I've been experimenting with the Evaluator, trying to come up with a way of using it in a 'find duplicate files' filter to find any files where the first 20 characters are the same. I don't know if this is possible. I have certainly been unsuccessful. Anyoone have any ideas? Thank you.
Preferences / File Display Columns / Evaluator Columns
Make a column which returns the first 20 characters of the name.
Copy this and click Paste in Preferences to create the column:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<evalcolumn align="0" attrrefresh="no" autorefresh="no" category="loc" customgrouping="no" foldertype="all" header="Name (20)" keyword="Name20" maxstars="5" namerefresh="yes" reversesort="no" title="Name (first 20 chars)" type="0">Left(name,20)</evalcolumn>
Result should look like this:
In the Duplicate Files panel, set the Comparison drop-down to Column and choose the column (it'll be under Name and Path).
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Is there anything DOpus can't do? Thank you, Leo.