folder automation question

[jobny]

Hi. ive been having a problem executing on a task. i have a folder with thousands of files. i would like to randomly select 100 files from this folder and place them into a new folder with an ascending numerical name (1,2,3..). any ideas on how to do this??

[Mr_Noodle]

There's no action to randomly select files. You'll need to use a script to do that part. For the ascending name part, you can use the # attribute to do that.

[jobny]

There's no action to randomly select files. You'll need to use a script to do that part. For the ascending name part, you can use the # attribute to do that.

thank you for your quick reply. could i just automate 100 sequential files and have them placed into a new folder?

[Mr_Noodle]

Probably still better done with a script. The only way I can see doing it with the built-in actions would be if the number of files in the source folder is the same every time.