The ParserMonster Framework derives much of its flexibility from plain old text files! Of course, these files have special instructions but, the point is that you can drastically alter the behavior of any program based on the ParserMonster Framework.

The most visible of these files is the Task file. It contains the commands and directives that make the framework come to life. Naturally, the more task files you have, the more powerful your program becomes. If you learn to write your own tasks, you may not have buy more than one ParserMonster-based product! (The obvious corollary is that, yes, you can mix and match tasks - as long as they are not embedded in the program package.)

The icons associated with task files get honorable mention in this group, because you have the ability to add your own.

Once you've played with the main window, you'll want to get down to business. You don't have time to repeat the same drag and drop operations - and you won't have to! Just save the current setup as a script. You can quickly load and reuse the script whenever you need to perform a task that always operates on the same folder(s). Scripts do more than just save settings, they can orchestrate the operation of multiple tasks.

As you become more proficient with writing tasks and scripts, you'll want to explore flags and constants. Flags are true/false variables that modify many different parts of the software. Constants are short names for values that never change. (It is easier to write $LongTime than Hh:Nn:Ss ampm)