May 2007

How Can I Save Each Paragraph in a Word Document as a Database Record?

ScriptingGuy1 May 23, 2007 May 23, 2007 05/23/07

Hey, Scripting Guy! A few days ago you showed us how to open a bunch of text files and save the data in each file as a record in a database. I have a similar question, except that I want to save each paragraph in a Word document as a database record. How can I do that?-- HY Hey, HY. Before we tackle today’s question we know a lot of you ...

How Can I Monitor the Number of Files in a Folder?

ScriptingGuy1 May 22, 2007 May 22, 2007 05/22/07

Hey, Scripting Guy! We have a third-party application that rarely crashes; however, when it does crash it seriously disrupts our business. We can always tell when the application is getting ready to crash; at that point, one of its directories starts filling up with log files. How can we be notified any time the number of log files in this ...

How Can I Add the Contents of a Group of Text Files to an Access Database?

ScriptingGuy1 May 21, 2007 May 21, 2007 05/21/07

Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a folder that has hundreds of text files in it. I’d like to take each of those files and add the contents (as a memo field) to an Access database. How can I do that?-- KB Hey, KB. You know, a few years ago the Scripting Guy who writes this column gave a talk at a conference in Orlando. (And yes, he’ll be back ...

How Can I Search Every Text File in a Folder For Phone Numbers?

ScriptingGuy1 May 18, 2007 May 18, 2007 05/18/07

Hey, Scripting Guy! In yesterday’s column you showed us how to search for phone numbers in a text file; you also promised us that in today’s column you’d show us how to modify that script so that it can search through all the text files in a folder. Are you still going to do that?-- SE Hey, SE. Yes, we’re going to – wait a second...

How Can I Search For Phone Numbers in a Text File?

ScriptingGuy1 May 17, 2007 May 17, 2007 05/17/07

Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a bunch of text files, one for each of our employees. Included in these text files are phone numbers: work phone, home phone, cell phone, etc. How can I write a script that searches for and extracts the phone numbers from these text files?-- MN Hey, MN. You know, many years ago the Scripting Guy who writes this ...

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How Can I Save Each Paragraph in a Word Document as a Database Record?

How Can I Monitor the Number of Files in a Folder?

How Can I Add the Contents of a Group of Text Files to an Access Database?

How Can I Search Every Text File in a Folder For Phone Numbers?

How Can I Search For Phone Numbers in a Text File?

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