The correct is: VBSTART Function LastCreated(folderspec,filespec) Dim fso, f, f1, fc, s, lastfiledate, latestfile lastfiledate = 0 Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Set f = fso.GetFolder(folderspec) Set fc = f.Files For Each f1 in fc if InStr(f1.Name,filespec) > 0 then If f1.DateC...

I found the problem : some files have the same created date..then it take the first of these files. the script need a second condition with last file modified

This script still dont work ...sometimes it takes the file with last date and sometimes it takes an old file...

Thank you very much again

There is a problem in this script. Sometimes it doesn't take the last file. It must take the last writed in hard disk and dont the last modified.
May you rewrite , pls ?
Thank you for your time

It's perfect !

Thank you very much !
I will test soon
Regards

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