Here's what I'm hoping to do, and wonder if it's possible:
I'd like to have something ... a layout, collection, view, not sure what to call it, that will:
a) look in pre-determined set of folders X, Y, and Z, (and subfolders)
b) only show files of PDF type
c) only show files added in, say, the last few weeks
The idea is to have a quick way to examine specific folders for recently added files of a type. I'd like to be able to simply click a button or maybe a file collection link (or whatever) and basically have it conduct this query instantly and display only those files without any further input if possible.
Jon's Stored Query suggestion lets you do it using Windows Search.
If you prefer to use Opus's own filtering, like with Tools > Find Files, you can do that as well:
[ul][li]Use either Tools > Find Files > Advanced or Settings > Preferences / File Operations / Filters to define the filter you want. (e.g. Name Match *.pdf, And, Modified Within 2 Weeks.)
Save the filter with a name, e.g. MyFilter
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[li]Create a toolbar button which runs something like this:
Find RECURSE FILTER NAME="MyFilter" IN "C:\x" "D:\y" "D:\z"
With the paths set as you want.
(Control over other things, like where the output goes, can be done via other Find command arguments. e.g. SHOWRESULTS=dest,tab COLLNAME="My Special Collection" to show the results in a new tab on the right, and to avoid affecting the main Find Results collection.)[/li][/ul]
When you click the button it will run the find and show you the results.