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Folder Change Watching

Classes for watching for changes on files and folders.

• Classes
  • class FSEventsMBS
    • shared method Available as Boolean
    • method Constructor(DeviceToWatch as Integer, path as string, sinceWhen as UInt64, latency as Double, flags as Integer)
    • method Constructor(DeviceToWatch as Integer, paths() as string, sinceWhen as UInt64, latency as Double, flags as Integer)
    • method Constructor(path as folderitem, sinceWhen as UInt64, latency as Double, flags as Integer)
    • method Constructor(path as string, sinceWhen as UInt64, latency as Double, flags as Integer)
    • method Constructor(paths() as folderitem, sinceWhen as UInt64, latency as Double, flags as Integer)
    • method Constructor(paths() as string, sinceWhen as UInt64, latency as Double, flags as Integer)
    • method Description as string
    • method DeviceBeingWatched as Integer
    • method ExclusionPaths as String()
    • method FlushAsync as UInt64
    • method FlushSync
    • shared method GetAbsoluteTime(theDate as date) as Double
    • shared method GetAbsoluteTime(theDate as DateTime) as double
    • shared method GetCurrentEventId as UInt64
    • shared method GetDeviceID(volume as folderitem) as Integer
    • shared method GetLastEventIdForDeviceBeforeTime(DeviceID as Integer, theTime as Double) as UInt64
    • method GetLatestEventId as UInt64
    • shared method kFSEventStreamEventIdSinceNow as UInt64
    • method PathsBeingWatched as String()
    • shared method PurgeEventsForDeviceUpToEventId(DeviceID as Integer, EventID as UInt64) as boolean
    • method SetExclusionPaths(paths() as String) as boolean
    • method Show
    • method Start as boolean
    • method Stop
    • shared method UUIDForDevice(DeviceID as Integer) as memoryblock
    • property Handle as Integer
    • property Running as Boolean
    • event Callback(index as Integer, count as Integer, path as string, flags as Integer, eventID as UInt64)
  • class WindowsDirectoryChangeMBS
    • property Action as Integer
    • property Filename as String
  • class WindowsDirectoryWatcherMBS
    • method AddDirectory(path as folderitem, Recursive as boolean, Flags as Integer) as Boolean
    • method AddDirectory(path as string, Recursive as boolean, Flags as Integer) as Boolean
    • method Constructor
    • method NextChange as WindowsDirectoryChangeMBS
  • class WindowsFolderChangeMBS
    • method Constructor(path as folderitem, subtree as boolean, FilterFlags as Integer)
    • property ChangeCount as Integer
    • property Handle as Integer
    • event Changed
• Examples
  • /MacControls/Listbox and TableView Demos/NSOutlineView/Disk Browser
  • /MacFrameworks/FSEvents/FSEvents
  • /MacFrameworks/FSEvents/FSEvents for files
  • /MacFrameworks/FSEvents/FSEvents for trash
  • /MacFrameworks/FSEvents/FSEvents New Files in Documents
  • /MacFrameworks/FSEvents/FSEvents on Boot Device
  • /MacFrameworks/FSEvents/FSEvents on Boot Device Console
  • /MacFrameworks/FSEvents/FSEventsMBS Demo
  • /Win/Watch directory on Windows
  • /Win/WindowsFolderChange Test
• Blog Entries
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  • Notes from today
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Release notes

• Version 19.3
  • Improved destructor for FSEventsMBS class to avoid a possible crash.
• Version 19.2
  • Fixed a problem with FSEventsMBS class.

The items on this page are in the following plugins: MBS MacControls Plugin, MBS MacFrameworks Plugin, MBS MacOSX Plugin, MBS Win Plugin.