DirectoryWatcher.TotalChangeCount
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Queries the total number of changes seen.

| Component | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | Server | iOS SDK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [DirectoryWatcher](component_DirectoryWatcher.md) | [12.4](newinversion124.md) | ❌ No | ✅ Yes | ❌ No | ✅ Yes, on Windows | ❌ No |

MBS( "DirectoryWatcher.TotalChangeCount" ) ### Parameters

none

### Result

Returns number or error.

### Description

Queries the total number of changes seen.  
Good for debugging to see how many changes happened between two time stamps by comparing the counter before and after.  
### See also

- [DirectoryWatcher.ChangeCount](DirectoryWatcherChangeCount.md)

### Release notes

- **Version 12.4**
    - Added [DirectoryWatcher.TotalChangeCount](https://www.mbsplugins.eu/DirectoryWatcherTotalChangeCount.shtml) function.

### Blog Entries

- [MBS FileMaker Plugin 12.4](https://www.mbsplugins.de/archive/2022-09-27/MBS_FileMaker_Plugin_124/monkeybreadsoftware_blog_filemaker)
- [MBS FileMaker Plugin, version 12.4pr1](https://www.mbsplugins.de/archive/2022-08-01/MBS_FileMaker_Plugin_version_1/monkeybreadsoftware_blog_filemaker)

This function is free to use.

Created 29th July 2022 , last changed 29th July 2022

  
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[HTML Version](DirectoryWatcherTotalChangeCount.shtml)