Counter Insertion

This is used to select options for the pre-defined renaming 'Counter Insertion' commands. Counters can be configured for incrementing mode or random mode.

In Incrementing mode, the start value, the increment, and whether to restart the counter with each subfolder are configurable. The start value and the increment can be negative.

In random mode, positive random numbers are generated based on a seed. If you use the same seed, then the same random numbers will be generated. If you specify a seed of -1, then a seed based on the time of day will be chosen for you.

The user can choose the minimum number of digits that will be displayed for the number. Leading zeros are added to the number display when necessary.

The user can choose the maximum number of digits that will be displayed for the number. Numbers with too many digits will have their high order digits removed so as not to exceed the maximum. If a number is negative then the negative sign is counted in the digit count. The negative sign is never removed. To configure the maximum number of digits, the user actually enters a value which is added to the configured 'Minimum nNumber of Digits'. For example, if the minimum number of digits is 3 and the configured value for the maximum number of digits to add is 2, then the maximum number of digits will be calculated to be 3 + 2 = 5.

The user can choose which number base the numbers are displayed in. Any base from 2 to 36 can be chosen. Base 10 is the same as decimal, Base 16 is the same as hexadecimal, Base 8 is the same as octal, and Base 2 is the same as Binary.

There is a button available which can be used to reset all counter options to their default values.

A preview field shows example sequences of numbers based on the configured options.