NO PAIN RENAME 2.0
(C) 1996, Creative Edge Software, Inc.
by
Travis Riggs
INTRODUCTION:
This program is released as shareware, and is fully functional.
However, unregistered versions will only rename files which are located in
the RAM: directory. No Pain Rename 2.0 is designed to allow you to rename
a large number of files very easily. This is extremely useful for
animators who want to manipulate image sequences.
FEATURES:
· 9 types of renaming structures
· Rename in reverse order
· Options for handling icons
· Rename with file protection
· Keep original file base name (for files which are not a sequence)
· Quick select a sequence of files (seperate from additional files)
· Multiple delimiters to seperate base names from the numbers
· Can iconify onto workbench screen
· Quick select all files in a directory
· User friendly interface
REGISTER:
On the amiga platform, registering shareware is important to maintain
further development of amiga software. If you find this program to be
useful, send in the ten dollars and receive an unrestricted version of this
handy utility. Send $ 10.00 in U.S. currency to:
Creative Edge Software, Inc.
11655 Chesterfield Ct. #I
Reston, VA 20190
e-mail is currently: travis@axsamer.org
but might change in the future to: travis@fcac.org
I received many e-mail letters from people using version 1.0, and
appreciate the feedback. If you have comments regarding this version,
please write us some e-mail!
INSTALLATION:
Simply unLHA the archive into the directory you wish place it on your
hard drive. Pretty easy.
USE:
Double clicking on the icon will run the program from workbench. You
will see two main areas on the screen; a file request area, and an options
area. Use the file request area to choose the directory and the files you
will be working with. Note that unregistered versions will only allow you
to rename files located in the RAM: directory. Clicking on a file will
either select it, or deselect it, depending on it's current state. Double
clicking on a file will select, or deselect a sequence of files, and make
the new base name the same as the sequence. The base name is simply the
filename without any numbers. If you want to select all of the files in
the current directory, just click on the "all" button below the file
requestor. This is much faster than double clicking on a file, because the
program doesn't need to compare all of the filenames.
You can choose how you want the renaming structure to be with the
options to the right of the file requestor. You have these choices:
BASE.001
001.BASE
BASE.0001
0001.BASE
BASE.1
1.BASE
001
0001
1
"BASE" is the base name you will be using when you rename the files.
The first option "BASE.001" will take the old filename, and rename it with
the new BASE, followed by a delimiter (it defualts to "." but there are
others you can choose from), and then the new number with three digits.
You have the option of keeping your original BASE names, or you can replace
everything with a new BASE name.
When renaming the files, keep in mind that it sorts the list
alphabetically (the order it appears in the file requestor from top to
bottom). If you are dealing with a large number of files, you will
probably want to always have placeholders for your numbers. 001 or 0001
instead of 1. If your original files are numbered: 9,10,11, etc...
they will be sorted in the order they appear in the file requestor (10,11,9)
which will put them out of their original order. It is typically a good
idea to use placeholders for all of your numbers within the filenames.
You have the option of renaming in Reverse Order, which simply starts
renaming from the bottom of the file requestor, and works it's way up to
the top. This is very useful for flipping around a sequence of images so
that it will be played backwards. This feature has already saved me a
tremendous amount of time when working on animation projects.
Sometimes after renaming the files, some of the filenames will be
appended with ".safe". This happens when a filename already exists. For
example, let say you have ten files named: 001.image, 002.image etc...
and you want to renumber them so that they start with 005. When the
renaming proces begins, the program will try to rename 001.image to
005.image. But 005.image already exists, so it renames 001.image to
005.image.safe and protects the order of your files. When the proceedure
is finished, there will no longer be a file called "005.image", so you can
simply rename any files with the suffix ".safe" to remove the suffix. One
way to prevent this kind of thing from happening is to rename your files
with the "Protect Files" option turned on. This option takes twice as long
as normal (because it makes two passes), but does a good job at preserving
you filenames and keeping them in order.
You can choose the starting number to rename with. It doesn't have to
be 1. Simply change the starting number to whatever number you wish.
INFORMATION:
I really hope you find this program useful. I put a lot of work into
it, and have already benefitted from it's new features. Please feel free
to send me comments and questions either in e-mail or snail mail. Also,
please feel free to distribute the UNREGISTERED version, provided you
include this documentation and do not alter it.
Special thanks to Mallory Woods, James Dempsey, and the users of NCAUG.
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