copy non ordered filenames to a text file

[Alexxander]

hi all

i have a group of files that i had sorted tham manually

file3.png

file2.png

file5.png

file8.png

file7.png

 

i want to make autoit get all the files names and but them in one txt file an keep the same order

so the txt fiel content must be

 

file3.png/file2.png/file5.png/file8.png/file7.png

 

i tried filelisttoarray and then write the array to txt file but Auoit is automatically sorting them alphabetically 

i want it t keep the sorting as it is and write them to the file as they are without ordering them

 

any ideas ?

[BrewManNH]

_FileListToArray doesn't sort the list, that's the list that Windows presents to it, it's just using FileFindFirstFile and FileFindNextFile, and then sticking them into the array.

[jdelaney]

What are they sorted by, createddate? Modifieddate? some other attribute?

FSO (filesystemobject) will allow you to create a loop to perform such a sort, but we need to know the particulars.

[Alexxander]

What are they sorted by, createddate? Modifieddate? some other attribute?

FSO (filesystemobject) will allow you to create a loop to perform such a sort, but we need to know the particulars.

their is no sort 

i had placed them manually  drag and drop

[jdelaney]

I'm not understanding then.  Explorer always includes a sort....you can't manually pick where you want them to be.

[JLogan3o13]

I've never encountered "unsorting", the only folder on which you can have files unsorted is the desktop. Every other directory has a default sort order imposed by the OS. What is the directory, or how about a screenshot?

Edited January 14, 2014 by JLogan3o13

[jdelaney]

Agreed, and even if you got the files from your desktop, it would be sorted.  It's just the view that can be modified.

[mrider]

In Windows XP and below, if you drag and drop files into an Explorer window, the listing of files will continue to show the order in which the files were dragged.  E.G. Drag 1.txt, 3.txt, and then 2.txt, and the files will be in that order.  Above Windows XP (or is it Vista??), Explorer will reorder the files immediately.

Alexxander, if what I describe matches what you see, then the order you see doesn't actually exist.  It's just an artifact of Windows not yet performing a refresh.  Press F5 to see what I mean.

 

Of course this may be something totally different.  If so, then I apologize for butting in.

[JLogan3o13]

Here you go, even if the files aren't random you can make them so

#include <Array.au3>
#include <File.au3>

Local $aArray = []
Local $aTemp = _FileListToArray(@DesktopDir & "\Test", "*.png")

    For $i = 1 To $aTemp[0]
        $iIndex = Random(1, $aTemp[0])
        _ArrayAdd($aArray, $aTemp[$iIndex])
    Next

    _ArrayDisplay($aArray)

[jdelaney]

Would probably want to do a step -1, and _arraydelete from $aTemp, to make sure you don't duplicate files .

#include <array.au3>
#include <File.au3>

DirCreate(@DesktopDir & "\Testing2")
_FileCreate(@DesktopDir & "\Testing2\File3.png")
_FileCreate(@DesktopDir & "\Testing2\File2.png")
_FileCreate(@DesktopDir & "\Testing2\File5.png")
_FileCreate(@DesktopDir & "\Testing2\File8.png")
_FileCreate(@DesktopDir & "\Testing2\File7.png")

Local $aArray=""
Local $aTemp = _FileListToArray(@DesktopDir & "\Testing2", "*.png")
_ArrayDelete($aTemp, 0)
For $i = UBound($aTemp)-1 To 0 Step -1
    $iIndex = Random(0, UBound($aTemp)-1,1)
    If Not IsArray($aArray) Then
        Local $aArray[1]=[$aTemp[$iIndex]]
    Else
        _ArrayAdd($aArray, $aTemp[$iIndex])
    EndIf
    _ArrayDelete($aTemp, $iIndex)
Next

_ArrayDisplay($aArray)

Edited January 14, 2014 by jdelaney