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Release: FileTools, v1.0

Release Type: Production

Version: 1.0

Release Notes

Changes since FileTools 0.4

Added Open Panel, Save Panel, Path To URL, and URL To Path patches.
Added option to Text File Writer patch to append instead of overwriting.
Added option to Directory Scanner (Blocking) patch to include invisible files.
Added file type, creator, and kind to output structure of Directory Scanner (Blocking) patch.
Added input to Directory Scanner (Blocking) patch to filter by custom file type (UTI).
Made File Type patch's File Path input accept paths as well as URLs.
Modified Structure To File patch and Structure From File patch to preserve structure ordering.
Fixed exception when File Type patch's File Path input is empty.
Fixed memory leaks in Directory Scanner (Blocking) patch.
Fixed memory leaks in Image Downloader (Blocking) patch.
Fixed crash in Image Downloader (Blocking) patch when given a non-image URL.
Modified Image Downloader (Blocking) patch to only execute when its inputs change.
Released source code on GitHub.

Preview	Attachment	Size
	FileTools-1.0.zip	175.11 KB
	FileTools-1.0-compositions.zip	20.38 KB

Place the plugin file in
/Users/[you]/Library/Graphics/Quartz Composer Patches/
(Create the folder if it doesn't already exist.)

FileTools

The FileTools plugin includes several patches for File Input and Output, as well as structure loading and saving.

File Info - provides information about a file, such as its size, type, and creation date.
File Type - Provides the UTI of a specified file.
String With File - Reads a file's contents into a String.
String With URL - Reads a URL's contents into a String.
Structure From File - Reads a QCStructure from a plist file.
Structure To File - Saves a structure to a plist.
Text File Writer - Saves a string to a file.
PDF Renderer - Display a PDF file.