Filename Set as Metadata values

Question

Hello everyone, 
 I am currently using Folder Watcher to monitor and import files into a vault. 
 My question is if it possible to set the filename as metadata by breaking them into sections. 
 For example: 
 LP1230923.pdf 
 Name: LP 
 ID:123 
 Date: 09/23 
 
 The Folder Watcher uses an XML settings file to configure the settings, am I able to use regular XML Scripts into this file? 
 
 Thank you

Joonas Linkola · Answer

Folder Watcher has some level of XPath support, so if you are familiar with XPath expressions you can try using those. I don't know if this is something XPath can do. See XPATH EXPRESSIONS IN THE PROPERTY SETTINGS in Folder Watcher's readme.txt. 
 If you can't manage to do that with XPath, then you can store the filename into an M-Files property as a whole and split it into separate properties for instance with an event handler when the document is created in the vault.

Filename Set as Metadata values

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