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FileSystemWatcher: how to make it accept multiple file extensions?
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As stated in the documentation: [highlight #FCE94F]Use of multiple filters such as "*.txt|*.doc" is not supported.[/highlight]
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But .. it seems to work - because besides the Filter Property it also has [highlight #FCE94F]Filters[/highlight] property, which is collection of filters:
To try it out, i took this example from documetation:
It has the setting to watch only TXT-files
so i tried it how it works, and really - it watched in my directory only TXT files
Then i changed the code commenting out the Filter property and setting the [highlight #FCE94F]Filters[/highlight] property, i.e. adding 2 filters into the collection
And now it works - it watches in my directory TXT and LOG files.
To try it out, i took this example from documetation:
It has the setting to watch only TXT-files
Code:
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watcher.Filter = "*.txt"
...Then i changed the code commenting out the Filter property and setting the [highlight #FCE94F]Filters[/highlight] property, i.e. adding 2 filters into the collection
Code:
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'watcher.Filter = "*.txt"
watcher.Filters.Add("*.txt")
watcher.Filters.Add("*.log")And now it works - it watches in my directory TXT and LOG files.
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That'd be fine and dandy, but the problem is that in .NET Framework 4.8
I opened the Project Properties tab and selected "Install other frameworks; that took me there: I dunno which ver. 8 files to select... Any hints? (Win 11, Lenovo/Intel, 64)
Regards,
Ilya
I opened the Project Properties tab and selected "Install other frameworks; that took me there: I dunno which ver. 8 files to select... Any hints? (Win 11, Lenovo/Intel, 64)
Regards,
Ilya
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