Configure Smart Filer

Opens a dialog box allowing you configure options related to handling of file names and extensions. This is primarily for file names encountered during decoding, and comes in handy when decoding files which were created on other operating systems (i.e. UNIX) which support very long file names.

Max Name Length

This is maximum length of the portion of a file name before the extension. In DOS, or Windows 3.x, (or when the FAT file system is being used), this should be 8. With NTFS or HPFS, this number can be larger. A good value is 200

Maximum Extension Length

This is the maximum length for the extension portion of a filename. In DOS, or Windows 3.x, (or when the FAT file system is being used), this should be 3. A good value is 50

Extension Conversion

Extension conversion allows extensions encountered during decoding which are not appropriate in Windows to be renamed. For example, you can specify that any time a 'JPEG' file is encountered, rename the extension to 'JPG'. You can make strange mappings like mapping 'ZIP' to 'FOO' if you so desire.

To add a new extension mapping, enter the Source Extension and the New Extension in the appropriate fields, and click on Add. To remove an extension mapping, select the mapping in the list, and click on Delete.

Replace space characters in filename with underscore
Convert filenames such as "Foo bar 123.txt" to "Foo_bar_123.txt"

On Duplicate Name...

This allows you to specify how WinVN will react if, during a decode, a duplicate file name is encountered. You have the following options:

Prompt for new file name

Replace extension with number (i.e. sound.wav becomes sound.001)

Preserve extension, prepend number to name (i.e. sound.wav becomes 1sound.wav)

Preserve extension, append number to name (i.e. sound.wav becomes sound1.wav)

On Name or Extension Too Long...

This allows you to specify how WinVN will react if, during a decode, a file name or extension is encountered which is longer than the length limits you have specified. You have the following options:

Prompt for new file name

Truncate at max name length (i,e, avery-longname.wav becomes avery-lo.wav)

Condense (skip vowels, punctuation) (i.e. avery-longname.wav becomes vrylngnm.wav)

The order of file name handling is as follows: Extension Conversion occurs first, then Too-Long name, then Too-Long extension, then Duplicate Name.

See Saving Configuration Information.