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I have a windows form app (C++) that generates a set of PDF files by using 3rd party software - which creates the PDF files with the provided info from the app.

The question is : How do I suspend the app in a way that it will wait for all
the PDF files to be generated before generating a new set of files?

I figured that I should make a loop that will check for the amount of PDF files in a specific directory. if the amount of files equals to the amount
there should be, the loop will be broken and the code continues.
Just not sure how to do that...

For the record I'm not a programmer, I'm an electrical engineer so
my knowledge of programming comes down to some basic C++ ...

c++

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asked Mar 24 at 5:43

Tom BoudniatskiTom Boudniatski

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  If the other application has a window open that either disappears or changes its title to a certain value when it is done, you could use FindWindow to track progress.
  
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  Or maybe that application has some Api, or even simply an exit code when it is done? Which application is it?
  
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  I don't think that I have enough experience to pull off complicated tasks, as I said, I'm not a programmer I'm an electrical engineer, the 3rd party program is AutoCAD. I have no Idea how to tap into it's code and track the exit code of the PDF creation process. At best I can somehow understand how to check for the obvious output...
  
  – Tom Boudniatski
  Mar 24 at 6:02
  
  

  
  
  
  


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  Well, you do tell Autocad to generate those PDFs, right?
  
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  Yes, of course, they appear in the assigned directory I choose. I said that I thought about creating a "while" loop with exit condition for the amount of PDF files which I know how many there should be. I'm not sure how to do that, the main problem is that I don't know how to get all the file names from the directory...
  
  – Tom Boudniatski
  Mar 24 at 6:12
  

  
  
  
  

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I have a windows form app (C++) that generates a set of PDF files by using 3rd party software - which creates the PDF files with the provided info from the app.

The question is : How do I suspend the app in a way that it will wait for all
the PDF files to be generated before generating a new set of files?

I figured that I should make a loop that will check for the amount of PDF files in a specific directory. if the amount of files equals to the amount
there should be, the loop will be broken and the code continues.
Just not sure how to do that...

For the record I'm not a programmer, I'm an electrical engineer so
my knowledge of programming comes down to some basic C++ ...

c++

share|improve this question

asked Mar 24 at 5:43

Tom BoudniatskiTom Boudniatski

11

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  If the other application has a window open that either disappears or changes its title to a certain value when it is done, you could use FindWindow to track progress.
  
  – GolezTrol
  Mar 24 at 5:55
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Or maybe that application has some Api, or even simply an exit code when it is done? Which application is it?
  
  – GolezTrol
  Mar 24 at 5:56
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  I don't think that I have enough experience to pull off complicated tasks, as I said, I'm not a programmer I'm an electrical engineer, the 3rd party program is AutoCAD. I have no Idea how to tap into it's code and track the exit code of the PDF creation process. At best I can somehow understand how to check for the obvious output...
  
  – Tom Boudniatski
  Mar 24 at 6:02
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Well, you do tell Autocad to generate those PDFs, right?
  
  – GolezTrol
  Mar 24 at 6:06
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Yes, of course, they appear in the assigned directory I choose. I said that I thought about creating a "while" loop with exit condition for the amount of PDF files which I know how many there should be. I'm not sure how to do that, the main problem is that I don't know how to get all the file names from the directory...
  
  – Tom Boudniatski
  Mar 24 at 6:12
  

  
  
  
  

 | 
show 5 more comments

I have a windows form app (C++) that generates a set of PDF files by using 3rd party software - which creates the PDF files with the provided info from the app.

The question is : How do I suspend the app in a way that it will wait for all
the PDF files to be generated before generating a new set of files?

I figured that I should make a loop that will check for the amount of PDF files in a specific directory. if the amount of files equals to the amount
there should be, the loop will be broken and the code continues.
Just not sure how to do that...

For the record I'm not a programmer, I'm an electrical engineer so
my knowledge of programming comes down to some basic C++ ...

c++

share|improve this question

asked Mar 24 at 5:43

Tom BoudniatskiTom Boudniatski

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share|improve this question

asked Mar 24 at 5:43

Tom BoudniatskiTom Boudniatski

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share|improve this question

asked Mar 24 at 5:43

Tom BoudniatskiTom Boudniatski

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asked Mar 24 at 5:43

Tom BoudniatskiTom Boudniatski

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asked Mar 24 at 5:43

Tom BoudniatskiTom Boudniatski

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