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Monitor all PDF files in a local folder
User question:
> I regularly save PDF files from the web to a certain local folder on
> my hard disk. Can I use WebSite-Watcher to monitor all PDF files in
> that folder for certain keywords? As soon as I save a new PDF into
> that folder, it should be detected and checked automatically by
> WebSite-Watcher.
It is a bit tricky, but it can be solved with a plugin and a combination of several features.
Please follow these steps:
| 1. | Create a new folder in WebSite-Watcher, for example PDF |
| 2. | Create a new bookmark in that folder and enter the path of the local folder into the URL field. For example c:\wsw-pdf\ |
| 3. | Select the Keywords tab and enter the keywords you want to monitor, for example "website" and "watcher" |
| 4. | To also get notifications with the first check, you have to enable the option "Alert/Actions on initialization" |
| 5. | Select the "Advanced" tab, then create a new private plugin |
| 6. | Enter this plugin code, then click OK to close this window: |
Sub Wsw_PreProcessPage(Handle, ByRef sMemWeb, ByRef sStatusMessage, ByRef iStatusCode)
Dim sl = GetAllWildcardMatches(sMemWeb, "<b>*.pdf</b>") Dim i, sItem, sFile
For i = 0 To StringList_ItemCount(sl) - 1 sItem = StringList_GetItem(sl, i) sFile = Replace(sItem, "<b>", "") sFile = Replace(sFile, "</b>", "") sMemWeb = ReplaceText(sMemWeb, sItem, "<a href='" + sFile + "'>" + sItem + "</a>") Next
End Sub |
| 7. | Select "Follow-Links" on the left side and use this configuration |
That's it. Now WebSite-Watcher will monitor all PDF files in that folder for the entered keywords. When you save new pdf files into the c:\wsw-pdf\ folder, they will automatically be inserted as new bookmarks when you check the "PDF" folder.
