"Save as" dialog box appears instead of folder content

[Markman-B]

Yesterday I tried to access a folder on my E-partition from a remote computer.
The specific folder contains an .ini file. I have created the following filemask string
for my E drive:

\index.htm*;\default.htm*;\folder.jpg;\*.ini;\*.db

Instead of showing the content of the folder, a dialog box appeared asking if I wanted to open or to save the .ini file.

What did I do wrong? Drive E is added within HFS as a real folder.
I'm using HFS 2.3 bèta build 195 icm with the RAWR Template version 0.1.1




Inverting the logic (\)
So you want to hide filetypes, instead of showing specific filetypes?
Insert a backslash \ before *.ext to achieve opposite logic with the filter, and hide the filetypes you do not want visible to users. E.g \*.db;*.ini

Retrieved from "http://www.rejetto.com/wiki/index.php/HFS:_File_masks"

[Wasserfloh]

Inverting the logic (\)

That is valid obviously for each occurrence of the backslash. Each further turns around the logic again.


\index.htm*;default.htm*;folder.jpg;*.ini;*.db

[rejetto]

even worst!
you can repeat the "\" inverting operator, but only at the very start of the string (quite useless most of the times).

so, all the following "\" he used in the mask, are treated as normal characters.
the Wasserfloh suggestion is correct, anyway.

[Markman-B]

Thanx al lot again. Ik knew I made a mistake somewhere.

[Markman-B]

Okay I made some corrections. But do I have to set the filemask for each folder, which contains an ini file (for example), or only in the parent folder?

[rejetto]

only the parent.
if you do it on the root, it will be valid for all that's beneath.

[Markman-B]

Thanx Rejetto I appreciate your support. The programs become more and more advanced, so the online manual does not always gives me the answer.
It's nice to hear that the setting only has to be done for the parentfolder. I assume this also applies to the setting don't consider as download.

However...I've noticed some unexpected behaviour in a couple of subfolders for my musicfiles (double cd).
All these folders contain the file folder.jpg; the cover of the cd.  Although I made the setting don't consider as download , for these folder.jpg  files, some of them are still available for download. In single folders (without a subfolder), the setting works fine and the folder.jpg file is not available. Is this normal?

[rejetto]

it's don't consider AS download, not FOR download
the point is that everything is downloaded, but for some files you want a special handling, like incrementing the total counter. For example you don't consider as download pages & icons.
i'm open to suggestions for a short but more understandable label for the feature.

To hide the files you must use the "Files filter" feature.

[Markman-B]

it's don't consider AS download, not FOR download

Hahaha that explains all.