How can I get the File Creation Date OR Last modification date of the incoming file in my message?

Question

I need the Last Modification Date and the File creation date of the consumed file in my message, is it possible to do that using a custom pipeline component in decode stage or any other way? The FILE namespace have File creation time that actually gives
the time the file was dropped in receive location, not the actual creation time. Also this namespace doesn't have the Last Modification Date.

Answer 1

Yes,
As per MSDN, "File.FileCreationTime" - "Defines the time that the file was written to the folder that is monitored by the File receive
adapter."
So for File Modified DateTime, only option I can think of is create a custom file adapter (updating the File Adapter code from SDK ..\SDK\Samples\AdaptersDevelopment\File Adapter) and access the received file with the code something like the following, which
you give you the Last Modified date
string sLastModifiedDate = File.GetLastWriteTime(path).ToString();
If there are any business requirements which drives you this, then this the only way I can think of. Because you can access the file properties only in adapter, when it passes through adapter file is handled as stream and you will only have context properties
to access the file related properties.
If you're looking for implement this for any audit purpose or for your any technical purpose, then you can suggest some alternate than using File updated datetime.
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