What's new in FileWatcher 4.4
Jun 25, 2023
- Update log messages to align with UI.
- Fixed file conflict with multiple copies of File Watcher.
New in FileWatcher 4.3 (Sep 29, 2021)
- Fixed periodic reprompting for license key information.
New in FileWatcher 4.2 (Jul 30, 2021)
- Fixed bug with arriving file names not being sequenced correctly.
New in FileWatcher 4.1 (May 21, 2017)
- Now works with ftps:// ie secure ftp
- Fixed long paths being word-wrapped and not handled correctly.
- Now prunes the log when it gets too long.
New in FileWatcher 4.0 (May 21, 2017)
- Warning – renamed %PATH% to %FILEPATH% to avoid conflicts with the windows
- PATH. Existing settings will be loaded correctly.
- Command and parameter fields can now include arbitrary environment variables,
- e.g. USERNAME, ProgramData, PUBLIC, TEMP, COMPUTERNAME etc.
New in FileWatcher 3.9 (Dec 11, 2013)
- Now can customize the polling interval; previously was fixed at 60 seconds.
New in FileWatcher 3.8 (Sep 3, 2013)
- Now sets environment variables FILE, FILENAME, NAME, EXT, PATH so that batch files can examine and use these values.
New in FileWatcher 3.7 (May 7, 2013)
- Added new option to control the period of time between checks for exclusive access to a monitored file.
New in FileWatcher 3.6.1 (May 1, 2013)
- Fixed integer overflow errors under x64.
New in FileWatcher 3.6 (Apr 19, 2013)
- Dual x32 and x64 release.
- Fixed bug where Browse for Folder did not handle Unicode characters.
New in FileWatcher 3.5.1 (Sep 6, 2012)
- Fixed bug in file processing that could make File Watcher hang.
New in FileWatcher 3.5 (Jul 16, 2012)
- Tray icon now includes filename so multiple instances of File Watcher are easy to identify.
- Better validation error messages for missing 'No Files Command'.
- FTP poller now supports subfolders.
New in FileWatcher 3.4 (Jun 16, 2012)
- Log file now copes with Unicode filenames.
- List file now copes with Unicode filenames.
- If remote folders drop out, File Watcher now delays any actions on deleted items and on newly create files when the folder re-appears.
- .vbs and .js scripts are now automatically run with wscript.exe, in the current folder or the Windows Path.
New in FileWatcher 3.3 (Nov 12, 2011)
- Action, Network/Polling and Live Log now support Unicode filenames.
- Fixed bug when multiple filespecs (e.g. *.txt;*.doc) were used with the
- Network/Polling option - any existing files would be processed correctly, but
- any further files would not be processed at all.
- Removed automatic fixup of "%FILE%" - this is no longer needed or desirable.
- Better cleanup on exit when Actions are still running.
- Fixed help file not starting.
- Fixed email support option in evaluation not working.
New in FileWatcher 3.2.2 (Nov 10, 2011)
- Fixed bug which left the NoFiles process running if it could not be started properly (e.g. wrong command line etc), and hence no new processes could be
- triggered.
New in FileWatcher 3.2.1 (Nov 10, 2011)
- Fixed bug - NoFiles timer was enabling itself even when disabled.
- NoFiles command is now validated to ensure it exists.
New in FileWatcher 3.2 (Nov 3, 2011)
- Double-quotes around parameters are now not entered automatically - giving
- the user more control over the command line. Older settings files are
- automatically converted when loaded.
- New %EXT% macro to insert the file extension.
- Changed %NAME% to %FILENAME%, added %NAME% for just the name (no extension).
New in FileWatcher 3.1 (Oct 27, 2011)
- [Test] button now validates settings like the command to be run.
- [Test] button also switches to the Live Log tab so that you can see the results of the test.
New in FileWatcher 3.0 (Oct 19, 2011)
- New [Test] button to test your action script.
- New ability to run a command if no files arrives in a given timeframe (e.g.
- no file after 60 minutes, 12 hours etc), so you can check for errors in your
- process.
- %ILE% can now be included in the Command name, so if the new file arriving
- is an executable file you can run it.
- New HTML Help file - searchable, more info.
New in FileWatcher 2.9.3 (Jul 1, 2011)
- Fixed working dirs for start menu short cuts.
- Fixed detection of change on 2 checkboxes.
- Sample .fwx copied on first run.
New in FileWatcher 2.9.2 (Feb 1, 2011)
- Fixed bug with polling routines not passing Unicode filenames correctly, hence they never matched the wildcards.
New in FileWatcher 2.9.1 (Feb 1, 2011)
- %PATH% now can be used to specify the path of the triggering file.
- More internal changes to support Unicode filenames.
- Fixed bug with wildcards not matching unless set to *.*.
New in FileWatcher 2.9 (Feb 1, 2011)
- Now shows error dialog if the default save location (in My Documents) cannot be written to, and exits gracefully.
- Standardized open/save dialogs now used throughout.
- Better error messages when data such as the Command to Run is missing.
- Log file is now closed and re-opened every 30 seconds so that the file size increases over time. If you open the file it will still show the currently written data.
- 'Wait for Exclusive file access' is now ignored for new folders when 'Ignore folders' is unchecked - this prevents File Watcher checking them forever.
- New 'Notes' field for recording information about the settings.
New in FileWatcher 2.8.1 (May 18, 2010)
- Polling of FTP locations now supported.
New in FileWatcher 2.8 (Mar 26, 2010)
- Now can poll remote locations if file events do not occur (this happens when
- the remote system does not implement the file event API correctly).
New in FileWatcher 2.7 (Mar 13, 2010)
- Now handles log files that don't have a full path specified.
- Now the complete command line of each invoked command is added to the log to assist debugging.
- Fixed double-click of settings file under Vista, W7.
New in FileWatcher 2.6.6 (Sep 23, 2009)
- New option to automatically process existing files when FileWatcher starts
- watching. This is very handy to pickup files that might have arrived while
- FileWatcher was not active
- Now logs more useful error messages when a command line fails
- New validation check that the command file exists, and now displays invalid
- command line options
New in FileWatcher 2.6.5 (Sep 21, 2009)
- New %NAME% option to insert the filename without the path.
- New option to log to file.
- New option to ignore folder changes.
New in FileWatcher 2.6.2 (Aug 14, 2009)
- New option to Minimize the action being run - to prevent it interfering with
- the desktop.
New in FileWatcher 2.6.1 (Aug 13, 2009)
- Now can cope with (fairly rare) filenames with leading spaces.
New in FileWatcher 2.6 (Aug 13, 2009)
- If you are monitoring a network location, File Watcher checks to see if it
- has dropped out and automatically reconnects (it checks every 60 seconds).
New in FileWatcher 2.5.9 (Mar 27, 2009)
- Now can insert %FILE%, %FILES% or %FILELIST% multiple times in the command
- line to cope with situations where the filename needs a new extension
- appended e.g. ".pdf"
- Now records the exit code of each process.
- When multi-file mode (%FILES% or %FILELIST%) is used, FileWatcher now
- processes all files together once the minimum time threshold has been passed.
- Previously these files would be processed separately.
- Files are now processed in order of arrival.
New in FileWatcher 2.5.4 (May 7, 2008)
- New option to wait for exclusive file lock before processing a file.