The error I get does not happen all of the time, but I have been seeing it more recently.
I am using DirWaitForUpdate to watch a directory for files then running another job when files are found.
As I said the error does not happen all of the time but is becoming more frequent.

Here is the error:
FileWatch_test An error occurred while executing automation script: Line 20: The handle is invalid.

I am running v3.4.18 on winXP.

Any help would be appreciated

Please post your script.

: The error I get does not happen all of the time, but I have been seeing it
: more recently.
: I am using DirWaitForUpdate to watch a directory for files then running
: another job when files are found.
: As I said the error does not happen all of the time but is becoming more
: frequent.

: Here is the error: FileWatch_test An error occurred while executing
: automation script: Line 20: The handle is invalid.

: I am running v3.4.18 on winXP.

: Any help would be appreciated

: Please post your script.
Dim local_computer, string
Dim status_message, string
Dim change_found, boolean
Dim bln_FileExists, Boolean
Dim process_id, number
Dim initial_dir, string "\\\\ServerName\\100\\"
Dim search_dir, string

set local_computer "@V"computer""
Upper( local_computer, local_computer )
concatex ("File Watch processor running on ", "@V"computer"", status_message)
logaddmessageex ("INFO", "@V"job_id"" , "@V"job_name"", status_message)

START:
concatex initial_dir, "*.txt", search_dir
FileExists search_dir, bln_FileExists
if bln_FileExists runit, Wait_for_it

Wait_for_it:
DirWaitForUpdate initial_dir, 0, change_found

// OK, some change is found
runit:

Wait 20
JobRun( "SomeJob" )
Wait 20

// start watching again
GoTo START

DirWaitForUpdate is wacthing all changes not just new files. As result the rest of your script may run when a file is deleted or updated in that directory causing false starts.

I suggest to replace

DirWaitForUpdate initial_dir, 0, change_found

with simple

Wait 5
GoTo START

: Dim local_computer, string
: Dim status_message, string
: Dim change_found, boolean
: Dim bln_FileExists, Boolean
: Dim process_id, number
: Dim initial_dir, string "\\\\ServerName\\100\\"
: Dim search_dir, string

: set local_computer "@V"computer""
: Upper( local_computer, local_computer )
: concatex ("File Watch processor running on ",
: "@V"computer"", status_message)
: logaddmessageex ("INFO", "@V"job_id"" ,
: "@V"job_name"", status_message)

: START: concatex initial_dir, "*.txt", search_dir
: FileExists search_dir, bln_FileExists
: if bln_FileExists runit, Wait_for_it

: Wait_for_it: DirWaitForUpdate initial_dir, 0, change_found

: // OK, some change is found
: runit: Wait 20
: JobRun( "SomeJob" )
: Wait 20

: // start watching again
: GoTo START