Filter File Dialog Box

InstallAnywhere 2022

On the Filter File dialog box, you can define conditions that the installer will use to select files for modification when performing a Modify Text File - Multiple Files action.

The Filter File dialog box is opened by clicking Configure Filter on the Modify Text File - Multiple Files action customizer.

You can create conditions to both include or exclude specific files. Click Add to add a condition to the list on either the Include or the Exclude tab.

Include tab—Files matching the defined conditions will be modified at install time.
Exclude tab—Files matching the defined conditions will not be modified at install time. Exclude conditions override all include conditions

When building conditions, you have the following options:

Filter Options

Option

Description

Condition

Select an option to specify how the text entered in the Match To box should be used to filter the list of files to change:

Begins With
Ends With
Contains
Regular Expression

Match To

Enter a text string to search for in the file name.

Ignore Case

Set to either Yes or No to indicate whether case should be considered when searching for the Match To text.

Type

Set to either Files, Folders, or Files and Folders.