Software bug: Generate output files only if a change occurs

[dfhtextpipe]

Software bug: Output filter option no longer works as specified.

Generate output files only if a change occurs now generates all files irrespective of whether there has been a change.

This report is for TextPipe Standard version 10.7.2

This option used to work properly.

Best regards,

David

[DataMystic Support]

Hi David - please send through your actual filter. If the process is not 1:1 input files to output files then this has no way to honor the request.

[dfhtextpipe]

Hi Simon,

The input files match the filespec k:\*.usfm
My subst drive k: contains 66 USFM files.
The output path is a different subst drive v:\

This method used to work perfectly fine. It's recently stopped behaving.
Files in which no replacement has occurred are now also being output.

Best regards,

David

[dfhtextpipe]

Simon,

I have just emailed you the filter concerned.

David

[DataMystic Support]

Thanks David,

Can you please try and isolate the problem to one of the perl pattern matches, or the replace list? Alternatively, can you please send me a test data file? I will first turn on Prompt On Replace to see if anything triggers.

[dfhtextpipe]

Hi Simon,

See my latest email.

David

[dfhtextpipe]

Hi Simon,

Assuming you received my email of 17 Jan, were you able to make any further progress?

Best regards,

David

[DataMystic Support]

Hi David,

We've found and fixed this error.

It was caused by the comments filter not correctly indicating that it did not cause a change. This error only appears when you have comment filters added to the log list under Filter Options.

[dfhtextpipe]

What's New in TextPipe v10.8 – June 5, 2019
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• Major UI facelift including new Ribbons and Context Ribbons.

• Fixed handling of Convert HTML Entities to Text, and updated HTML 4 DTDs to define 252 named entities.

• Split filter now processes macros after the file numbering has taken place.

• Fixed 'Filter Options\Include Comment Filters in Log' causing all files to appear changed, and preventing the 'Only output changed files' setting from working correctly.