Specifications
To create a Basic Setup:
1. In the Hot Folder Editor, go to the Folders category
2. Click the Create Basic Setup... button.
3. Select Create all subfolders radio button to define advanced folders, or Create minimal set of
subfolders radio button to define only basic folders.
4. Do one of the following:
• navigate to the existing folder you want to use as a base folder
• navigate to the location you want to create a new folder, and click Make New Folder button.
The new folder appears with a temporary name, which can be changed to a more descriptive
name for the folder, e.g. “hot_folder_01”
5. Select the new or existing folder, and click OK button.
Creating or editing a folder structure manually
A folder structure can be created, edited or expanded manually. For the input folder and every
output folder, a folder can be assigned.
To assign a folder
1. Click the button next to the input or output folder you want to assign to.
2. Navigate to the folder you want to assign as input or output folder or create it using the Make
New Folder button
The path of the selected folder will be shown.
You can also type or paste the path of the folder, e.g. to assign the same path for different
outputs.
To remove a path, you can click the button.
Absolute vs relative paths
The paths defining the different folders can be entered and shown either absolute or relative. An
absolute path shows the location of the folder completely, starting from the drive letter. A relative
path shows the location of the folder relative to the base folder. For example, “./input” indicates
a folder “input” inside the base folder.
Switching between relative and absolute paths is done using the button next to the browse button.
To change all paths to absolute or relative
1. Click the button next to the base folder
2. select Make all subfolders absolute to change all paths to absolute paths, or select Make all
subfolders relative to the base folder to change all paths to relative paths.
The representation of all folders will change to absolute resp. relative paths.
To change a single path to absolute or relative
3. Click the button next to the specific folder
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