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Using File Filters to Browse Specific File Types 
Available in Explore Views 
Restricts files displayed in the Explore Views
to files you explicitly tell FileBoss to display or excludes files you don't want to see
Filters can have multiple file types and filename patterns to
specifying which files should be included and/or excluded
Filters are Persistent
they are stored by FileBoss from one session to another
Filters never more that two clicks away
making them easy to turn on and off as needed
Filters are editable
making them easy to adjust and reuse
Quick Start: Using Filename Filters
While viewing an Explore View
To activate the last filter used
| • | Click the Filter button |
| • | or select Explore | Filename Filter On from the main menu |
| • | (Note that both the menu item and the toolbar button will change when a filter is active.) |
| • | Click the button or select the menu item again to turn the filter off. |
To select a different filter
| • | Click arrow to the right of the filter button:  |
| • | Select a filter from the pop down list. |
or
| • | Choose a filter from the list at the main menu item Explore | Select Filename Filter > |
To create a new filter
| • | Click arrow to the right of the filter button: |
| • | Select the first menu item, Add Filter |
| • | Type in the new filter such as *.bmp or D*.bmp | H*.bmp (remember you can use more than one file spec just separate them with the bar character (|). You can also enter file specs to exclude certain types of files just precede the file spec with a minus sign (-), e.g. -*.jpeg | -*.jpg would prevent any jpeg files from being displayed. |
or
| • | Choose a filter from the list at the main menu item Explore | Edit Filename Filters... where you can add, delete, re-arrange and edit filename filters. |
When Filename Filters are Active
When a filename filter is active the first line in the Explore View will show you what filter is active.
Hint:
You can Hide all the Folders in the Contents Window by
| • | Clicking the Hide Folders Button button (note that hiding folders is a toggled state, i.e. issuing the command doesn't just hide the current folders it will keep all folders hidden, even as you move around the file system, until the command is issued again) |
Hint: Whenever FileBoss has hidden files it will display a green banner across the top of the Contents window telling you that there are hidden files. Typically they will resemble one of the following:
Below are some notice lines you may see starting with the first screen where no files or folders are hidden:
Ref: HTDE_USING_FILENAME_FILTERS
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