Rename with user input?

[norjms]

Hello Everyone,

I've been playing around with the idea of having a user be able to rename files in my script. I have just been stuck on how to accomplish some of the functions. I looked through the help and couldn't come up with what I needed, so I'm going to ask here.

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Func RenameFiles

;Path to the config file   
$Configure = @ScriptDir & "Bin\Configure\Configure.ini"

;Setting the source directory
$SourceDirectory = iniread($Configure,"Source","Key","")

;Setting the output directory
$OutputDirectory = iniread($Configure,"Output","Key","")

If $SourceDirectory <> "" and $OutputDirectory <> "" Then
  $ListofFiles = _FileListToArray($SourceDirectory,"*.*, 1)

For $Count = 1 To $ListofFiles[0]

;Need a way to count how many chars are in a filename and assign a variable to it
$NumberofChars = ;something $ListofFiles

;Getting the extension
$StringExt = StringTrimLeft($ListofFiles[$Count],$NumberofChars)

;Removing the extension
$StringFileName = StringTrimRight($ListofFiles[$Count],4)

;How do I get a popup for the user to input the new filename?
MsgBox(0,"Rename the files","The name of the current file is " & $StringFileName) ;then put an empty inputbox for the new file name on the popup
;the vari for the name file name will be $StringNewFileName 

;Renaming
FileMove($SourceDirectory & "\" & $ListofFiles[$Count],$OutputDirectory & "\" & $StringNewFileName & $StringExt)

Next

EndIf

EndFunc

Not sure how to accomplish this thanks for your suggestions

[Melba23]

norjms,

Use InputBox:

$StringNewFileName = InputBox("Rename the files","The name of the current file is " & $StringFileName, "", "", 500, 150)

M23

[norjms]

norjms,

Use InputBox:

$StringNewFileName = InputBox("Rename the files","The name of the current file is " & $StringFileName, "", "", 500, 150)

M23

Will this make a new windows open from an existing app? I understand the point of an input box, but an input box would be static and not inline with the array I would think. If I launch the function from a button... where will the old file name be, so I can use it as an example to know what to name the new filename?

[Melba23]

norjms,

Will this make a new windows open from an existing app?

Yes.

an input box would be static and not inline with the array

You can create the InputBox where you want, so you just need to use WinGetPos to find where your GUI is and then use some simple arithmetic to put the InputBox where you want.

If I launch the function from a button... where will the old file name be

If you are asking the user to rename a file, you must know what the file is to start with, no? Otherwise what are you putting in your FileMove function?

M23