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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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Short Cut Keys
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F1 = Help
F2 = Refresh the FileList
F3 = Find Next String
F4 = View as Text - Variable Font
F5 = View as Text - Fixed Font
F6 = View as Picture
F7 = View in Browser (HTML)
F8 = View Strings of File
F9 = View File Details
F11= Toggle Wide/Narrow File List
F12= Toggle View Specification Panel
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Features
Views Files in any format - HTML, Pictures, Text, file details
Great for browsing your photo collection across multiple directories
Create and launch MP3 Playlists
Paths or partial paths can be excluded (eg C:\Temp\ or \backup\ )
Use shortcut keys to quickly customise your view
Files can be individually or globally tagged (by Extension or Folder)
Tagged files can be bulk moved, copied, deleted
Create Batch Files to act on a list of files
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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).
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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.
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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.
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Purchasing FileLister
A single user license of FileLister costs $29.95 US. 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 $29.95 US to
Acute Software
PO Box 303
Smithfield, 5114
South Australia
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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 :
Browsing through a list of files and tagging the ones which need to be deleted (duplicates, old versions)
*Note - Deleted files are actually moved to the \deleted folder under the
installed filelist directory - this is so you can get them back if you
change your mind. To save disk space you can use windows explorer to remove
all files from here
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Searching and extracting information
Search All Files in List
- 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
Search Tagged files only
- enter a search string
- program looks only in TAGGED files
- UNTAGS any of these existing tagged files which DO NOT contain the search string
Search Untagged files only
- enter a search string
- program looks only in UNTAGGED files
- TAGS any of these existing untagged files which contain the search string
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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
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