# Is programming a File Monitor/Watcher Application in WF4 possible?

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-programming-a-file-monitor-watcher-application-in-wf4-possible/319652
**Category:** programming
**Created:** [February 28, 2011, 3:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-programming-a-file-monitor-watcher-application-in-wf4-possible/319652 "2011-02-28T15:32:58Z")
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### Author: ![codrenalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3d9bf3/32.png) [@codrenalin](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/codrenalin)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2011, 3:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-programming-a-file-monitor-watcher-application-in-wf4-possible/319652/1 "2011-02-28T15:32:58Z")

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[FONT=Arial]Hello,[/FONT]  
[FONT=Arial]I need to know if it is possible to develop an application to track file activity for a specified type in a specified folder/directory using WF4 Visual Studio 2010.[/FONT]  
[FONT=Arial]Please give me helpful material/links to help me learn and implement this.[/FONT]  
[FONT=Arial]A sample application to identify file events and if possible also read the file content should be helpful.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]Here are relevant links to this topic -[/FONT]  
[FONT=Arial]“[http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms741707(v=VS.90).aspx](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms741707(v=VS.90).aspx)”[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]“[http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/windowsworkflowfoundation/thread/ffbdf933-0d26-4748-8250-781128fa2e97/](http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/windowsworkflowfoundation/thread/ffbdf933-0d26-4748-8250-781128fa2e97/)”[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]I need help to realise this in VS2010 and WF4 whereas the above articles deal with implementation in earlier technologies.[/FONT]  
[FONT=Arial]thanks in advance[/FONT]  
[FONT=Arial]Codrenalin.[/FONT]