Variable images in subfolders

OL Connect Desktop Feedback & Feature Request
1

Hello,

is there any way to search subdirectories in Connect Designer for variable images?
As far as I know, there is currently no such possibility and unfortunately I have not yet found a way to solve this via a script.
Or does anyone know a good approach?

Otherwise it would be nice if a corresponding filesystem method could be added (scan directories). Maybe like fs module in nodejs (fs.readdirSync()), so we could iterate over subdirectories to find specific file(s).

2

Hi @thomasweber,

Do you know the absolute path of these subdirectories beforehand? Because an option to check if a file does exist is by making use of the following JavaScript code:

if (resource("C:/in/example.pdf")) {
    // File does exist...
} else {
    // File does NOT exist...
}

Source: ‘resource() - PrintShop Mail Connect 2021.2 User Guide’

3

Hi @Marten,

thank you for your suggestion. I don’t need the possibility to check if a file exists. I need the ability to find files in subdirectories, where I don’t know the names of the subdirectories.

Example:
I have the information in which main directory my variable images are located. But the images are stored in subdirectories. In the database I only have the image name, but not the information in which subfolder the image is located. Also, there is no data field that tells me the name of the subfolder.

4

You could, in Workflow, use the Folder Listing plugin and then search for the position of your file in it.
Then you could update your data with that proper path.

5

Or use workflow to capture files of the right type, including subdirectories, and deposit them to a known location.

6

Thanks for these suggestions, but I need a way to do it in the Designer (without Workflow). Thats why I tagged this topic as a feature request. I think it would be a great advantage/improvement to have a filesystem method in the Designer to do things like that.