You can filter the archived game files by specific file name parts and further search the filtered files for games with specific attributes.
Only one of the search criteria specified in a search needs to be found for the file to be selected. If you want two search criteria to apply to the files found, you must first search for the first criterion and then search for the second criterion in the result files. You can also restrict the search to the selected files: If files are selected, only these files are searched. You can also select files before calling the search, in which case only these files are searched. When you return to the archive disk, the file selection is retained.
If you want search the filtered files further by specific game attributes, such as won or lost bonus points, you can do the following:
- At first, you should filter the archived files if possible. This could accelerate the search significantly. Here is described how to do that. After the optional filtering, you can proceed as follows:
- Click this button on the games archive pane to show the game search pane.
- Here, you must you must define the search attributes at first. For each attribute, the following steps must be performed:
- Selection of the game detail and the secondary attributes:
- Game detail
With this combo box, you can choose a game detail: the game itself or a bonus point. The item defines the primary search attribute. With the combo boxes to the right, you can add secondary attributes to refine the game detail.
- Announced
With this combo box, you can choose whether or not ("yes" or "no") the bonus point to be found must be announced. With entry "all", you can define that the announced attribute must not be considered. This combo box is disabled if the game itself is defined as game detail.
- Contra
With this combo box, you can define that no contra ("no"), a contra ("yes"), or a contra against a contra ("re") must be announced against the defined game detail. With entry "all", you can define that the attribute must not be considered.
- Won
With this combo box, you can define that the defined game detail must be won or lost ("yes" or "no"). With entry "all", you can define that the attribute must not be considered.
- With this button, you must add the defined attribute to the search attributes.
- If necessary, you can remove a defined attribute from the list again. For this purpose, only the game detail is considered. The secondary attributes are irrelevant in this case.
- Click this button if all desired attributes are defined and added to the search attributes. After clicking this button, the button image changes. You can stop the searching prematurely by clicking the button again if you want.
- After the search is completed, the number of files found and the file names found are shown. If you are satisfied with the result, you can directly process the filtered files using commands from the context menu or you can select the filtered files and refine the selection by other filters and searches. To display the context menu, click the list with the right mouse button, or hold the finger on it for one second. If no file is selected, the menu contains a single command only:
- Select all
All files will be selected.
If only one file is selected, the following commands are provided:
- Open selected file
The file will be openened if the file type is supported.
- Delete selected file
The selected file will be deleted after confirmation.
- Share selected file
The selected file will be shared by using the send email pane.
- Copy/move selected file
The access path of the selected file is stored temporarily. The next time you change folders, you will be asked whether you want to copy or move the file to the new folder. However, the path is saved only as long as you do not delete a file or close the overlay pane that defines the folder. Under Windows, the access path is also copied to the clipboard. It can then also be processed further with the File Explorer, for example.
- Invert selection
The files not selected currently will be selected instead of the files currently selected.
- Clear selection
No file will be selected anymore.
If more than one files are selected, the following commands are provided:
- Delete selected files
All selected files will be deleted after confirmation.
- Share selected files
All selected files will be shared by using the send email pane.
- Copy/move selected files
The access paths of the marked files are stored temporarily. The next time you change folders, you will be asked whether you want to copy or move the files to the new folder. However, the paths are saved only as long as you do not delete a file or close the overlay pane that defines the folder. Under Windows, the access paths are also copied to the clipboard. They can then also be processed further with the File Explorer, for example.
- Invert selection
The file not selected currently will be selected instead of the files currently selected.
- Clear selection
No file will be selected anymore.
- Select all
All files will be selected.
The files will stay selected until you delete a file in this folder or you terminate the application.