Macros Editor is a feature where you can add and edit macros to execute.
To open its window click on the Macros Editor button located at Main toolbar > Tools tab > Management group.
A macro is a set of commands that are executed in the order. You can set the macro commands order as you wish.
Some of macro commands may work with current File Browser only and some of them may be executed without active File Browser shown as well.
You can create macros that may perform the following file operations:
• | Rename |
• | Copy |
• | Move |
• | Delete |
• | Recycle |
• | Execute |
• | List Files |
• | Select All |
• | Deselect |
The Macros Editor window is divided into following parts:
• | Toolbar that is grouping all the commands you can use to work with Macros Editor |
• | Macros List a collection of your macros |
• | Files, a File Browser, you can select in a file or folder and them to selected macro commands |
• | Macro Commands, a list of commands to execute assigned to particular macro |
Toolbar
Macro - Group of commands for adding and manipulating macro
Execute
Executes selected macro. You can also execute macros from Macros menu located at Main toolbar > Manager tab > Tools group > Macros menu.
Add
Add new macro to macros collection.
New macro become listed in Macros List and then you can start to add to that macro its commands.
Delete
Delete selected macro from collection. All its commands will be deleted too.
Duplicate
Duplicates selected macro along with all its commands
Macro Commands - Group of commands for adding and manipulating selected macro commands
Add
Add a new macro command to selected macro
New macro command listed in Macros Commands list and then you can start to add files to that command and edit its properties
Delete
Delete selected macro's commands
Delete All
Delete all macro's commands at once
Move Up
Move selected command up on the list
Move Down
Move selected command down on the list
Duplicate
Duplicates selected command
Command Files - Group of commands for adding and manipulating selected command files
Set Source
Sets a source file to a selected macro command
Set Target
Set target file path to selected macro command
Remove Source
Removes source file from a selected macro command
Remove Target
Removes source file from a selected macro command
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This list is a collection of your macros
Here you can edit macro name and display macros commands by selecting a macro with mouse.
All your macros can be chosen conveniently to execute from a drop down menu available at main software toolbar
Here in macro commands list you can select a macro command method to execute, set source or target files.
Each macro command on a list is represented in a form of a row with four cells:
Command
Here from drop down menu you can select a command method to execute. The following methods are available:
• | Rename Renames file specified in Source File cell. To rename a file you can do the following: 1. Enter just a new file name into a Target File cell In that case file will be simply renamed 2. Set a full path into a Target File cell In that case if a file paths differs then the file will be copied to a new path and renamed otherwise a file will be simply renamed. |
• | Copy |
Copies file or folder specified in Source File cell to a folder specified in Target File cell
• | Move Moves file or folder specified in Source File cell to a folder specified in Target File cell |
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• | Delete |
Deletes file specified in Source File cell of command row.
Target File cell has no use with this command method
• | Recycle Recycles file specified in Source File cell of command row. Target File cell has no use with this command method |
• | List Files Sets folder path of currently active File Browser to folder specified in Source File cell of command row. Target File cell has no use with this command method |
• | Execute Executes file specified in Source File cell of command row. Target File cell has no use with this command method |
• | Select All Selects all files in current File Browser Source & Target File cells has no use with this command method |
• | Deselect All Deselects all files in current File Browser Source & Target File cells has no use with this command method |
Runtime
The runtime property of macro command tells on which files a command may operate:
There are two possibilities:
Macro Command Files
Command will use files that are set in Source File and Target File cells
Selection in File Browse
Command will use files that are selected in current File Browser
This runtime method will not work with following methods; Rename, List Files, Select All, Deselect All
Source File
Here into this command's cell you can enter, paste or set using button on toolbar a source file to process by one of the command's method
The easiest way to set a file is select file in File Browser and click on the Set Source button located on toolbar
Target File
Here into this command's cell you can enter, paste or set using button on toolbar a target file to process by one of the command's method