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Masks
Certain tasks, such as the Folder Capture Input task and the File Name Condition task, allow
for entering a mask instead of a file name. See "Masks" below.
Date and Time Format
To simplify things and to prevent errors, date and time formats have been standardized.
l Dates are entered and displayed as yyyy/MM/dd (2007/06/13, for example).
l Times are entered and displayed using the 24 hour format as HH:mm:ss (3:38:54 PM, for
example, is entered and displayed as 15:38:54).
Masks
A file name that includes characters meant to be replaced at run-time is referred to as a mask.
Masks can be used in many edit boxes and can be used, for instance, to select multiple files.
File selection is typically limited by fixed characters or special wildcard characters. If you create
a Folder Capture Input task and enter *.* in the Masks box, the Input task will grab all the files
that are put in the source folder. If you enter *.mdb instead, the task will only take those
database files that have an mdb extension. You can use any standard wildcard character in
PReS Workflow.
Note
Masks are case-insensitive, since the Windows platform does not support case-sensitive
file names (yes, you can have mixed case in a file name but that's visual fluff - the OS
itself does not care).
Mask Format
Here are the different mask formats available.
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Literal characters: Any alphanumerical character is considered a literal character and
must appear. For example, a mask of "trigger.txt" will not capture any other files than that
name.
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