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Continue matching rules - greyed out Sun Nov 08, 2020 4:50 pm • by united
So i have a folder (regular folder I created).

rule 1 - <2MB Trash
size | is less than | 2 MB
Date Added | is not in the last | 1 Minute
Do following:
Move to trash

Rule 2 -
name | contains | sample
Do following:
move to trash

Question:
In do the following. Why can't I add a second rule that says "continue matching rules"? It is greyed out.
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Re: Continue matching rules - greyed out Mon Nov 09, 2020 10:40 am • by Mr_Noodle
Do you mean rule or action? Having "Continue" by itself in a rule doesn't make sense. If it's a 2nd action in one of the other rules, that should be allowable. If that is the case, please provide a screenshot.
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Re: Continue matching rules - greyed out Tue Nov 10, 2020 11:13 pm • by united
Mr_Noodle wrote:Do you mean rule or action? Having "Continue" by itself in a rule doesn't make sense. If it's a 2nd action in one of the other rules, that should be allowable. If that is the case, please provide a screenshot.


Sorry meant action. Is my understanding of "continue" not correct? Specifically let the rules continue to match.

see
https://www.dropbox.com/s/e4l2jmf3mf4cb ... e.png?dl=0
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Re: Continue matching rules - greyed out Wed Nov 11, 2020 11:17 am • by Mr_Noodle
Ah, in this case, it's because you are moving the file. You can't have rules match a file after it's been moved out of the folder.
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Re: Continue matching rules - greyed out Thu Nov 12, 2020 11:27 pm • by united
Mr_Noodle wrote:Ah, in this case, it's because you are moving the file. You can't have rules match a file after it's been moved out of the folder.


Clearly your were able to do that before or I wouldn't have continue matching rule. Also, you should be able to again because i'm using this rule to go into the sub folders that have files and I want that rule to also process the folder itself too. Right now it just stops at this rule and doesn't allow it to continue processing the rule.
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Re: Continue matching rules - greyed out Fri Nov 13, 2020 10:38 am • by Mr_Noodle
That's not how it worked. There are ways to trick the UI into allowing you to add the Continue action but that doesn't mean it works.
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