File Watcher Utilities

File Watcher Utilities project provides file system/directory monitoring utilities with loggin and task processing support. The applications have multiple configuration options. Source code libraries or binaries can be used to create a custom file system monitor.

Applications

File Watcher Utilities currently contains multiple applications with different type of user interface. The applications can be used together or seperately. File Watcher Simple can be used to create XML configuration files for other applications. It is also the recomended option for editing and testing any configurations. Other applications support only manual editing of the XML configuration files.

Extensibility

File Watcher Utilities applications doesn't support plugins because the variety of applications and threading issues. Instead the File Watcher Utilities applications support out of process type of extensibility. The File Watcher Utilities applications can consume Windows Communication Foundation services (typically web services) that use the File Watcher Utilities specific service contracts. The service contracts allow developers to create file streaming and file change information storing type of services.

System requirements

1Applications compiled with Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 cannot call Windows Communication Foundation services.

Licensing

The File Watcher Utilities is licensed under GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 2, June 1991. This license doesn't include the File Watcher Utilities service contracts . The File Watcher Utilities service contracts are licensed under the GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 2.1, February 1999 to allow extensibility of the File Watcher Utilities applications.


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