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Help for Acute Softwares FileLister
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Features Using FileLister Viewing Files Editing Profiles FAQ Purchasing Advanced Topics Tagging Files Searching and extracting Batch Files
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Quickly Find and view files across different directories.
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back to top Features back to top Using FileLister Viewing Files 1. Choose a set of files to look at by clicking on a profile from the top Left dropdown list on the screen. 2. A list of files will appear, simply click a file and it is displayed in the right hand side pane. You can force the method of viewing a file by unchecking the 'Auto Select Display Mode' checkbox on the top right of the screen, and then choosing a display method. This is useful for viewing HTML documents as text, or viewing File Details on picture files (shows dates edited and width and height). back to top Editing Profiles Click the top left button next to the list of profiles to edit the current profile This shows the Edit profile screen which allows you to choose the File exentions, paths and date range of files. Click save to see the new list of files (you can also change the name of the profile here - this makes a copy of the profile) To Create a new profile, choose New profile from the File menu and pick a name for the profile. Then pick the directorys and extensions as above. Note - When editing the list of directories, you can TICK the checkbox for any of the paths to also search that paths subdirectories. Be careful about choosing root paths like D:\ or C:\Program Files, as it can sometimes take a long time to refresh of slower computers. back to top Frequently Asked Questions ( FAQ ) What sort of Files does it view Filelist views the most common types of graphics files in the graphics viewer and any type of file you can see in a browser can be viewed in there too. Why are some files listed twice? Filelist gives you full flexibility in choosing paths and extensions, so if add the following paths: C:\My Documents\* C:\My Documents\reports Then all the files in the C:\My Documents\reports directory will be listed twice. back to top Purchasing FileLister A single user license of FileLister costs $35 US dollars. To purchase online with a credit card, go to http://www.acutesoftware.com.au/order.html and follow the link for FileList. You can also purchase by sending a cheque or money order for $35 US (Australian orders should be in Australian dollars) to
back to top Advanced Topics Tagging Files Tagging files is simply ticking the checkbox next to the filename as you view down the list. Once files are tagged you can perform global operations on these files such as copying them, moving them or creating MP3 playlists. Examples of this are : back to top Searching and extracting information - enter a search string - program looks in all files, regardless of current tags - UNTAGS any existing tags, and TAGS the ones which contain the search string - enter a search string - program looks only in TAGGED files - UNTAGS any of these existing tagged files which DO NOT contain the search string - enter a search string - program looks only in UNTAGGED files - TAGS any of these existing untagged files which contain the search string back to top Batch Files You can create batch files to perform advanced tasks on a custom list of files quickly and easily. 1. Select the files you want from a profile and remove from the list the files you dont want 2. Choose 'Create Batch' from the Listing menu 3. Enter the command you want to perform on each of the files listed. for example, to copy all files to a particular directory, enter COPY in the 'prior command' and then enter the name of the directory in the destination command. This will create a batch file with a separate line for each file and will look like the line below, so if you enter 'COPY' and then D:\backup you will get a batch file like below : COPY "C:\My Documents\report.doc" D:\backup COPY "C:\My Documents\sales.xls" D:\backup COPY "C:\data\database.dbf" D:\backup | |||||