Overview: ASCI's File System Event Provider for WMI:
The "ASCI File System Event Provider for WMI" is a FREE utility, developed by Advanced
System Concepts, that provides event notification capabilities for the Windows 2000/NT
File System and is to be used in conjunction with Microsoft's Windows Management
Instrumentation (WMI) system.
The "ASCI File System Event Provider for WMI" can detect the creation, and/or the
updating of any file within a Windows 2000/NT environment for the purpose of triggering
events within user applications and utilities. With the introduction of this capability
for Windows systems, applications can now be "notified" that a required file has
been created, copied, modified or FTP'd into a specified directory or onto a specific
system. The "ASCI File System Event Provider for WMI" provides a powerful alternative
to other methodologies such as "polling" which checks, on a schedule, to see when
the required file has arrived. The "polling" approach consumes systems resources
and can detract from overall system performance.
Using The "ASCI File System Event Provider for WMI" a user could simply specify
the file or directory and a WMI event would be declared when the file is created
(and populated). Or when used in combination with a job scheduling system (e.g.
ActiveBatch) the creation of a file within a specified directory can initiate a
job or process.
FSEP Minimum Requirements
- The "ASCI File System Event Provider for WMI" requires a Windows 2000/NT system
on which WMI has been installed. WMI is installed as part of Windows 2000 and is
available free- of-charge as a separate installation for Windows NT Version 4.
FSEP License Information
- The "ASCI File System Event Provider for WMI" is provided by Advanced Systems Concepts,
Inc. "as is" and may be copied and installed on as many systems as you require free
of charge or royalty. For further details and additional terms please see the License
Agreement included with the software and documentation.
