Simple GUI program to read files in a directory

[brettsp]

Hi Everyone, I apologize for begin a complete noob, I've been reading the help files for hours and I have come up blank.

I have a program that converts a certain file type to another file type. I would like to automate the conversion process for all files in a directory

I need a simple program that will ask the user to browse for a directory. Then the program will read the files in the directory that pass a certain file mask for example *.raw then it will execute a dos command on each one of those files that converts it to a different file type. I know I could probably do this using perl, but I wanted to make a GUI using autoit to browse for the directory

Any pointers?

Brett

[Valuater]

Lesson #6 from Welcome to Autoit 1-2-3

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; includes
#include <GuiConstants.au3>
#include <file.au3>

; create the GUI.
$win = GUICreate("File List/View Demo", 614, 370)
; set the font for the GUI
GUISetFont(9, 400, -1, "MS Sans Serif")
; create buttons.
$btnList = GUICtrlCreateButton("&List Files", 10, 330, 75, 25)
$btnView = GUICtrlCreateButton("&View File", 85, 330, 75, 25)
; create the left list.
$TutorItList = GUICtrlCreateList("", 10, 10, 150, 330)
; create the right edit.
$TutorItEdit = GUICtrlCreateEdit("Please select a tutorial from the list to your left.", 175, 10, 420, 345, $ES_AUTOVSCROLL + $ES_READONLY + $ES_MULTILINE + $WS_VSCROLL)
; set the edit colors.
GUICtrlSetBkColor(-1, 0xFFFFFF)
GUICtrlSetColor(-1, 0x000000)
; set focus to the edit.
GUICtrlSetState($TutorItList, $GUI_FOCUS)
; show the GUI.
GUISetState()

; start the loop.
While 1
    ; listen for a message
    $msg = GUIGetMsg()
    ; using select/case for the message
    Select
        Case $msg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE 
            Exit
        Case $msg = $btnList
            Set_tutor()
        Case $msg = $btnView
            View_tutor()
    ; end the selections        
    EndSelect
    
WEnd

; Function to populate the left list.
Func Set_tutor()
    $TutList = _FileListToArray (@HomeDrive & "\", "*.txt", 1) ; list files to an array.
    If (Not IsArray($TutList)) Or (@error = 1) Then
        MsgBox(262208, "Tutor Error", "No Files\Folders Found.   ", 5)
        Return
    EndIf
    GUICtrlSetData($TutorItList, "") ; set list to empty.
    For $x = 1 To $TutList[0] ; for loop to place the files in the list.
        GUICtrlSetData($TutorItList, (StringTrimRight($TutList[$x], 4)) & "|", 1) ; string trim the last 4 characters ( .txt )
    Next
EndFunc   

; Function to populate the right edit.
Func View_tutor()
    $s_text = GUICtrlRead($TutorItList) ; read the selected file to a variable.
    If $s_text = "" Then Return
    $s_text = @HomeDrive & "\" & $s_text & ".txt" ; set the location of the file.
    Dim $Tut_text
    If Not _FileReadToArray($s_text, $Tut_text) Then ; read the file to an array.
        MsgBox(4096, "Tutor Error", " Error reading log to Array     error:" & @error)
        Return
    EndIf
    GUICtrlSetData($TutorItEdit, "") ; set the edit to empty.
    For $x = 1 To $Tut_text[0] ; for loop to place the read file into the edit.
        GUICtrlSetData($TutorItEdit, $Tut_text[$x] & @CRLF, 1)
    Next
EndFunc   

; Note
; file read to array, reads the file
; file list to array, lists the files

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[Valuater]

changed function to ask users input

; Function to populate the left list.
Func Set_tutor()
    $Location = FileSelectFolder("Please select a folder", @HomeDrive) ; just added 1 line for user to choose the folder

    $TutList = _FileListToArray ($Location, "*.txt", 1) ; list files to an array.
    If (Not IsArray($TutList)) Or (@error = 1) Then
        MsgBox(262208, "Tutor Error", "No Files\Folders Found.   ", 5)
        Return
    EndIf
    GUICtrlSetData($TutorItList, "") ; set list to empty.
    For $x = 1 To $TutList[0] ; for loop to place the files in the list.
        GUICtrlSetData($TutorItList, (StringTrimRight($TutList[$x], 4)) & "|", 1) ; string trim the last 4 characters ( .txt )
    Next
EndFunc

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[brettsp]

Hi Valuater, this is great thanks for the start! I like how you can list all the files in a directory that match a certain mask. Do you know if there is any way to select more than one file (shift and ctrl didn't seem to work) so I can convert more than one file at once. I presume I should use the runwait function to execute the conversion program.

Cheers

Brett

[Valuater]

Welcome!

select more than one file

from the list... add $LBS_MULTIPLESEL

$TutorItList = GUICtrlCreateList("", 10, 10, 150, 330, BitOR($LBS_SORT, $WS_BORDER, $WS_VSCROLL, $LBS_NOTIFY, $LBS_MULTIPLESEL))

... and yes, RunWait() should do the trick

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