GUI box to create directory structure and populate with files

[sinschild]

I have been trying to create an autoit script that will do the following:

Upon execution, it will pop a gui box asking for an item name, in my case a domain name.

It will take the input and create a directory structure and populate it with files needed to keep the domain organized.

I currently create the following structure and files with a old fashioned batch file, the files are copied from a directory and renamed to match the directory structure.

mkdir test_com

Cd test_com

mkdir Images

mkdir Themes

Cd Themes

mkdir Original

mkdir Finished

mkdir Optimized

cd..

mkdir Plugins

mkdir Database

cd Database

mkdir Original

mkdir Finished

mkdir Optimized

cd..

mkdir Backups

cd backups

mkdir Original

mkdir Finished

mkdir Optimized

cd..

mkdir Content

cd Content

mkdir "Original Articles"

mkdir "Spinner Articles"

mkdir "Spun Articles"

cd "Spun Articles"

mkdir Fresh

mkdir Used

cd..

cd..

mkdir "Project Documents"

cd "project documents"

mkdir "Account Information"

mkdir "Nuke Files for Project"

mkdir "Affiliate Links and Information for Project"

mkdir "Business Plan for Project"

Copy Domain_TLD.xls d:\test_com\"Project Documents"\test_com.xls

Copy Domain_TLD_Monetization.xls d:\test_com\"Project Documents"\test_com_monetization.xls

Copy Domain_TLD_Keyword.xls d:\test_com\"Project Documents"\test_com_Keyword.xls

There are many other files that go with this project, but my sticking point in translating this to autoit is taking the input from the text gui box and using it as a variable to name the directory and files.

Can anyone point me in the right direction? Or has something similar been documented? I searched and found and example, but it is just not making sense to me.

Thank you in advance.

[martin]

I have been trying to create an autoit script that will do the following:

Upon execution, it will pop a gui box asking for an item name, in my case a domain name.

It will take the input and create a directory structure and populate it with files needed to keep the domain organized.

I currently create the following structure and files with a old fashioned batch file, the files are copied from a directory and renamed to match the directory structure.

mkdir test_com

Cd test_com

mkdir Images

mkdir Themes

Cd Themes

mkdir Original

mkdir Finished

mkdir Optimized

cd..

mkdir Plugins

mkdir Database

cd Database

mkdir Original

mkdir Finished

mkdir Optimized

cd..

mkdir Backups

cd backups

mkdir Original

mkdir Finished

mkdir Optimized

cd..

mkdir Content

cd Content

mkdir "Original Articles"

mkdir "Spinner Articles"

mkdir "Spun Articles"

cd "Spun Articles"

mkdir Fresh

mkdir Used

cd..

cd..

mkdir "Project Documents"

cd "project documents"

mkdir "Account Information"

mkdir "Nuke Files for Project"

mkdir "Affiliate Links and Information for Project"

mkdir "Business Plan for Project"

Copy Domain_TLD.xls d:\test_com\"Project Documents"\test_com.xls

Copy Domain_TLD_Monetization.xls d:\test_com\"Project Documents"\test_com_monetization.xls

Copy Domain_TLD_Keyword.xls d:\test_com\"Project Documents"\test_com_Keyword.xls

There are many other files that go with this project, but my sticking point in translating this to autoit is taking the input from the text gui box and using it as a variable to name the directory and files.

Can anyone point me in the right direction? Or has something similar been documented? I searched and found and example, but it is just not making sense to me.

Thank you in advance.

This would be very easy in AutoIt once you've learnt a bit.

Except that your batch file seems to end up in test_com\"Project Documents", so how does it copy Domain_TLD.xls which cannot be in that folder?

For the initial input look up InputBox.

To make the directories would be simpler because the DirCreate function can be used in one line to set a number of nested directories which in a DOS batch file have to be made one at a time.

The files can be copied with FileCopy.

For example this bit

mkdir test_com
Cd test_com
mkdir Images
mkdir Themes
Cd Themes
mkdir Original
mkdir Finished
mkdir Optimized

can be done like this, where the user gives a name instead of test_com

$Folder = inputbox("Back up Domain XYZ","Folder Name","test_com","",400,100)
if $Folder = '' then Exit
DirCreate($Folder & '\Images');creates 2 folders
DirCreate($Folder & '\Themes\Original\Finished');creates 2 more
DirCreate($Folder & '\Optimized')

[sinschild]

This would be very easy in AutoIt once you've learnt a bit.

Except that your batch file seems to end up in test_com\"Project Documents", so how does it copy Domain_TLD.xls which cannot be in that folder?

For the initial input look up InputBox.

To make the directories would be simpler because the DirCreate function can be used in one line to set a number of nested directories which in a DOS batch file have to be made one at a time.

The files can be copied with FileCopy.

For example this bit

mkdir test_com
Cd test_com
mkdir Images
mkdir Themes
Cd Themes
mkdir Original
mkdir Finished
mkdir Optimized

can be done like this, where the user gives a name instead of test_com

$Folder = inputbox("Back up Domain XYZ","Folder Name","test_com","",400,100)
if $Folder = '' then Exit
DirCreate($Folder & '\Images');creates 2 folders
DirCreate($Folder & '\Themes\Original\Finished');creates 2 more
DirCreate($Folder & '\Optimized')

The input function was what I was missing. I have the rest using the ability to create full paths with "FileCopy ( "source", "dest" [,8] )" It just never occurred to me that the input box would be that simple.

Thank you very much :-)