Recreate Original Folder Structure in Selected Folder

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curtkline
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It seems that the Recreate Original Folder Structure in Selected Folder only works on one level of folder, is that correct?

We are running scripts with a Search Path. We would like to have photos processed from a file setup like this, with a search path of \\Staging Folder:

Staging Folder
- Group A
--- Subgroup 1
----- picture1.jpg
--- SubGroup 2
----- picture2.jpg
- Group B
--- SubGroup3
----- picture1.jpg
----- picture2.jpg

And we would like that file structure mirrored in a "Processed Folder"
But when I try to do that, we get the following:

Processed Folder
- SubGroup 1
--- picture1.jpg
- SubGroup 2
--- picture2.jpg
- SubGroup3
--- picture1.jpg
--- picture2.jpg

It does not recreate the Group level folders. Is that the way the program is designed, or am I doing something wrong?

Thanks!
Vali
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Hi,

I recreated on Windows 7 the folder structure you mentioned and the photos were written in the correct folders (Processed Folder\Group A\Subgroup 1).

My script search line is:

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<Search Path="pathToFolder\*.*" Subfolders="1"/>
Can you please tell us your Windows and BatchPhoto version? Also it may be a problem in the script, so please send us your .bps file.
Regards,
Valentin Firan
BatchPhoto Team
curtkline
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We are running BatchPhoto Enterprise 3.5.2 (2013.07.06) on a Windows 2008R2.

Our search path is:
<Search Path="\\RHEA\Kshare\DEPT\MAINT\MCM Photo Staging\*.JPG" Subfolders="1"/>
and destination path:
<Property Name="DestPath">\\RHEA\Kshare\DEPT\Maint\MCM Photo Watermark Processed</Property>

It is finding all the files, it is just mising one layer of subfolders in the destination folder.

Our full scipt is posted below - (sorry about the formatting). Thanks!

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?>
<Script Version="3">
<Images>
<Search Path="\\RHEA\Kshare\DEPT\MAINT\MCM Photo Staging\*.JPG" Subfolders="1"/>
</Images>
<Filters>
<Filter Id="1010">
<Param Type="float">0.000000</Param>
<Param Type="float">0.000000</Param>
<Param Type="float">8.000000</Param>
<Param Type="float">-12.000000</Param>
<Param Type="float">255.000000</Param>
<Param Type="float">2.000000</Param>
<Param Type="float">0.000000</Param>
<Param Type="float">10.000000</Param>
<Param Type="float">10.000000</Param>
<Param Type="float">0.000000</Param>
<Param Type="string">Arial</Param>
</Filter>
<Filter Id="1100">
<Param Type="float">6.000000</Param>
<Param Type="float">0.000000</Param>
<Param Type="float">50.000000</Param>
<Param Type="float">-12.000000</Param>
<Param Type="float">255.000000</Param>
<Param Type="float">50.000000</Param>
<Param Type="float">0.000000</Param>
<Param Type="string">[Folder]</Param>
<Param Type="string">Arial</Param>
</Filter>
<Filter Id="1100">
<Param Type="float">0.000000</Param>
<Param Type="float">0.000000</Param>
<Param Type="float">50.000000</Param>
<Param Type="float">-12.000000</Param>
<Param Type="float">255.000000</Param>
<Param Type="float">50.000000</Param>
<Param Type="float">0.000000</Param>
<Param Type="string">[Filename]</Param>
<Param Type="string">Arial</Param>
</Filter>
</Filters>
<Properties Class="Rename">
<Property Name="FilenameFormat">[Filename]</Property>
<Property Name="CounterStart">1</Property>
<Property Name="CountStep">1</Property>
<Property Name="CounterDigits">2</Property>
<Property Name="DateType">0</Property>
<Property Name="DateFormat">0</Property>
<Property Name="ShowTime">0</Property>
<Property Name="TimeFormat">0</Property>
<Property Name="SearchFor"></Property>
<Property Name="ReplaceWith"></Property>
<Property Name="PresetRename">0</Property>
<Property Name="ChangeCase">0</Property>
<Property Name="LowerCaseExt">1</Property>
</Properties>
<Properties Class="Output">
<Property Name="Destination">1</Property>
<Property Name="OutputFolderStruct">2</Property>
<Property Name="OutputFolder">ResSvcPictures</Property>
<Property Name="DestPath">\\RHEA\Kshare\DEPT\Maint\MCM Photo Watermark Processed</Property>
<Property Name="FTPUser"></Property>
<Property Name="FTPPassword"></Property>
<Property Name="FTPHost"></Property>
<Property Name="FTPFolder"></Property>
<Property Name="FTPPort"></Property>
<Property Name="FTPRecreateFolders">0</Property>
<Property Name="PicasaEmail"></Property>
<Property Name="PicasaPassword"></Property>
<Property Name="PicasaAlbum"></Property>
<Property Name="TwitpicUser"></Property>
<Property Name="TwitpicPassword"></Property>
<Property Name="SaveOnDisk">0</Property>
<Property Name="OpenOutputFolder">0</Property>
<Property Name="OriginalDate">1</Property>
<Property Name="DeleteSource">1</Property>
</Properties>

<Properties Class="Format">
<Property Name="OutputFormat">Original</Property>
<Property Name="Quality">88</Property>
<Property Name="FileSize">100</Property>
<Property Name="FixedSize">0</Property>
<Property Name="Interlaced">0</Property>
<Property Name="PNGComp">1</Property>
<Property Name="PdfAlg">0</Property>
<Property Name="TiffAlg">0</Property>
<Property Name="TiffType">2</Property>
<Property Name="JpegType">1</Property>
<Property Name="CustomProfile">C:\Program Files (x86)\BatchPhoto\Data\sRGB.icm</Property>
<Property Name="Multipage">0</Property>
<Property Name="DefaultFormat">JPG</Property>
</Properties>

</Script>
Vali
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Hi,

In my tests BatchPhoto executed the script you mentioned without skipping any output path folder on a system with Windows 2008 R2. It might be a problem if this happens to you but we cannot reproduce it.

Can you also please tell us how many subfolders are in your target folder?
Regards,
Valentin Firan
BatchPhoto Team
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