'm not going to continue helping you because you are not answering my questions.

The batch file I have supplied you works fine under the following circumstances.

• There are two file in the directory which is in the 'CD directory' line
  
• One file is a .xml and the other a .pdf, both must have the same name before the extension.
• The .xml which the task is to be performed on must be the most recently modified in the folder.
• The line in the .xml file must be the only one with 'reportSearchPath' on it. The name is always between the third and fourth " ' ".
• The actual name must not contain invalid characters, ":" is catered for but "< > |" are impossible.
• The output folder specified MUST exist, try make it the same case as well.

The problem you are seeing is that the text in the .xml is not being extracted AT all.

This is what I see when I use the example .xml you posted, files are test.pdf and test.xml.

C:\>set input=

C:\>if not exist "*.xml" (
echo No .xml files.
 pause  1>nul
 exit
)

C:\>for /F "usebackq delims=" %I in (`dir /b /a:-d /o:-d *.xml`) do (
set input=%~nI
 goto out
)

C:\>(
set input=test
 goto out
)

C:\>set output=

C:\>for /F "usebackq tokens=4 delims='" %I in (`findstr /i "reportSearchPath" "test.xml"`) do (
set output=%I
 goto copy
)

C:\>(
set output=PRV-INT-001:Provider NCPDP Interface Error Report
 goto copy
)

C:\>set output=PRV-INT-001-Provider NCPDP Interface Error Report

C:\>copy "test.pdf" "C:\OUTPUT\PRV-INT-001-Provider NCPDP Interface Error Report
.pdf"
        1 file(s) copied.

C:\>pause
Press any key to continue . . .

As you can see it has worked perfectly. You must have not described the layout of the .xml files completely.

READ THIS: Can you please post an example of the .xml file you are trying and failing on. esp the line with the actual name on it.

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C:\temp>dir /B
1325_123467.pdf
1325_123467.xml
1325_123468.pdf
1325_123468.xml

C:\temp>more 1325_123467.xml
line1
line2
line3
 <reportSearchPath>/content/package[@name='Provider']/report[@name='Report_test1]</reportSearchPath>
  <reportViewSearchPath>/content/folder[@name='COGNOS-DEV Team']/reportView[@name='Report View of Re
port_test1']</reportViewSearchPath>
line blah
line blah blah

C:\temp>more 1325_123468.xml
dfvasdfs
sdfsddfgf
wfsdfdfhhe45gdfg

 <reportSearchPath>/content/package[@name='Provider']/report[@name='Report_test2']</reportSearchPath>
  <reportViewSearchPath>/content/folder[@name='COGNOS-DEV Team']/reportView[@name='Report View of Re
port_test1']</reportViewSearchPath>
sf

sdfsdfsdfsd
sdfsfsfddsghfbvsbxb

C:\temp>cd \

C:\>cd vbscript

C:\vbscript>cscript /nologo moveCognoReports.vbs
found  1325_123467 1325_123467
The string to replace is  Report_test1
c:\temp\Report_test1
Renaming pdf ...
found  1325_123468 1325_123468
The string to replace is  Report_test2
c:\temp\Report_test2
Renaming pdf ...

C:\vbscript>cd \temp

C:\temp>dir /B
1325_123467.xml
1325_123468.xml
Report_test1.pdf
Report_test2.pdf




Yea how come we can get it to work and he can't? Is the OP's harddrive format FAT32 or something?

Hi,

 Both the scripts are running without errors, but are not fetching the desired result.
 My OS is WinXP. Will the OS factor have an affect on this?

 Thanks....
 Srujana

but are not fetching the desired result.

dude, what are the desired results.? did you see the file names changed? show what you did. try not to leave out any details. this is only common sense. If not , how to help you?

Read ghostdog and myself's posts above, they clearly both indicate the procedure defined, using the example .xml template supplied are being followed correctly. Please also inform me if the points I have identified in that post are correct. You seem to have a tendency to skip over questions and misinform us, it is important that you tell me that the assumptions I have made are correct.

Hi,

 All the assumptions that are made are correct. I followed the same procedure to run the scripts. This is what I did:

Vb_Script:


C:\TEMP>dir /b
test.pdf
test.xml

C:\TEMP>more test.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!--
  Copyright (C) 2006 Cognos Incorporated.  All Rights Reserved.
  Cognos (R) is a trademark of Cognos Incorporated.
-->
<!--
  Experimental.
  Product features described in this file may not be supported in future release
s.
-->
<outputDescriptor
                xmlns="http://developer.cognos.com/schema/OutputDescriptor/1.0"
                xmlns:SOAP-ENC="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"
                xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
                xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
                >
        <asOfTime>2007-08-12T13:38:08.093Z</asOfTime>
        <burstKey></burstKey>
        <contact/>
        <defaultDescription></defaultDescription>
        <defaultName>2007-08-12T13:38:09.078Z</defaultName>
        <fileName>1376_1186940289078.pdf</fileName>
        <locale>en-us</locale>
        <owner>rgajendra</owner>
        <ownerNamespace>COGNOS-DEV Team</ownerNamespace>
        <parameterValues/>
        <reportSearchPath>/content/package[@name=&apos;Provider&apos;]/report[@n
ame=&apos;PRV-INT-001:Provider NCPDP Interface Error Report&apos;]</reportSearch
Path>
        <reportViewSearchPath>/content/folder[@name=&apos;COGNOS-DEV Team&apos;]
/reportView[@name=&apos;Report View of PRV-INT-001:Provider NCPDP Interface Erro
r Report&apos;]</reportViewSearchPath>
</outputDescriptor>

C:\TEMP>cd \vbscript

C:\vbscript>cscript /nologo vb_script.vbs
found  test test
The string to replace is  [@name=&apos;PRV-INT-001:Provider NCPDP Interface Erro
r Report&apos;]
c:\temp\[@name=&apos;PRV-INT-001:Provider NCPDP Interface Error Report&apos;]
Renaming pdf ...

C:\vbscript>cd \temp

C:\TEMP>dir /b
test.pdf
test.xml

C:\TEMP>

Batch Script:

C:\>set input=

C:\>if not exist "*.xml" (
echo No .xml files.
 pause  1>nul
 exit
)

C:\>for /F "usebackq delims=" %I in (`dir /b /a:-d /o:-d *.xml`) do (
set input=%~nI
 goto out
)

C:\>(
set input=xml
 goto out
)

C:\>set output=

C:\>for /F "usebackq tokens=4 delims='" %I in (`findstr /i "reportSearchPath" "
ml.xml"`) do (
set output=%I
 goto copy
)

C:\>set output=:=-

C:\>copy "xml.pdf" "C:\:=-.pdf"
The system cannot find the file specified.

C:\>pause
Press any key to continue . . .

C:\>

Thanks...
Srujana

Regarding the search criteria of the name, the report name would be found after the second "@name" statement in the xml code. The code is given below:
<reportSearchPath>/content/package[@name='Provider']/report[@name='Report_test1']</reportSearchPath>
  <reportViewSearchPath>/content/folder[@name='COGNOS-DEV Team']/reportView[@name='Report View of Report_test1']</reportViewSearchPath>

let's make this clear again. The report name is found in the tag <reportSearchPath> at the 2nd @name (Report_test),
OR is it the <reportViewSearchPath> at 2nd @name (Report View of Report_test1) ? Also you have
different xml format, in the sense that the <reportSearchPath> and <reportViewSearchPath> sometimes contains other characters, instead of a valid report name.

In the latest example xml....you have :

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     <reportSearchPath>/content/package[@name=&apos;Provider&apos;]/report[@name=&apos;PRV-INT-001:Provider NCPDP Interface Error Report&apos;]</reportSearchPath>
        <reportViewSearchPath>/content/folder[@name=&apos;COGNOS-DEV Team&apos;]/reportView[@name=&apos;Report View of PRV-INT-001:Provider NCPDP Interface Error Report&apos;]</reportViewSearchPath>

So WHAT is the correct report name you wish to get if you take the 2nd @name for <reportSearchPath>, it is  "&apos;PRV-INT-001:Provider NCPDP Interface Error Report&apos;]" ...do you really want this as a file name?? if you take 2nd @name for <reportViewSearchPath>, its "&apos;Report View of PRV-INT-001:Provider NCPDP Interface Error Report&apos;]" ...

You are right, we have to consider the 2nd @name in <reportSearchPath>.
And, coming to the Report Name, the actual report name doesn't have &apos
in it. Its appearing only when am running the VB script.

The correct report name I wish to get is: "PRV-INT-001:Provider NCPDP Interface Error Report"
Find the actual xml contents below:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
- <!--
  Copyright (C) 2006 Cognos Incorporated.  All Rights Reserved.
  Cognos (R) is a trademark of Cognos Incorporated.


  -->
- <!--
  Experimental.
  Product features described in this file may not be supported in future releases.


  -->
- <outputDescriptor xmlns="http://developer.cognos.com/schema/OutputDescriptor/1.0" xmlns:SOAP-ENC="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
  <asOfTime>2007-08-12T13:38:08.093Z</asOfTime>
  <burstKey />
  <contact />
  <defaultDescription />
  <defaultName>2007-08-12T13:38:09.078Z</defaultName>
  <fileName>1376_1186940289078.pdf</fileName>
  <locale>en-us</locale>
  <owner>rgajendra</owner>
  <ownerNamespace>COGNOS-DEV Team</ownerNamespace>
  <parameterValues />
  <reportSearchPath>/content/package[@name='Provider']/report[@name='PRV-INT-001:Provider NCPDP Interface Error Report']</reportSearchPath>
  <reportViewSearchPath>/content/folder[@name='COGNOS-DEV Team']/reportView[@name='Report View of PRV-INT-001:Provider NCPDP Interface Error Report']</reportViewSearchPath>
  </outputDescriptor>

Thanks...

You are right, we have to consider the 2nd @name in <reportSearchPath>.
And, coming to the Report Name, the actual report name doesn't have &apos
in it. Its appearing only when am running the VB script.

that's because in the original xml you provided, the file name is very simple, Report_test1. I assume its this format for all your xml files. Then came  the latest xml example from you, which has the &apos part ....you should have described the possible formats of that 2nd @name that can be parse. By the way, the reason why it does not work  is because you have a ":"  after the PRV-INT-001, Windows does not accept the semi colon. you have to get rid of it.

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Option Explicit
On Error Resume Next
Dim objFSO,objFile,objRE,colMatches,oMatches
Dim myFiles, srcFolder, dstFolder,dstFile,line,strToFind,strFileName
Dim pdfBase,xmlBase,i,strFileContents
Dim pdfStore(),pdfFullStore() 'define some array to store paths
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
' Create regexp
Set objRE = New RegExp
objRE.Global     = True
objRE.IgnoreCase = False
objRE.Pattern   = "\[(.*?)\]"
srcFolder="c:\temp" 'Server source folder location
dstFolder="c:\temp" 'Destination Folder as desired
i=0 'array counter
For Each myFiles In objFSO.GetFolder(srcFolder).Files
If objFSO.GetExtensionName(myFiles) = "pdf" Then
pdfBase = objFSO.GetBaseName(myFiles)
ReDim Preserve pdfStore(i)
ReDim Preserve pdfFullStore(i)
pdfStore(i)=pdfBase
pdfFullStore(i)=myFiles
i=i+1
End If
Next
For Each myFiles In objFSO.GetFolder(srcFolder).Files
If objFSO.GetExtensionName(myFiles) = "xml" Then
xmlBase = objFSO.GetBaseName(myFiles)
For i=LBound(pdfStore) To UBound(pdfStore)
If pdfStore(i) = xmlBase Then
WScript.Echo "found " , xmlBase, pdfStore(i)
Set objFile=objFSO.OpenTextFile(myFiles,1)
Do Until objFile.AtEndOfLine
line=objFile.ReadLine
If InStr(1,line,"<reportSearchPath>") > 0 Then
Set colMatches = objRE.Execute(line)
Set oMatches = colMatches(1)
If Len(oMatches) = 0 Then
    WScript.Echo "@name not found"
    Else
strToFind= Replace(oMatches,"[@name=&apos;","")
strToFind = Replace(strToFind,"&apos;]","")
strToFind = Replace(strToFind,":","")
    WScript.Echo "The string to replace is ",strToFind
    dstFile = strToFind&".pdf"
    WScript.Echo dstFile
    WScript.Echo "Renaming pdf ..."
objFSO.MoveFile pdfFullStore(i),dstFolder&"\"&dstFile
End If

End If
Loop

End If
Next
End If
Next
Set objFile=Nothing
Set oMatches=Nothing
Set colMatches=Nothing

output:

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C:\temp>dir /B
test.pdf
test.xml

C:\temp>cscript /nologo c:\vbscript\MoveCogNosReports.vbs
found  test test
The string to replace is  PRV-INT-001Provider NCPDP Interface Error Report
PRV-INT-001Provider NCPDP Interface Error Report.pdf
Renaming pdf ...

C:\temp>dir /B
PRV-INT-001Provider NCPDP Interface Error Report.pdf
test.xml

C:\temp>



Hey! It finally worked vth VB thanks a ton......
Shall try with batch program again....

Delta,

  The batch program is working fine, in the sense the file is being moved to the destination but is not saved vth the desired name. Below is the output:

C:\TEMP>set input=

C:\TEMP>if not exist "*.xml" (
echo No .xml files.
 pause  1>nul
 exit
)

C:\TEMP>for /F "usebackq delims=" %I in (`dir /b /a:-d /o:-d *.xml`) do (
set input=%~nI
 goto out
)

C:\TEMP>(
set input=test
 goto out
)

C:\TEMP>set output=

C:\TEMP>for /F "usebackq tokens=4 delims='" %I in (`findstr /i "@name" "test.xml
"`) do (
set output=%I
 goto copy
)

C:\TEMP>set output==-

C:\TEMP>echo output
output

C:\TEMP>copy "test.pdf" "C:\batch_output\=-.pdf"
        1 file(s) copied.

C:\TEMP>pause
Press any key to continue . . .

C:\TEMP>cd \batch_output

C:\batch_output>dir /b
=-.pdf

C:\batch_output>

Ok in the findstr it should be "reportSearchPath". Its not even carrying out the commands in the for statement. This means that it's not finding that line in the xml document. I don't know why but it works fine for me and I don't see any problem with that code, I suggest you just use the VBS if it's working.

The section that seems to not be working is this: (maybe you have copied it with the line wrap?)

for /F "usebackq tokens=4 delims='" %%I in (`findstr /i "reportSearchPath" "test.xml"`) do (
set output=%%I
goto copy
)

What that should do is perform the task: "FINDSTR /I "reportSearchPath" "test.xml"", which should output that line in that file.

This is what I see when I do that on the file, could you try it just in a command line and see what it returns?

C:\Users\DeltaSlaya>FINDSTR /I "reportSearchPath" "test.xml"
  <reportSearchPath>/content/package[@name='Provider']/report[@name='PRV-INT-001:Provider NCPDP Interface Error Report']</reportSearchPath>

C:\Users\DeltaSlaya>

Try this code just by itself in batch also:

for /F "usebackq tokens=4 delims='" %%I in (`findstr /i "reportSearchPath" "test.xml"`) do (
set output=%%I
)
echo *actual name found:* %output%
pause

For me the above example returns:

C:\Users\DeltaSlaya>for /F "usebackq tokens=4 delims='" %I in (`findstr /i "repo
rtSearchPath" "test.xml"`) do (set output=%I )

C:\Users\DeltaSlaya>(set output=PRV-INT-001:Provider NCPDP Interface Error Repor
t )

C:\Users\DeltaSlaya>echo *actual name found:* PRV-INT-001:Provider NCPDP Interfa
ce Error Report
*actual name found:* PRV-INT-001:Provider NCPDP Interface Error Report

C:\Users\DeltaSlaya>pause
Press any key to continue . . .

Tell me what trying both those commands returns.

Delta,

 This is the output:

C:\TEMP>FINDSTR /I "reportSearchPath" "test.xml"
        <reportSearchPath>/content/package[@name=&apos;Provider&apos;]/report[@n
ame=&apos;PRV-INT-001:Provider NCPDP Interface Error Report&apos;]</reportSearch
Path>

C:\TEMP>for /F "usebackq tokens=4 delims='" %%I in (`findstr /i "reportSearchPat
h" "test.xml"`) do (
%%I was unexpected at this time.

C:\TEMP>set output=%%I

C:\TEMP>)
C:\TEMP>echo *actual name found:* %output%
*actual name found:* %%I
C:\TEMP>pause
Press any key to continue . . .

C:\TEMP>

Ok it's performing the command alright.

Could you please perform that second one in a batch file not in a command line, thanks.

Hi,
 I just tried the second line in the batch file. Find the output below:

 C:\TEMP>sample.bat

C:\TEMP>for /F "usebackq tokens=4 delims='" %I in (`findstr /i "reportSearchPath
" "test.xml"`) do (set output=%I )

C:\TEMP>echo *actual name found:* %%I
*actual name found:* %%I

C:\TEMP>pause
Press any key to continue . . .

C:\TEMP>

...

Sorry to confuse you but could you run that batch file with the example xml you supplied in the same folder...

I ran the batch file with only the second statement in the same folder as the XML file.

With the xml file called test.txt? See I don't know why that's not working sorry, logically it should and it does for me.

The xml file is test.xml and not test.txt. It has to be saved as ".xml" Am trying with the same, but no result

I meant test.xml, sorry. Looks like you'll have to go with the VBS for now, unless someone more expert than me in  Batch can figure it out?

Ghostdog, have you tried my script? Does it work for you?

Ghostdog, have you tried my script? Does it work for you?

no, have not. can u post your latest version of the batch, and the format of the xml you have.

Heres the latest code, I believe:

@echo off

:: Change "C:\OUTPUT" to output directory with NO "\" at end.
set outdir=C:\OUTPUT
if not exist "%outdir%" (
   echo Output folder not exist.
   pause >nul
   exit
)

:: Change "C:\" to input directory with "\" at end.
cd C:\


set input=

:: Check for xmls
if not exist "*.xml" (
   echo No .xml files.
   pause >nul
   exit
)

:: Set input to last modified .xml in dir
for /f "usebackq delims=" %%I in (`dir /b /a:-d /o:-d "*.xml"`) do (
   set input=%%~nI
   goto out
)

:out

:: Grab 'actual' name of pdf from xml
set output=

for /f "usebackq tokens=4 delims='" %%I in (`findstr /i "reportSearchPath" "%input%.xml"`) do (
   set output=%%I
   goto copy
)

:copy
set output=%output::=-%
copy "%input%.pdf" "%outdir%\%output%.pdf"
pause

And the .xml file

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
- <!--   Copyright (C) 2006 Cognos Incorporated.  All Rights Reserved.
  Cognos (R) is a trademark of Cognos Incorporated.

  -->
- <!--   Experimental.
  Product features described in this file may not be supported in future releases.

  -->
- <outputDescriptor xmlns="http://developer.cognos.com/schema/OutputDescriptor/1.0" xmlns:SOAP-ENC="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
  <asOfTime>2007-08-12T13:38:08.093Z</asOfTime>
  <burstKey />
  <contact />
  <defaultDescription />
  <defaultName>2007-08-12T13:38:09.078Z</defaultName>
  <fileName>1376_1186940289078.pdf</fileName>
  <locale>en-us</locale>
  <owner>rgajendra</owner>
  <ownerNamespace>COGNOS-DEV Team</ownerNamespace>
  <parameterValues />
  <reportSearchPath>/content/package[@name='Provider']/report[@name='PRV-INT-001:Provider NCPDP Interface Error Report']</reportSearchPath>
  <reportViewSearchPath>/content/folder[@name='COGNOS-DEV Team']/reportView[@name='Report View of PRV-INT-001:Provider NCPDP Interface Error Report']</reportViewSearchPath>
  </outputDescriptor>

You will also need a .pdf file of the same name in the xml's directory. The variables to set are clearly defined.
Also could the OP please try that again, I noticed that it wasn't working because it was looking in extension not the file name?

well, i think it does work.

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C:\temp>dir /B
test.pdf
test.xml
test1.pdf
test1.xml

C:\temp>cd ..

C:\>test.bat
        1 file(s) copied.
Press any key to continue . . .
C:\temp>dir /B
PRV-INT-001-Provider NCPDP Interface Error Report 2.pdf
test.pdf
test.xml
test1.pdf
test1.xml

however, only for 1 file. Needs extra for loops to iterate multiple xml files(or maybe not, by OP's requirements)..however that's another story.

Well he said the most recent, thats what it does, yet for some reason does not do anything for them. I still believe on their end they entered something wrong or changed something. They should try the above, by itself with the right things changed and all the correct files and dirs present.

Honestly, if the OP hasn't got my code working then there's no real point anyway. They said it would be run after each time the files have been created.

Anyway, how I would have done it, using skip=. I'm just wondering why does skip=0 not work? It just skips the 0, I guess if skip is defined then you can't perform a command on the first line..

Ghostdog,

  I ran the script with two files in the src folder. But, its moving only the 1st file and not the second one. Below is the output:

C:\vbscript>vb_batch.bat

C:\vbscript>CD C:\vbscript

C:\vbscript>cscript /nologo vb_script.vbs
found  PRV-INT-001 PRV-INT-001
The string to replace is  PRV-INT-001-Provider NCPDP Interface Error Report
PRV-INT-001-Provider NCPDP Interface Error Report.pdf
Renaming pdf ...
found  PRV-INT-002 PRV-INT-002
C:\vbscript>

here's a modification

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Dim objFSO,objFile,objRE,colMatches,oMatches
Dim myFiles, srcFolder, dstFolder,dstFile,line,strToFind,strFileName
Dim pdfBase,xmlBase,i,strContents
Dim pdfStore(),pdfFullStore() 'define some array to store paths
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
srcFolder="c:\temp" 'Server source folder location
dstFolder="c:\temp" 'Destination Folder as desired
i=0 'array counter
For Each myFiles In objFSO.GetFolder(srcFolder).Files
If objFSO.GetExtensionName(myFiles) = "pdf" Then
pdfBase = objFSO.GetBaseName(myFiles)
ReDim Preserve pdfStore(i)
ReDim Preserve pdfFullStore(i)
pdfStore(i)=pdfBase
pdfFullStore(i)=myFiles
i=i+1
End If
Next
For Each myFiles In objFSO.GetFolder(srcFolder).Files
If objFSO.GetExtensionName(myFiles) = "xml" Then
xmlBase = objFSO.GetBaseName(myFiles)
For i=LBound(pdfStore) To UBound(pdfStore)
If pdfStore(i) = xmlBase Then
WScript.Echo "found " , xmlBase, pdfStore(i)
strToFind = getString(myFiles)
dstFile = strToFind&".pdf"
objFSO.MoveFile pdfFullStore(i),dstFolder&"\"&dstFile
End If
Next
End If
Next

Function getString(theFile)
Set objRE = New RegExp
objRE.Global     = True
objRE.IgnoreCase = False
objRE.Pattern   = "<reportSearchPath>.*/report\[@name='(.*?)'\]</reportSearchPath>"
Set objFile=objFSO.OpenTextFile(theFile,1)
strContents=objFile.ReadAll
Set Matches = objRE.Execute(strContents)
For Each match In Matches
For Each smatch In match.Submatches
result=Replace(smatch,":"," ")
Next
Next
getString = result
End Function

output:

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C:\vbscript>dir c:\temp /B
test.pdf
test.xml
test1.pdf
test1.xml

C:\vbscript>cscript /nologo MoveCogNosReports2.vbs
found  test test
found  test1 test1

C:\vbscript>dir c:\temp /B
PRV-INT-001 Provider NCPDP Interface Error Report.pdf
PRV-INT-002 Provider NCPDP Interface Error Report.pdf
test.xml
test1.xml



Hey! Tx... but am able to use the previous script. Vl run this script and let u know in case of ne issues