The Copy files Action is used to copy files on your computer or network. It uses the following settings:
Action Name - this is your description so you can identify its purpose.
Action Type - selected for this action.
Enable Action - you can turn actions off if you don't want them to run.
Source folder - this is the folder where the files that meet the Filespec (File Specification) will be copied from.
Dest folder - Destination folder - this is where the files will be copied to. Note they may be moved into a subfolder of this if "Create Destination Subfolder" is selected.
Files Specification - used to identify what files are to be used with this action.
See File Selection Criteria for details
File Manipulation
Modify read only attribute - this will make the file read/write if it's a read only file (ie: "Locked" by a digital camera)
Make file date current - this will set the last modified date of the file to the date and time it's moved by this action
Auto rotate JPG from EXIF - if the JPG file was taken with a camera that can sense whether it's a horizontal or vertical photo, it can be rotated
Place in "Rotated" folder - this will place any photos that are rotated into a subfolder called "Rotated". This is useful for separating landscape and portrait photos into different templates or input folders.
Execute external application on input file - this lets you call an external application using it's command line to be run on the current file.
For example:
If you are calling a program called ABC.exe, you would select the ABC.exe using the "Select App" button, then add any additional command line arguments that that application required. The name of the current input file would be appended the the application name, and additional arguments can be placed before or after the filename.
If the command line arguments were -x and -d
The command called would be:
ABC.exe -x -d inputfile.JPG
or if "follow infile" was ticked:
ABC.exe inputfile.JPG -x -d
Rename files - you cannot rename files for the Copy Action as there will be no way to tell if they've already been copied.
Create destination subfolder - you can also place the files into a new subfolder using powerful naming tools - see File and Folder Renaming for details.
Schedule - this setting defines how often this action is run. It can be one of the following:
Continuous - the actions will be called over and over in a loop.
At Start - when Chiizu Photo File Workflow is started
At Shutdown - when Chiizu Photo File Workflow is closed
Barcode Scanned - if a barcode is scanned or text is entered into the barcode entry field the action is run
At this time - enter a time, it will be run daily at that time
On this interval - every X minutes the action will run
On Command - you can call a command by picking it from the menu to run one or more actions - see Action Commands
ID.TXT files - see ID.TXT Files for details
Add / Update Chiizu EXIF - see Chiizu EXIF for details
