watchDirectory Help > Creating New Tasks > Select the Plugin to use
Creating a new task
With the watchDirectory Control Center open, press either the "New Document" icon ("New Task"),
the CTRL+N key combination or use the "File -> New" menu.
When you want to change the settings of an existing task, you select the task in the WatchDirectory Control Center, and press CTRL+E.
Select the Plugin to use
When you create a new task, you first select which plugin has to handle the file system events. The screen below shows only some of the available plugins.
The top part of this dialog shows short information about the selected plugin. To receive further information
about the selected plugin, press the "Task Help" button.
After you selected the plugin to use, press "Next".
Available Plugins
Below is a list of available plugins you can use with watchDirectory.
| Automatically Copy Files |
| Automatically Sort Files |
| Monitor the size of your folders |
| Automatically Email when files are created/deleted |
| Automatically Rename Files |
| Automatically Delete Files |
| Automatically Upload (ftp) Files |
| Automatically Create thumbnails for your pictures |
| Monitor the size of your folders |
| Automatically Generate HTML (for your pictures, or maybe other files) |
| Automatically Generate auditing reports for changed/deleted files (Who Did It?) |
| Automatically Start any Program |
Automatically Start .bat files
Several sample .bat files are included:
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| Automatically Compress files |
| Automatically Uncompress (unzip) files |
| Automatically play a sound when new files are created |
We are looking for ideas for other plugins to create, Let Us Know if you have a good idea. All future plugins are free for our customers.