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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Drag Drop renamer
« on: November 02, 2018, 06:24 PM »
This is an interesting idea..

Let me try to summarize the idea:
You want to be able to rename a bunch of files that can be categorized as being one of a set of categories, and where the categories are usually visual in nature and so dragging and dropping onto the visual category would be natural.

May I suggest a slightly different way of going at this that would require hugely less coding and take advantage of existing tools:

If you think of the renaming as taking place in two stages:  First organizing your photos in category FOLDERS, and then renaming files inside folders.
Use your favorite file explorer replacement, with folders in thumbnail mode, to organize your photos.  Just create folders for each category and copy or move images into them.
Then stage 2 is renaming files based on what folder they are in.

A file explorer tool seems built well for your desired use and reinventing the wheel for this would be a considerable amount of work...


Still thinking over the KodeZwerg response, but to answer you question.

For myself it is all images, but the idea allowed for use by others

Sorting to folders would mean breaking the existing file structure and necessitating it to be rebuilt later.

It also doesn't accommodate images where there is more than one primary subject, as occasionally happens (I hadn't mentioned this as using suffix, I could just process a second time if needed). 

My current method uses a drag drop renamer where i can drag from various locations sometimes using wildcard view, and drop into the utility, then process. The util does allow multiple instances but there is only so much space available where you can still access the start button. So often limited to 9 or at best 18 options, but that uses up 2 monitors

Using the method you suggest would likely be slower than the existing method after adding back the original structure.

Also working on a starting structure containing over 150K files and potentially 3-10k being added a week, it is growing quite quickly and is already onto a second 2TB drive

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Post New Requests Here / IDEA: Drag Drop renamer
« on: November 02, 2018, 01:21 PM »
Having looked on the web, I can find noting that fits the bill, so if anyone knows of something that fits the bill, please speak up.

In this modern day, like many, I take photographs, in my case birds. I have in the last year accumulated around 150k pictures, which really could do with better identification. I have already used a number of methods to append the species, but none are overly efficient.
 
My preference is to put the subject species into the filename.

The current filename format before species is
YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS_IMAGENUMBER.jpg or .nef
After species I get
YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS_IMAGENUMBER_Species_Name.jpg

As to the idea, which should work for just about anything or any filetype.

A variable size window, so a variable number of "tiles" can be created, allowing for multi monitor use.

The tile size would be around 150px. square or variable but the same size for all tiles.

Each tile is in effect a drop zone where a single, or multiple selection of images can be dropped and the assigned rename applied.

Ideally the tile should have the ability to overlay a users supplied image using the full tile, keeping aspect ratio and sizing to longest side.

Under the Tile should be the rename criteria, Ideally without Underscores, but could be user defined.

I envisage a user interface where the user would put the rename criteria

In this interface there would be
A row for each tile which would contain The rename criteria and a link to a source image which would be imported and then saved with the program settings to create the thumbnail on the tile.
 
Ideally a selector to indicate substitute spaces which in my case is an underscore, but maybe give the user a box to type what they want
A selector to indicate if the above character should be used to separate the rename criteria from original filename.
An option could also select prepend the original filename for those that would like it
These three could be just added as options to the row above. which would allow different affects for different adjustment is people needed it

The ability to save the rename set, so multiple sets for different purposes could be created.

Ideally the rename process might be some form of queue so that it does not interfere with subsequent drops. This would be most beneficial where a 100 or so images need a rename in one drop
Presumptions:
Files may be from multiple locations, but filenames are unique.
Renamed files will remain in their source folders

I have attached an image that gives an idea of the sort of layout (Borrowed from other software)


Hopefully that explains it :)

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA Data extraction and convert to CSV
« on: November 29, 2017, 02:02 AM »
Many thanks. I have downloaded. Will check when we get back, assuming we don't have snow after we go out :)

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA Data extraction and convert to CSV
« on: November 28, 2017, 10:13 AM »
The original solution works. And that is what is needed at the end of the day. Hope to put it to a bigger test later on today. :)

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA Data extraction and convert to CSV
« on: November 28, 2017, 06:58 AM »
Oh! I missed all the fun :) Totally lost a day there. If anyone finds it, please let me know.

As to direct import in Access, for myself quite sometime since I imported data not in CSV format, and never in the above format. If I say I remember Access 2.... :)

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA Data extraction and convert to CSV
« on: November 26, 2017, 04:32 PM »
So decided to have a little play, few issues, but that was my source data! :)

No need for process from Doc.

GUI would I assume make frequent use easier, and I can see the use growing over time.
Input and column separator options would also be good.

For the moment I have placed the text source in the same folder as the util, which only takes a few seconds.

My test used 9 records, 3 of which didn't process correctly due to issues. One was found to be a duplicate. A bonus!

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA Data extraction and convert to CSV
« on: November 26, 2017, 03:46 PM »
Many thanks, have downloaded. As it is late here at the moment, and I need to be up early, I will likely test later tomorrow.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA Data extraction and convert to CSV
« on: November 26, 2017, 02:42 PM »
That looks like it will work. The order of result columns is not important, as the columns can be re-ordered or handled in a query later.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA Data extraction and convert to CSV
« on: November 26, 2017, 01:25 PM »
I do have Excel, and I know I can transpose rows/columns, but as far as I know it may not be possible for this case. I am using Office 2007 just in case new features have appeared since

Output format

fieldname1 fieldname2 fieldname3
data1         data2         data3
data1                          data3
data1         data2         data3

Using the @ symbol for delimitation


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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA Data extraction and convert to CSV
« on: November 26, 2017, 12:07 PM »
All data single line, and would hazard no more than 200 characters.

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Post New Requests Here / IDEA Data extraction and convert to CSV
« on: November 26, 2017, 10:30 AM »
I have a number of large files which contain multiple records of two columns of data. The first column is effectively a field name, the second the data. There are multiple records in the file so am looking to extract the data to a CSV with field names as the first row.

The delimiter will need to be the @ symbol as the data may contain a comma. I can format the data to have a delimiter after fieldname and after data if it helps.

Original data source is a word doc, which will be exported to txt for processing. Final destination will be Access

To make it a little harder, not all fieldnames exist in every record, but the first one will always be there.

Ideally the snack will allow the user to define the word in the first column which is the start of a record. Not all rows are really needed, so either they can all be captured and later processed to remove un-needed fields and data. Or if a facility for the user to define the fields existed, I can enter the fieldnames as needed for each document type.

Data example

fieldname1@data1
fieldname2@data2
fieldname3@data3
fieldname4@data4
fieldname1@data1
fieldname2@data2
fieldname3@data3
fieldname4@data4
fieldname1@data1
fieldname3@data3
fieldname4@data4


Alternatively I can have each record in a seperate text file, if that would be easier

Hopefully someone can help, as there are several thousand records in the documents

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Skwire Empire / Re: Release: Comic Book Archive Creator
« on: April 25, 2017, 11:27 AM »
Would like to see a couple of features.

Multiple source files to corresponding multiple output files. As mentioned above i.e a.pdf, b.pdf, c.pdf become a.cbz, b.cbz, c.cbz. etc.

Defineable output destination path/directory to allow different location.
Option to also move processed source files to a a defineable destination.

 

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Replace text months to digital months
« on: August 01, 2016, 02:21 PM »

Thus, you can always find/sort documents by date (thus putting the date to good use), and there's no easy mistake about dates in ISO format.
Isn't this how everyone does it? :) I have been using this technique since 1982. And the ISO wasn't even published till 1988 :)

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So I went ahead and tried it, and although a little sleepy I got their in the end, was having issues with sPath syntax. I have now added multiple replacements as I realised I hade used more than one coding. Many thanks for your help.

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Hi Jody, as it's getting late in the evening, will test in the morning and report back, many thanks.


Also you may not have seen my bug comment on Files2Folders, , last page
https://www.donation...opic=19770.msg393594

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Hi Jody, the current format is " [PLACEHOLDER].ext" so always immediately before the extension and in the square brackets. .placeholder will be the new extension, so I can filter on that in future.

As mentioned though I can do the rename elsewhere quite easy. Getting the zero byte files is the hard bit. I can even drag drop them in bulk to a util that replaces the file with zero byte


Ath

The reason for creating files in advance gave the ability to see what is missing, using PLACEHOLDER provided a simple, and filterable visual aid to identify those files, which may have been of different length to allow for the expected file size.

I don't expect a zero byte file to reserve drive space. The methodology has changed with falling storage costs and there is now at least 100Gb reserved space on the drive should the missing files, though unlikely, appear.

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I have in multiple directories on a drive with files I once created as placeholders for later replacement with the correct file, and also reserving physical drive space.

They are identified in the name by " [PLACEHOLDER]"

What I am trying to do is bring all these files down to Zero Byte.

Then change the file type whatever it may be to ".placeholder"

Then remove " [PLACEHOLDER]" from the filename
 

An all in one solution would be great, but I can achieve the last two with Bulk Rename Utility in a couple of passes, so not a major issue.

Any thoughts.

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Hi Jody, looks like I have found a small issue with Files2Folder

If there is a trailing space no folder is created.

"Example .jpg"

Hopefully you can confirm, I am currently using Win10

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Folder File Count and Move
« on: October 14, 2015, 12:34 PM »
I think some of the issues were with folders beginning with " ", which obviously shouldn't be there in the first place. I still need to investigate, but it may just be as easy to do a quick rename and deal with them in later processing as they are less than 0.5% of the folders processed. :)

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Folder File Count and Move
« on: October 13, 2015, 03:21 PM »
I had a few issues at first which seems related to characters in the folder name. I have separated those for the moment and will investigate later.

But for the moment it seems to be working, only 14000 folders to go on this pass :)
Many thanks

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Drop Zone for Web Images
« on: October 12, 2015, 01:26 PM »
Works well. I like the create /update change. It will save 4 clicks for every image, especially when you are almost certain there will be a name conflict 

You should find a small donation of my appreciation. :)

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Drop Zone for Web Images
« on: October 12, 2015, 01:11 PM »
Your right, I must have missed typing minutes in the original spec :)

The JPG jpg issue is as you say. I must have hit on some images where everything was JPG which made it appear that a change has happened.

Can you repost the code, it didn't add correctly and now has emoticons :)

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Drop Zone for Web Images
« on: October 12, 2015, 11:34 AM »
That is much better.

There seems to have been a change that has crept in, in that the filetype is now JPG it was jpg

Also the default datestamp, has Minutes omitted ;)

It may also need an error trap.
If you create a second event but don't change anything from the default it will throw an Invalid Option. This then cause a problem when you try to return to the config with a further error Invalid Gui name, and again on exiting.



I can use it with Firefox for what I need, but will  look at IE11 again and the security issue when I get a chance

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Drop Zone for Web Images
« on: October 12, 2015, 11:05 AM »
Going to download now and give it a try. :)

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Drop Zone for Web Images
« on: October 12, 2015, 09:31 AM »
Ok that didn't exactly do what I expected . When I dragged the attached image to the Drop Zone in Firefox it created a shortcut to the original, but IE11 it was barred.

However it will serve as a means of mutual testing, and an unexpected feature. :)


Another small issue found is that a "space" seems to be inserted after the date/time. I am using "yyyy-MM-dd_hh-mm-ss"

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