DataBatcher is a program that batch-processes files and folders. It is especially intended to batch-process the data contents of files.
'Batch processing' means setting up a job of work that is to be done, and then running that job - perhaps just once, or perhaps hundreds of times. This is an alternative to the more common way of working with computers, in which different programs are driven manually and interactively by mouse clicks and keystrokes. Batch processing is especially suited to dealing with repetitive and time-consuming tasks.
Some programs - especially those that deal with image files - have in-built batch processing capabilities. Other programs (typically small-sized, shareware software) are dedicated to performing a certain, specific batch-processed task: e.g. complex file renaming; processing audio files; processing image files. DataBatcher takes a more centralized and more general-purpose approach: it batch-processes (potentially) all types of file via the use of 'plugin modules'.
Features
- Set up and run (and re-run) batch-processed jobs
- Configure each step in a job to behave exactly as you wish
- Process sets of files on an assembly line basis
- Full logging of all activity when a job runs
- Pre-prepare collections of files to be processed when a job runs
- Minimize the GUI application to the task bar or system tray when a job runs
- Run jobs in a hands-free manner using DataBatcher's console application
- Set up portable jobs that run correctly on different machines
- Full undo / redo for all editable documents
- Open, XML-based formats are used for all of DataBatcher's own files (e.g. job files), allowing them to be processed by other programs
- An SDK (software development kit) for writing your own plugin modules is included with each installed copy of DataBatcher.

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