NANY 2009 Release: File Replicator

[darklight_tr]

NANY 2009 Entry Information

Application Name	File Replicator
Version	v1.2.1
Short Description	See Description Below
Supported OSes	Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7
Web Page	tylerretelle.com
Download Links	Installer OR ZIP (Both link directly to my website for the download)
System Requirements	Can run on pretty much any PC with the supported OSes above
Version History	See Readme included with download or the Updates section below
Author	Tyler Retelle (darklight_tr)

Description
File Replicator is a program that searches for a specified file within a specified root folder and replaces it with another copy of the file.  This is useful for updating a file that is located in multiple folders to a newer version.  This is a GUI based replacement for the File Propagator script.


Updates (Use Help->Check for Updates to upgrade)

02/14/10:  v1.2.1 has been released.  Release notes below.

-Engine upgraded to AutoHotkey v1.0.48.05.
-Added Windows 7 to the supported and tested OS lists.
-Removed Windows Vista from the tested OS list because I no longer have any PCs running Windows Vista to test on.  The OS will remain on the supported list.
-Includes v2 Revision 2.1.0 of the File Replicator Manual.
-Installer upgraded to Script Setup Utility v2.6.1.
-Made several changes to how version information is interpreted and displayed.

Please Note: Upgrades from v1.0.0 or older are not supported due to the changes made to the installer.  You must uninstall that version before installing the latest one.


Planned Features

• None at this time, but I am open to suggestions.

Screenshots

Main GUI



Options GUI



Usage

Installation
I have attached two downloads to this post.  FileReplicator_setup.exe is the version with an installer based on Inno Setup, FileReplicator.zip is a zip file with no installer.

• Installer

If you use the installer it will create shortcuts where you specify.

• ZIP

If you use the zip file extract the contents to a folder and run the .exe.

Using the Application
The script is pretty straight forward, but I have created a manual (included with the download) that will guide you through all of the various options offered in the script.

Uninstallation

• Installer

If you use the installer you can uninstall it from Add/Remove Programs (Programs and Features) or from the Start Menu (if you had the installer create Start Menu shortcuts).

• ZIP

If you use the zip file just delete the extracted files and folders from your PC to uninstall.

Known Issues
None at this time.

[mouser]

nice, i can see where this might be useful.
would be nice to have an option (set by default) to show a confirmation messagebox each time it finds a file it is about to replace, so user can verify and click OK/SKIP/CANCEL.

[darklight_tr]

nice, i can see where this might be useful.
would be nice to have an option (set by default) to show a confirmation messagebox each time it finds a file it is about to replace, so user can verify and click OK/SKIP/CANCEL.

Good idea!  I'll look into implementing that.

[darklight_tr]

I have released v1 BETA 5.0.0, which implements the replacement confirmation dialogs as mouser suggested, and makes a couple other changes.  I would appreciate it if anyone who tests this release could let me know if they find any bugs or issues.

[darklight_tr]

The NANY 2009 release of File Replicator is now available.  Enjoy!

[choicefresh]

Is it possible to replicate the file from a URL? That would be awesome.

[darklight_tr]

Is it possible to replicate the file from a URL? That would be awesome.

That's a great suggestion.  I'll put it on my To Do List.

I would probably have to download the file to the replicating PC first then go from there, as I believe the commands I use in AutoHotkey to copy the file don't support URLs.  It may be a while before I can implement this, but I'll let you know when I do.

EDIT:  Done in v1.1.0.

[maderap]

Another Idea....im looking for something like this , for replicate files across a network with admin privileges (unc , not mapped drives) and with continuos conection (i.e. copy 1 file to 10 network pc (unc, read from txt file) , copy first pc, continue with the second pc and so on, finally shows a log for copy or not (shutdown pc)

[darklight_tr]

Another Idea....im looking for something like this , for replicate files across a network with admin privileges (unc , not mapped drives) and with continuos conection (i.e. copy 1 file to 10 network pc (unc, read from txt file) , copy first pc, continue with the second pc and so on, finally shows a log for copy or not (shutdown pc)

That sounds like a great idea for another app (I'll make a note of it) but is probably out of scope for this one.

[Lintalist]

For those searching this program: The filereplicator website seems to have gone offline (July 2018) - I could find a download link for the installer on a third party website.

You can download the installer here - http://api.256file.com/download/105270_filereplicator_setup.exe (at your own risk of course)

filereplicator_setup.exe (1 / 67)
SHA-256 2550725dca42347dcfea50692ca8cbd5b6780bd2f461f8e3757cbf300c261c7c
File name filereplicator_setup.exe
File size 859.89 KB
Source https://www.virustotal.com/#/file/2550725dca42347dcfea50692ca8cbd5b6780bd2f461f8e3757cbf300c261c7c/detection

After UniExtract-ing the installer, there are three files in {app}:

• FileReplicator.exe (see virustotal below)
• FR_readme.txt
• File Replicator Manual.chm

which would make it portable.

FileReplicator.exe (0 / 57)
SHA-256 cc3f1ceb7107fc597eccdd33067b8707311138257a723639801b334d94d9b1d1
File name FileReplicator.exe
File size 219.42 KB
Last analysis 2017-02-07 10:11:41 UTC
Source https://www.virustotal.com/#/file/cc3f1ceb7107fc597eccdd33067b8707311138257a723639801b334d94d9b1d1/detection