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Hi friends,
I am stuck at one point, please help me.

I have a folder and everyday day one file will be added to that folder.
The file can be .text or .pdf or .docx.

I need to read this file and do extract some data from that file.

But how do I check if it is .pdf or .text or .docx.

Please help me with this

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Hi @hanviprebday

=> Use For Each file in Folder and try giving the following syntax inside the loop in assign activity

str_extension= Path.GetExtension(CurrentFile.ToString)

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After you get the extension you can use Switch and according to that you can build your workflow.

Hope it helps!!

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Hi,

How about the following? We can use Switch activity with CurrentFile.Extension.ToLower

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Regards,

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@hanviprebday
to read .docx files install package → UiPath.word.activities
to read .pdf files install package → UiPath.pdf.activities

In For each FolderName
assign : PathExtention= Path.GetExtension(CurrentFile)
If PathExtention=“.pdf”
Read Pdf Activity
ElseIf PathExtention=“.txt”
Read text Activity
Else
PathExtention=“.docx”
word application scope activity
in that Read Text activity

Cheers!!