Questions concerning version FileName matching

[bimo]

I fear I still missed something on how to do versioning in PSU...

Main Version is stored in Folder A and should be named "nnnnn_xxx.ext", if "%filename{left=5}" can be used for version detection instead of the whole filename.

The versions are stored in subfolders A1 and A2 (a separate subfolder for each version).
The user defined file mask eg for subfolder A1 is "%filename{left=5}_NX*.*" in order to cover all files ending with "NX2" or "NXD" (=Nikon Capture NX2 and Capture NXD, respectively).
The user defined file mask eg for subfolder A2 is "%filename{left=5}_PZP*.*" to cover all files ending with "_PZP - 2 1" or "_PZP - 4 1" etc.

Questions:

1. Can version detection be based on only a substring of the filename ("%filename{left=5}")? if yes: how to?

• The versions are propperly recognized but no placeholder at all is assigned. What is wrong with my file masking?

• If I assign a placeholder manually only in the first example "%filename{left=5}_NX*.*" the placeholder is persistent while in the second case it vanishes. Why is that?

Help is very much appriciated.
Michael

[Hert: updated title to something better covering the content]

[Hert]

Can version detection be based on only a substring of the filename ("%filename{left=5}")? if yes: how to?

There's version matching and placeholder matching. i assume that you mean the first.
Not now, but I really want to add this as this is an omission in the implementation. Now that file mask matching is supported for Place Holder in V3, that should also be possible for version matching itself.

The versions are propperly recognized but no placeholder at all is assigned. What is wrong with my file masking?

Placeholder Assignments can be specified on file masking. Did you configure that in the Preferences->Catalog->Placeholders?

If I assign a placeholder manually only in the first example "%filename{left=5}_NX*.*" the placeholder is persistent while in the second case it vanishes. Why is that?

Not sure what you mean.

Would it be possible to provide a sample of your versions naming and folder structure? That would allow me to reproduce your situation here.
Thank you

[bimo]

Can version detection be based on only a substring of the filename ("%filename{left=5}")? if yes: how to?

There's version matching and placeholder matching. i assume that you mean the first.
Not now, but I really want to add this as this is an omission in the implementation. Now that file mask matching is supported for Place Holder in V3, that should also be possible for version matching itself.

Great!

Would it be possible to provide a sample of your versions naming and folder structure? That would allow me to reproduce your situation here.

Folder with main Version: yyyy_nnnnn-mmmmm (with yyyy=4-Digit-Year; nnnnn=image number low in Folder; mmmmm= Image number high in Folder); example: 2010_00103-00197

Subfolder per version: c [xxx] (with c=constant value for a Version created with a certain program; xxx= 3-Digit-abbrevation for the Version); examples: 2 [DxO], 4 [NX2], 8 [PZP] and so on

filename main Version: nnnnn_xxx.ext (with nnnnn=Image number; xxx=CAM, SCN or EXT)
filename Versions:

1. nnnnn_xxx.ext (with nnnnn=Image number from main version; xxx=DxO); file mask in PSU: %filename{left=5}_DxO.*
   or

• nnnnn_xx*.ext (with nnnnn=Image number from main version; xx*=NX2 or NXD); file mask in PSU: %filename{left=5}_NX*.*
  or

• nnnnn_xxx*.ext (with nnnnn=Image number from main version; xxx*=PZP followed by any combination of characters or digits); file mask in PSU: %filename{left=5}_PZP*.*

Here's what it looks like:

[mccross]

Along the same lines: can the file mask designate subfolders e.g. original/*.JPG to one version and adjusted/*.JPG to another?