This page describes the use of the “File Operations” tool in Bizweaver. Information regarding the associated File Reader and File Writer tools is found in separate documents.

The File Operations tool provides four standard Windows file operations and one operation specific to Bizweaver. The fields displayed in the File Operations tool will change depending on the function.

The standard Windows operations are Get, Copy, Move, and Delete.

The Copy and Move operations function in the same way and are configured in the same manner.

1. Select the desired operation (Copy or Move) from the “Operation” drop-down list.
2. Enter or select a Source Path (folder where the files are located).
   1. The source path can be anywhere on the local network, but the user executing the workflow must have the appropriate access.
3. Enter a File Name.
   1. Standard Windows wildcard operators can be used to identify multiple files.
4. Enter or select a Target (destination) Path (the folder where the files will be copied/moved).
   1. The target path can be anywhere on the local network, but the user executing the workflow must have the appropriate access.
5. Enter a file name.
   1. Standard Windows wildcard operators can be used to identify multiple files.
   2. When multiple files are referenced in the Source, the names will be the same in the target folder if the wildcard designation *.* is used.
6. Indicate if you wish to Overwrite an existing file by selecting the checkbox.
7. When duplicate files are found in the destination folder, and you do not want to overwrite the existing ones, you can use the format described in the text just above the “Overwrite existing file option.”
   1. Do not use a wildcard (*) for the file extension when using the rename options.

Use either the Copy or Move operations to rename a file. Make the target file name the new name, and this will effectively rename the file.

When using the Bizweaver functions to rename a file, you must use the file's extension in the name e.x. If a file had the name of File.pdf using $N#.pdf in the file name, it would rename it as File1.pdf, but the file's extension needs to be used, or the renaming won't take effect. Below is a description of the fuctions.

$N - Old file name without extension. # - Assigns next available number if file exists with the same name.

Example: source file name = myfile.xml and target specified as $N_####.xml then the target will be renamed as myfile_0001.xml adding a new number for each subsequent file.

1. Select the Delete operation from the drop-down list.
2. Enter or select a Source Path (folder where the files are located).
3. Enter a file Name to be deleted.
   1. Standard Windows wildcard operators can be used to identify multiple files.
   2. In the example above, all files with the “.txt” extension will be deleted.

File Handler also has a special function called Get Files. This operation is used to define multiple files (using * as wildcard) to be processed through subsequent workflow steps. The function can also reference a specific file.

The Get Files operation is most often used in conjunction with the Bizweaver “looping” function. In this process, the Get Files step creates a list of files, which is the input to the looping process. Whatever actions are needed are defined between the Loop and LoopEnd steps. These actions are performed for each file in the Get Files list. See the Looping Tool page for more information on this process. The advantage of using this approach is that there is no need to use other tools to determine if files exist. If no files are found for processing, the workflow will end.

1. Select the Get Files operation from the drop-down list.
2. Enter or select a Source Path (folder where the files are located).
3. Enter a file Name to be processed in subsequent steps.
   1. Standard Windows wildcard operators can be used to identify multiple files.
   2. In the example above, all files with the “.txt” extension will be processed.

There are several variables from the File Operations function that can be used in other workflow steps. In the following examples, the file being addressed is named “FileName.txt” and it is found in the folder “C:\SourceFolder”.