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Macros Editor

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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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Macros List


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
 

 

   
Macro Commands


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
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