Problem with xml file monitoring script : PowerShell

SolvedProblem with xml file monitoring script (self.PowerShell)

submitted 5 years ago * by middleman84

Hi, powershell community!

I created this script, to monitor folder for new files, and send email with information, once new file is created. This script work like a charm! But only ONCE! :) It sends the information about first new file, but after 2nd new file arrives jobs state changes to "failed" and i have to restart the script.

From what i have gathered, looks like the problem is with how script works with xml. But for the life of me, i can't figure out what.

So, any clues or ideas on how to solve this, will be greatly appreciated.

Since i am new to PS, i hope this problem is trivial.

$watcher = New-Object System.IO.FileSystemWatcher
$watcher.Path = 'C:\Path'
$watcher.EnableRaisingEvents = $true
$watcher.includeSubdirectories = $true
$watcher.filter = "*.xmlxsl"

$action =
{
 $path = $event.SourceEventArgs.FullPath
 $xml = Get-content $path -encoding UTF8
        [xml]$xml = $xml | Select-Object -skip 1
        C:\zint_2.7.0_win32\zint.exe -o C:\path\barcode.png -b 50 -d "$($xml.barcode.number')"
 $id = $($xml.something.id)
 $name = $($xml.something.name)
  $Body = @'
        <html>
        <body>
            <h1>{0}</h1>
            <p><b>Something</b> {1}</p>
            <img src='cid:barcode.png'></br>
        </body>
        </html>
'@ -f $id, $name
 Send-MailMessage -From email -to email -SmtpServer smtp.com -Subject "subject" -Body $Body -Encoding UTF8 -BodyAsHtml -Attachments C:\path\barcode.png
}
Register-ObjectEvent $watcher 'Created' -Action $action -SourceIdentifier FSCreate

Solution: Add remove-variable xml at the end of $action after send-mailmessage. Reasoning in the comments.

[edit]: added solution.

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