Directory Monitor RegEx

Hello, 

This is more of a 'FYI' than anything else.

I jumped from v6.1.4.14 to the latest v6.4.2.30  

I had seen that 'regex' was 'supported' in the Directory Monitor. But didn't realise the impact until after monitors failed as to me this means that the original file mask would continue to be supported. In our case we had wildcard file masks (eg. *.xls?) and these are not correctly formatted regex strings and therefore failed the regex parsing. Whilst I was able to adjust each of them. Perhaps the release notes could have mentioned that this was a breaking change. or even better would have been a flag that defaulted to false that said to use regex or file masking.

Thanks

 

Hi Bruce

FYI: We have made some minor tweaks to make life of our users easier



24/04/2024 6.4.2.33

 + Improved: "Check Date" Functionality  
 + Added: Ability to select mask or RegEx Directory Monitor dialogue 
  (BREAKING CHANGE, PLEASE UPDATE DIRECTORY MONITOR SETTINGS)  

 

Peter.Jonson wrote:

Hi Bruce

FYI: We have made some minor tweaks to make life of our users easier

 

awesome !! This mask vs regex will be helpful ! Will this (mask/regex) help in selecting subdirectory also ? 

RegEX can be used to much the sub directory

The file name would include subdirectory.

EG: subirectory\filename.txt