set_types

Specifies the extensions of the file types to ingest in a comma-separated list of file extensions. Can be specified with or without period. Default is TIF. Overrides set_metadata_types().

Member of namespace

mvscan

Syntax

bool set_types (string extensions)

Parameters

extensions: Type: string; Comma-separated list of file image file extensions to import

Parameters

String value of extension(s) of input files that should be ingested. For multiple types, separate each one with a comma. Any files with extensions not in this list are ignored. A smart parameter that evaluates to a file extension or list of extensions is accepted.

It is optional to include a period before each extension. The parameter is not case-sensitive.

Returns

Always True.

Level

Batch level Open event only.

Details

Uses the value of a file extension(s) to specify the type of files the task will scan.

This is an optional action: the task will scan .tif files by default. For this action to take effect, it must be called before the scan action.

This action overrides any previous call to set_metadata_types(), and causes files to be ingested without metadata.

Example:

set_types("tif,tiff,pdf")
scan()

This sequence ingests files ending with .tif, .tiff, and .pdf.