File Selection

• Probe provides two basic ways of selecting files :

• Selecting indivudal files with either keyboard or mouse. This is efficient when handling a small number of files in a single folder. It is the only method provided by MS Explorer.

• Selecting many files using a selection criterion, such as a filename wildcard. With this method, Probe does the work of checking each file, instead of you having to manually select it.

Figure 1 : Using the Simple Selection Dialog.

• One often works with projects whose files are located in several different sub-folders. To be able to handle such situations efficiently, Probe introduces the concept of multi-folder selections or recursive selections :

• A multifolder-selection may, for example, consist of all image files (*.jpg,*.gif, *.bmp), in or below a specific base-folder (C:\ My Project), that has been modified after a certain date.

• A multi-folder selection is created by either manually selecting files in several folders, or using the Advanced Selection Dialog.

• The Advanced Selection Dialog specifies a selection criterion that consists of one ore more of:
• A filename wildcard and filename length.
• A date criterion (Creation Date, Last Modify Date, Last Access Date).
• A size criterion.
• A file-attribute criterion.

• The selection criterion may optionally be applied recursively in all sub-folders of the current folder.

Figure 2 : Using the Advanced Selection Dialog.