Preview List
The preview list shows which files/folders are to be renamed and information about the names.
Names can be added to the preview list by dragging them from an explorer window. When doing so, the
renaming will be determined by applying the last scan-type used. If no scans have been done before
dragging any names,
then the default scan used will be the custom scan.
There are several formats available for displaying the information.
The information is shown in a series
of columns and rows.
Rows are highlighted with different colours depending on whether the new names are OK,
have an error, have a warning, or have been manually edited.
Only columns that have been configured to be displayed will be shown.
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The base pathname of the
file/folder to be renamed.
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The old or original name of the file/folder to be renamed.
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Length indicator to show the length of the old name.
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Length indicator to show the length of the full path of the old name.
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The new name of the file/folder after
renaming.
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Length indicator to show the length of the new name.
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Length indicator to show the length of the full path of the new name.
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Change indicator to show whether the new filename is different from the old fileame.
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Type indicator to show whether a name is a file or a folder.
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Any problems detected with carrying out the renaming. The problems are prefixed by an indicator
showing which error or warning message from the summary corresponds to the problem. Some examples of
types of problems which
are detected are when the new name is the same as an existing name, a new name
will be the same as another new name, a new name will contain unprintable characters, or
a new filename will contain characters not allowed by
Windows (eg. '*', '<', '>', '\', '/', ':', '?').
The Problem column is only displayed if there are any problems detected. If there are no problems,
the Problem column is not displayed.
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"Last Modified Date' indicator to show when the file/folder was last modified.
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"Creation Date' indicator to show when the file/folder was created.
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"Last Accessed Date' indicator to show when the file/folder was last accessed.
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"Size' indicator to show the size of the file (in bytes).
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"Attribute' indicator to show various file/folder attributes.
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An 'R' indicates that the file is read-only.
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An 'H' indicates that the file is hidden.
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An 'A' indicates that the archive attribute is set.
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"DOS Name' indicates the shortened name of the file in a MS-DOS operating system.
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"Email Information' columns corresponding to various text information meta-data as specified in the
Email Options section.
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"HTML Tag' columns corresponding to "Markup Language"-based text information tags. Only
the title tag is supported.
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"Hash' columns corresponding to hash values of files. Calculating hash values can
take a very long time for large files. Therefore please be aware that display updates could be
slowed down considerably when these columns are enabled.
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"Music Information' columns corresponding to various text information meta-data as specified in the
Music Options section. The Comments frame can also be displayed.
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"Image Information' columns corresponding to various image information frames as specified in the
Picture Options section. The Comments
frame can also be displayed.
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"Video Information' columns corresponding to various video information meta-data as specified in the
Video Options section.
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"Office Properties Information' columns corresponding to various Micorsoft office
properties information meta-data as specified in the
Office Properties Options section.
The new name column entries can be edited. Press F12 or Double click with the
left mouse button on a
new name entry to activate the editor; all the text will be pre-selected
on entry. You can also press F11 to open the editor
without pre-selecitng any text; the insertion point will be as specified by
the 'Insertion Point' general display option. Enter the name changes and then
use any of the
following to save the entry:
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press enter key (also closes the editor)
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click the mouse outside the area being edited (also closes the editor)
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press F12 (or F11), TAB, SHIFT-TAB, an up or down arrow, SHIFT-Home, or SHIFT-End (also keeps the
editor open at the
next entry)
Press ESC to exit the editor
without saving.
When an edited entry is saved, the same validity checks that the scanner performs
are done with the new entry.
Right clicking the mouse while the cursor is over any of the rows of the Detailed
Information Window will make the following commands available in a popup menu:
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Cancel Edit in Selected Row: This command allows you cancel the manual edit for a row.
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Delete Selected Rows: This command allows you to delete all selected rows so that
they will no longer be included in the renaming list.
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Delete Selected Rows and Files: This command allows you to delete all selected rows so that
they will no longer be included in the renaming list. the file or folder specified in "old name" will also
be moved to the recycle bin.
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Invert Selected Rows: This reverses which rows are selected and which ones are unselected.
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Select All Rows: Selects all rows.
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Move Selected Rows to the Top: This command allows you to move all selected rows to the top of the list.
Multiple rows can be selected by
pressing CTRL or SHIFT at the same time as pressing the left mouse button.
This command is currently not supported in the 'Vertical Compare' display mode
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Move Selected Rows to the Bottom: This command allows you to move all selected rows to the bottom of the list.
Multiple rows can be selected by
pressing CTRL or SHIFT at the same time as pressing the left mouse button.
This command is currently not supported in the 'Vertical Compare' display mode
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Move Selected Rows Up: This command allows you to move all selected rows up by one row position.
Selected rows can also be moved up by dragging with the mouse. Multiple rows can be selected by
pressing CTRL or SHIFT at the same time as pressing the left mouse button.
This command is currently not supported in the 'Vertical Compare' display mode
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Move Selected Rows Down: This command allows you to move all selected rows down by one row position.
Selected rows can also be moved down by dragging with the mouse. Multiple rows can be selected by
pressing CTRL or SHIFT at the same time as pressing the left mouse button.
This command is currently not supported in the 'Vertical Compare' display mode
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Randomize Position of All Rows: This command allows you move all rows to random positions.
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Modify Comment Frame in Tag for Selected Files: Comments can be added to the comment frames of
MP3 or EXIF tags. A meta-variable specifying the original file name can be inserted as part
of the comment. There is no undo feature for this function.
More details can be found in the dialog box that comes up when entering the comment text.
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Modify File Properties for Selected Files: The Read-Only, Hidden, and Archive File attributes
can be modified for currently selected files. This can be useful for making inaccessible files available
for renaming.
The 'Last Modified Date', 'Last Accessed Date', and 'Creation Date' can also be modified for currently selected files.
There is no feature for undoing file property changes.
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Open Old Name in Selected Row: This command allows you to open the 'old' file corresponding to the
selected row. The user must already have the application used for opening the file installed on their
PC. This feature can be used to verify that the file is really one that you want to rename.
If more than one file is selected, only the first one will be opened. The same command can be
accomplished by a left double click on a row.
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Set Clipboard to 'Base Pathname' of Selected Rows: This commmand copies information from
the 'Base Pathname' column of selected rows to the
Windows clipboard. The data can then be pasted with the Windows 'Paste' command. This is useful for copying
a pathname to the Main Window Current Folder Panel.
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Set Clipboard to 'Old Name' of Selected Rows: This commmand copies information from
the 'Old Name' column of selected rows to the
Windows clipboard. The data can then be pasted with the Windows 'Paste' command. This is useful for copying
an old filename to the Main Window Sample Name text area.
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Set Clipboard to 'Old Name (with Base Pathname)' of Selected Rows: This commmand copies information from
the 'Base Pathname' combined with the 'Old Name' columns of selected rows to the
Windows clipboard. The data can then be pasted with the Windows 'Paste' command. This is useful for copying
full pathnames to the Main Window Sample Name text area.
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Set Clipboard to 'New Name' of Selected Rows: This commmand copies information from
the 'New Name' column of selected rows to the
Windows clipboard. The data can then be pasted with the Windows 'Paste' command.
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Set Clipboard to 'Old Name' + 'New Name' of Selected Rows: This commmand copies information from
the 'Old Name' and 'New Name' columns of selected rows to the
Windows clipboard. The data can then be pasted with the Windows 'Paste' command.
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Set Clipboard to 'Old Name (with Base Pathname)' + 'New Name' of Selected Rows: This commmand copies information from
the 'Base Pathname' combined with 'Old Name' columns plus the 'New Name' columns of selected rows to the
Windows clipboard. The data can then be pasted with the Windows 'Paste' command.
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Set Clipboard to Data from All Columns of Selected Rows: This commmand copies all the column data from
selected rows to the
Windows clipboard. The data can then be pasted with the Windows 'Paste' command.
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Show Hex Codes of 'Old and New Names' in Selected Row: This command allows you view the
hexadecimal codes of each character in the selected 'new' and 'old' names. The codes are
displayed enclosed in parentheses
after each character. Character-hexcode pairs are separated by spaces. The hex codes can
be used in the search patterns of the custom renaming. e.g. setting the search pattern
to \x63 (the hex code specifier for
the character 'c') and
the replace pattern to A will result in the
scanner replacing all 'c's with 'A's
Right clicking the mouse while the cursor is over the column header of any column of the Detailed
Information Window will make the following commands available in a popup menu:
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Hide/Unhide: This set of commands lets you hide or unhide various columns or column groups.
The hidden/unhidden columns are temporary. They are remembered during scan redo's
but will reset back to their defaults when
a new scan from the main window is performed. These commands are ignored
when applied to the oldname and newname columns.
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Set Column Widths to Default: This command sets all column widths to their default value.
The column widths are preserved between PFrank sessions.
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Call up the Options Window Column Configuration option panel.
Columns can be resized by dragging column boundaries
with the mouse.