What's New in FileWatcher

FileWatcher is here, and has many new time-saving features to help you work smarter.

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Major New Features

• Each running thread now shows a unique process id.
• If %FILE% is used, only runs a single file at a time even if multiple files arrive together.

As always, File Watcher will read settings files from ALL old versions without any changes being required.

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Detailed Changes Log

What's New in FileWatcher v2.5.8 - November 28, 2008
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* Now copes with the (rather rude) situation of the monitoring folder being 
deleted.


What's New in FileWatcher v2.5.7 - May 23, 2008
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* Directory names have been re-enabled. This will be an option in a later 
release.
* Fixed bug with program crashing after trigger.


What's New in FileWatcher v2.5.6 - May 22, 2008
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* Now excludes the list file from files that are being monitored.
* Now adds a timestamp to each log line.
* More logging information.


What's New in FileWatcher v2.5.5 - May 14, 2008
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* Now tests the exclusive lock with a Read test, not a Read/Write test.


What's New in FileWatcher v2.5.4 - May 7, 2008
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* New option to wait for exclusive file lock before processing a file.


What's New in FileWatcher v2.5.3 - May 6, 2008
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* New debug message to show when files have not completely written to disk.


What's New in FileWatcher v2.5.2 - April 21, 2008
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* New Help File with many examples, and improved GUI.


What's New in FileWatcher v2.5.1 - March 7, 2008
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* /HIDDEN now hides to the icon area, and /MINIMIZE just minimizes.


What's New in FileWatcher v2.5 - February 15, 2008
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* Now minimizes to task bar.


What's New in FileWatcher v2.4 - November 19, 2007
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* Added the ability to watch updated and deleted files as well.


What's New in FileWatcher v2.3 - November 16, 2007
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* Now checks if a file can be opened before allowing it to be processed. This 
eliminates the possibility of it being processed before the file has been 
fully written to disk.


What's New in FileWatcher v2.2.2 - October 4, 2007
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* Fixed help file (readme.txt) not being shown from Help menu.


What's New in FileWatcher v2.2.1 - June 21, 2007
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* Each running thread now shows a unique process id.
* If %FILE% is used, only runs a single file at a time even if multiple files 
arrive together.
* GUI now detects changes properly.


What's New in FileWatcher v2.2 - June 20, 2007
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* Can now specify the file types to watch e.g. *.txt.
* Can now specify multiple folders to watch.
* FileWatcher now waits for a file to be completely written before triggering 
actions on it.
* Fixed bug with detected filename sometimes having a spurious character 
appended to it.


What's New in FileWatcher v2.1.5a
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* Added Manifest XML file for Vista, and fixed HTML Help error on exit.


What's New in FileWatcher v2.1.5
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* Removed warning message when multiple copies are run.


What's New in FileWatcher v2.1.4
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* Fixed help file location to readme.txt


What's New in FileWatcher v2.1.3
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* Help file was not opening - bug fixed.


What's New in FileWatcher v2.1.2
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* Now includes help file, and /F= and /G command line options.


What's New in FileWatcher v2.1.1
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* Now checks if watched folder exists before starting.
* Program name and command line are now in two separate fields.


What's New in FileWatcher v2.1
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* Initial release!

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