Change description of multiple actions
#1 : 04/03-22 23:24 Ted Williams
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Hello. I have a method list with about 20 "Replace" methods in it. Does anyone know if there's a way to batch add the text in the "Text to be replaced:" box to the description of each method? I'm lazy and really don't want to rename them all separately. Thanks folks.
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#2 : 05/03-22 06:48 Joel de Bruijn
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Reply to #1:
Dont know if AR can do this by itself. But if you save the method list to an *.AREN file you could open it in a simple txt editor, like Notepad++. And then search and replace the description. |
#3 : 05/03-22 10:00 David Lee
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Reply to #1:
Not possible in the current version and Joel's suggestion would probably result in even more effort. You will need to explain exactly what you are hoping to achieve. However one simple solution would be to use a script method to perform the Replace operations and read the parameters from a table in a csv file using the <File Line> tag called from the app.parseTags() method. See the User Guide but note that this does not yet include the <File Line> tag - however you can find a description on the "What's new" page under version 3.61 https://www.advancedrenamer.com/whatsnew |
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#4 : 05/03-22 10:44 Joel de Bruijn
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Reply to #3:
Mileage may vary but I had this one occasion I wanted to merge two method lists and duplicate some of the methods. On my PC after 100 methods or so, adding and editing methods became slow. Copying a line in Notepad, editing the description and parameters etc with a keyboard instead of mousing 5 clicks etc became very fast. Even manually renumbering them took 2 minutes. |