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ARUD CONVERTER V2.2
CREDITS
- Coding : Morten Amundsen
- Idea : Jan Erik Arud
NOTE
Arud Converter v2.2 requires AmigaOS V39+ and reqtools.library.
ADDRESS
Morten Amundsen
Rute 20/14, Hjukebø
3670 NOTODDEN
NORWAY
TEL: 35 95 74 57
HISTORY
In the fall of 1993, Jan Erik Arud of Notodden, Norway, asked
me to make a program for him that could rename files.
All of the files had the same "basename", and all of them had
a number attached to it. He needed this program for renaming
animations, and since there was a lot of files, doing this
manually was a time consuming task.
The first version was finished merly days after he asked me,
but he was not completly satisfied with it, so I scraped it
and did some adjustments.
After releasing a few versions in 1993, I decided to make
an update now (Oct. 1995). This time font-sensitive and
a more fool-proof program.
It is now also possible to force the program to look for
files with a user pre-defined basename.
As of version 2.2, the user can specify if the files are to
be renamed, copied or copied to a specified directory.
USAGE
First of all select a path by clicking the "Path"
gadget, or typing it in manually.
Let's say we have a drawer called "Animation". There are 10
files in this drawer called:
NOTE! If you have a drawer with lots of files with different
basenames, it it possible to pre-define the basename in
the "Base" gadget, and then set the "First/Force" gadget to
Force. If you select a path now, the program will only
look for files with this basename.
Anim1
Anim10
Anim2
Anim3
Anim4
Anim5
Anim6
Anim7
Anim8
Anim9
After selecting the path the result could look like this:
Basename: Anim
Places needed: 2
Files: 10
Range: 1-10
- Basename
This is the "name" part of the file, which is
similar for all the files. (Anim)
- Places needed
This is how many places the biggest number requires.
In our example it is 2, because 10 needs 2 places.
If there were 1000 files it would require 4 places.
As of V2.2, the field now also shows the max number
of places used in the current number sequence.
- Files
Number of files in the directory. (10)
- Range
Smallest filenumber upto biggest filenumber
GADGETS
- Base
This gadget let's you change the filename base of the
files in the selected drawer.
Example: "Arud"
- First/Force
In the "First" position, the program will use the first
files of the right composition it can find in the chosen
directory.
In the "Force" position, it will only look for files with
the chosen basename.
PS! The program will refuse to go into "Force-mode" if
the Basename is empty.
- Places
Tells the program how many places (of numbers) to
use in the numbers field.
This number must be able to fill: StartValue+NoOfFiles
Example: "5"
- Start Value
Any positive integer of which the numbers should start
renaming from.
Example: "500"
- No Leading Zeros/Leading Zeros
This cycle gadget lets you select if you want to
remove unfilled places if "Places" is bigger
than the required number of places needed to fill
"Start Value" + "Files".
- Same Order/Reverse Order
By using this gadget you are able to reverse the order
of renaming, so that the lowest numbered file now becomes
the highest. (...and the highest, the lowest.)
- Rename/Copy/Copy To
This gadget gives the user the option of either renaming
all the files or copy the files to their new names,
leaving the old files be with their original names.
In the "Copy To" position a file requester will pop
up, so that you can choose a destination directory.
- Convert
Start the renaming process (error checking is done here).
- Quit
Exit the program.
EXAMPLE
If we use the numbers given in the examples in the GADGETS section
it would turn out like this:
- Leading Zeros ON
Arud00500
Arud00501
Arud00502
Arud00503
Arud00504
Arud00505
Arud00506
Arud00507
Arud00508
Arud00509
- Leading OFF
Arud500
Arud501
Arud502
Arud503
Arud504
Arud505
Arud506
Arud507
Arud508
Arud509
If the Rename/Copy gadget has been set to "Copy", there would
be two set of files.
- Leading ON
Anim1
Anim10
Anim2
Anim3
Anim4
Anim5
Anim6
Anim7
Anim8
Anim9
Arud00500
Arud00501
Arud00502
Arud00503
Arud00504
Arud00505
Arud00506
Arud00507
Arud00508
Arud00509
- Leading OFF
Anim1
Anim10
Anim2
Anim3
Anim4
Anim5
Anim6
Anim7
Anim8
Anim9
Arud500
Arud501
Arud502
Arud503
Arud504
Arud505
Arud506
Arud507
Arud508
Arud509
COPYRIGHTS
- Arud Converter V2.2 is a postcard-ware program
- reqtools.library is copyright (C) Nico François