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DonL:
Here's another neat feature.
The ability to copy a whole folder structure, including all subfolders, to a different location, without copying the files inside those folders is a great time-saver.-zridling (August 24, 2006, 06:04 PM)
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My dream function/greatest time-saver is:
Instead of just copying the "folder tree structure", user may opt to generate a "batch file" or "Windows script" that when run will create that "folder tree structure"
-tslim (August 24, 2006, 10:33 PM)
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Ok, let me do a little pitch for my app... Your dream has come true. It's already built into XYplorer, only in a far better way!
You have to look at the New Items menu (under menu Edit): anything that is found in the "NewItems" subfolder of the app path -- including whole folder structures (empty or not so empty trees) -- is available for 1-click-creation (in the current folder) under the "New Items" menu.
How does stuff get into that magic "NewItems" folder? Handwork! You put in there whatever you want, just a one-time work, and XYplorer will list it in the "New Items" menu, ready for 1-click-creation wherever and whenever you want.
It's "New" on EPO!
tslim:
Ok, let me do a little pitch for my app... Your dream has come true. It's already built into XYplorer, only in a far better way!
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You put in there whatever you want, just a one-time work, and XYplorer will list it in the "New Items" menu, ready for 1-click-creation
-DonL (August 30, 2006, 03:38 PM)
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Hi, I have not yet tried XYplorer, but may I know what do you mean by "one-time work", does that mean I have to create (once) every folder and all its subfolders (if exist) manually as the "New Items" mentioned? If the answer is YES then I don't think it is practical, because my initial request/dream feature is to avoid that kind of creation. i.e. it is the work of creating folder-tree-structure that I wish I can save, not the easy of repeating the same creation...
I think a script or batch is still a better way because it is flexible to be used else where...
DonL:
Hi, I have not yet tried XYplorer, but may I know what do you mean by "one-time work", does that mean I have to create (once) every folder and all its subfolders (if exist) manually as the "New Items" mentioned? If the answer is YES then I don't think it is practical, because my initial request/dream feature is to avoid that kind of creation. i.e. it is the work of creating folder-tree-structure that I wish I can save, not the easy of repeating the same creation...
I think a script or batch is still a better way because it is flexible to be used else where...
-tslim (August 31, 2006, 12:46 AM)
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Ok, I probably misunderstood what you are looking for. When I hear "batch" I think of automating recurring tasks, and that's what the "New Items" menu is for. You create something (files, folders, folder trees) manually just one time, and then you can one-click-re-create it infinitely wherever and whenever you want. A real time-saver.
Now, after rereading your post, I think your idea is to quickly type some folder names plus indents (or so) into an editor and feed that chunk of text into the app to let it create a corresponding folder structure. Sounds easy to do. Still interested? ;)
tslim:
Now, after rereading your post, I think your idea is to quickly type some folder names plus indents (or so) into an editor and feed that chunk of text into the app to let it create a corresponding folder structure. Sounds easy to do. Still interested? ;)
-DonL (August 31, 2006, 03:43 AM)
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My idea is I can mark folders with XYplorer and optionally tell to include (or exclude) their subfolders then let XYplorer generates either a BAT file or Windows script file. Before the creation of that BAT/SCRIPT file, XYplorer should allow me to place "action" on to all selected items, so this action can be "MD" which means create the folder or if I put "RD" means delete the folder and so on...
I miss the "Batch Enhancer" or BE as found in Norton Utility 8 in the old DOS day ... :(
DonL:
Now, after rereading your post, I think your idea is to quickly type some folder names plus indents (or so) into an editor and feed that chunk of text into the app to let it create a corresponding folder structure. Sounds easy to do. Still interested? ;)
-DonL (August 31, 2006, 03:43 AM)
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My idea is I can mark folders with XYplorer and optionally tell to include (or exclude) their subfolders then let XYplorer generates either a BAT file or Windows script file. Before the creation of that BAT/SCRIPT file, XYplorer should allow me to place "action" on to all selected items, so this action can be "MD" which means create the folder or if I put "RD" means delete the folder and so on...
-tslim (August 31, 2006, 07:08 AM)
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That sounds like a particular solution to a problem. If that problem is "How can I simplify/automate creating certain empty folder trees?" I think XYplorer's solution is easier. But, of course, it's always a matter of habit.
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