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FARR alias for choosing program based on file extension

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wjamoe:
run simple commands on the file in search window

just add
[Enter] run in DOS window $$5 $$4-file | %systemdir%\cmd.exe /k $$5 "$$1"

usage
c:\path somewhere on your disk\names.txt .sort
will start msdos window which shows the sorted lines from names.txt

c:\path somewhere on your disk\names.txt .notepad
to open file names.txt with notepad

other possible commands :
type, del, remove, cd, c:\path\par2, c:\path\unrar x, ...

wjamoe:
BIG speed optimization for the extension alias,
when using this you can use two spaces between filename and the command (instead of spaces and a dot)

replace

regex   ^((.+)\\(.+)\.(\S+))\s+\.(.*)$

by

regex ^((.+)\\(.+)\.(\S\S+))\s\s(\S*)

which reads as

anly line containing a '\'  (=this is part of the path of the filename)
some characters
a '.'  (=start of the file name extenstion)
at least two characters but not spaces (=file name extension, this helps when browsing for files)
 
followed by two spaces (=the separator between the file name and the command)

and a number of non-space characters (the command to look for in the extension alias)


For the filemanager shell extension, replace the dot by  a space):
so replace

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\FARR file\command]   @="\"c:\\filemngr\\farr portable\\FindAndRunRobot.exe\" -search \"%1 .\""

by
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\FARR file\command]   @="\"c:\\filemngr\\farr portable\\FindAndRunRobot.exe\" -search \"%1  \""


BTW the second alias for items without extensions is optional.

Njoy
Wjamoe

IainB:
Nifty! (Assuming it works - I haven't had time to try it yet.)    :Thmbsup:

wiem:
Simpler easier to maintain version with incremental search for program in list.

Use Case
  you want to open a file with a specific program (not being the default)

How to
 find a file or folder using farr
 copy file to searchbox (cursor down, cursor right)
 add  one or more spaces and -- after the filename or folder
 then select one of the programs from the list
 or do an incremental search through the list by adding searchstring character after the '--' you just entered.

You need to define the following alias:

alias name: Choose program to load
alias regular expression:       (.*)\s+--(.*)$
alias filter field : $$2


Use the following alias results (programpaths on your machine will most likely be different):

[Enter] view VLC| %programfiles%\vlc\vlc.exe "$$1"
[Enter] view IRFANview | %programfiles%\irfanview\i_view32.exe "$$1"
[Enter] edit notepad | c:\windows\notepad.exe "$$1"
[Enter] edit gvim | %programfiles%\vim\gvim.exe "$$1"
[Enter] goto totalcmd |%programfiles%\totalcmd\totalcmd64.exe /o "$$1"
[Enter] browser chrome|%programfiles%\chrome\chrome.exe "$$1"[Enter] copy to CLIPBOARD | copyclip $$1
[Enter] run deafult| shellexe $$1


To open the html file with your default browser
c:\User\Wiem\Documents\test.html --run
then press [Enter]

To open the html file with chrome browser
c:\User\Wiem\Documents\test.html --chrome
then press [Enter]


To open the html file with an editor you would type
c:\User\Wiem\Documents\test.html --edit
then choose the editor you want to use, and then press [Enter]
 
To open the html file with notepad you would type
c:\User\Wiem\Documents\test.html --pad
then press [Enter]

To open the html file with graphical version of vim (the greatest editor ever ;-) you would type
c:\User\Wiem\Documents\test.txt --gvim
then press [Enter]

A few notes:
 Keep the descriptions before the '|' character unique, then the searchstring can also be kept short...
 The text [Enter] is just a reminder that you must press the [Enter] key to really execute the command.
 

Njoy  ;)
wjamoe

Nod5:
Nice! Here is a helper hotkey script to more quickly go from a regular FARR search to activating the "choose program" alias for the first search match by using an exclamation character as keyboard shortcut.


--- Code: Autohotkey ---#NoEnvSendMode InputSetWorkingDir %A_ScriptDir%#SingleInstance forceListLines, OffSetBatchLines, -1SetWinDelay, -1SetControlDelay, -1 ; choose program FARR alias helper hotkey script.ahk; 2020-05-23; by Nod5 #IfWinActive, ahk_exe FindAndRunRobot.exe; press ! to expand first FARR match file path and append --!::  ControlGetFocus, vFocusControl, A  ; if FARR search box focus and options not open  if (vFocusControl = "TEdit1")    if !WinExist("ahk_class TOptionsForm")    {      ; show first result file full path in FARR search box      Send {down}{right}      ; append -- to trigger "choose program" alias      Send --    }Return#IfWinActive
Screenshot of the alias


Gif of how it all works
https://imgur.com/a/YzJlRhx

(Edit: cannot embed .mp4 video in forum posts it seems so I added link to Imgur instead)

Edit2: mouser could uppdate FARR with special variables that represent the full path of a file result, maybe %resultfile1% or similar. Then we could skip the AutoHotkey script and instead make an alias that triggers on "!" anywhere in the searchbox and reacts by doing "restartsearch %resultfile1% --".

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