renaming files

[sbrady]

I have a need to create a script that will rename files in a folder. Here is code that I know works to rename.

$original_name = "D:\Promos\AR123 Smith, Bob v1 - FULL MIX.jpg"

$text = StringReplace("AR123 Smith, Bob v1 - FULL MIX.jpg"," - FULL MIX","");AR123 Smith, Bob v1

$new_file_name = StringReplace("AR123 Smith, Bob v1"," v1", " FULL MIX v1.jpg") ;AR123 Smith, Bob FULL MIX v1

$new_filename_path = "D:\Promos\"

FileCopy ($original_name, $new_filename_path & $new_file_name)

Here is what I need:

1. The user may have more than 1 window open.

2. The script will need to be able to navigate to the correct window somehow

3. The files in the window will look like this

AR123 Smith, Bob v1 - Full Mix

AR123 Smith, Bob v1 - SOT Mix

AR123 Smith, Bob v1 - M&E Mix

So, how do I go about this.

1. Can I select the 3 "mix" files and tell the script to rename them

2. Can I tell the script to look in the frontmost of active window, I am not sure how AutoIT will handle this.

3. Is there some other way I dont know about????

4. Be advised the v1 may be v2, v3, v4, v5, v6, v7 , v8.............but the words full mix, SOT mix, and M&E mix wlll be there.

Thanks for any ideas.

[sbrady]

is there a function that gets the items that are selected or highlighted in a folder. I need to rename files at my work all day long. I think it would be easiest if I could get the items that are selected in a window, if not here is what I am thinking.

1. get the name or path of the window that contains the files to be renamed. (winList come to mind)

2. get an array of files whose name contains "mix" (_FIleListToArray comes to mind here)

3. rename the files. (this step I can do successfully)

any help would be appreciated

[Melba23]

sbrady,

How about sticking to one topic at a time.

M23

[sbrady]

is there a function that gets the items that are selected or highlighted in a folder.

[Melba23]

sbrady,

Please do not be so impatient - you might think it urgent, but I can assure you that no-one else does.

You might want to look at this post.

Or you might want to look at my ChooseFileFolder UDF which will let you select files in an Explorer-like treeview.

M23