File
Filters Dialog
A File Filters dialog may be activated by selection from the Window Options context menu, The Last Used Directories context menu, the Alt+F key combination, or from the Toolbar.
File
Filters Dialog
This dialog is used to input filename filter masks, a file attribute filter, and to select a sort option applied to one or both file windows. The dialog may be sized, in height only, to allow for viewing all file mask entries.
Files may be displayed unsorted or sorted by file name, extension, date or size.
Setting a File Filter Mask
The Mask entry field is used to input a file filter mask. Standard use of wildcards is supported. An asterisk (*) means 'all or all after'. For example, the mask A* would display all files beginning with the letter 'A'. The 'all or all after' specification terminates at the extension. Therefore the mask *.txt would filter and display all files with the file extension .txt, and the mask os2*.ini would display only those filenames with the .ini extension starting with the three characters 'os2'. The question mark (?) is used to substitute "Any" for an individual character. Thus the mask myfile??.txt would display myfile files with the '.txt' extension, e.g, myfile01.txt, myfile02.txt, myfile03.txt; it would not, however, display myfile1.txt since there are not sufficient characters to occupy the wildcard specified.
Concatenated inclusion filters may be used along with exclusion, date and file size filters. Use the ';' to concatenate filters. File filter masks are limited to 128 characters.
To use an exclusion filter, place a '-' in front of the filter, e.g. '-*.obj'.
To use a date filter, use the standard symbols, followed by the date. The date format (MM, DD, YYYY) used must be as shown in the Files window details view or the Data Panel Date window (including the separator character) - with the exception that a 4 digit year must be used in the filter;
To use a file size filter, use the standard symbols, followed by the file size with no commas.
For example, use the filter *.bak;*.txt;*fstar*;-*.exe;>10000;<1-1-1996 to includes all files with 'bak' and 'txt' extensions, all files with an embedded 'fstar' string within the name while excluding any file that matched with an 'exe' extension, include only files with greater than 10,000 bytes file size and include only those files dated prior to 1-1-1996 (assuming the separator is the '-' character).
Selecting a mask from this list automatically inserts it into the entry field. The mask is not applied to the file window(s) until the user presses the Set or Set Both pushbutton or double clicks with the LMB on the selection. The mask selected is applied to the active window using the Set pushbutton, or both windows using the Set Both pushbutton. The * button restores the "all" files filter.
Save and Delete
Twenty (20) entries in the Mask entry field may be saved and are displayed in the window below the entry field. The 'Set' and 'Save' are separate actions to prevent filling the saved list with incidental filters.
Entries may be deleted from the list using the delete pushbutton.
Attribute Filtering
Checking the R (Read Only), S (System), H (Hidden), A (Archived) and N (None) check boxes will include files with those attributes in the displayed file list. If the check box of an attribute is deselected, files with that attribute are not displayed (unless the file possesses other selected attributes). To see all files, all attributes need to be checked in the Include column.
When using a mouse, the attribute and sort options are selected or deselected by clicking the LMB on the check box or radio button. To set these options from the keyboard, Tab from the Mask entry field to the Include and Sort options. Then use the cursor keys to select the desired item. To select or deselect a check box, press the spacebar.