^ Flat View Sample?

[Zardoz2293]

Would appreciate a sample script call using the "Flat View" mode. I'm currently using "folderreport" and I'm sure I'm on the wrong track.

Thanks!

[admin]

If you want to turn on Flat View via scripting:

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goto "? /:flat";

[TheQwerty]

You can also dial:

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#311; //View | Tab | Views | Flat View

[Zardoz2293]

Sorry gentlemen, I'm just not getting it. I've reviewed the scripting stuff, but I just don't see how to get a BV (Branch View) into a variable. I don't want any of my visual / displayed tabs views / trees / lists to be modified. When I saw some of the output Don showed with the BV and the sorting capability I knew that was what I needed. I want to utilize native XY capability over doing manual coding to achieve the desired effect.

Currently, I have something like (example is overly simplified):

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//<curpath> == "F:\XY.Test\Test\PDF\v3"

$FileList = folderreport("items", "r", "<curpath>", "r", , "|");

Which returns (totally useless to me):

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F:\XY.Test\Test\PDF\v3                                         <DIR>
F:\XY.Test\Test\PDF\v3\v3.10 (2005-10-03)                      <DIR>
F:\XY.Test\Test\PDF\v3\v3.10 (2005-10-03)\Install.exe
F:\XY.Test\Test\PDF\v3\v3.20 (2005-11-05)                      <DIR>
F:\XY.Test\Test\PDF\v3\v3.20 (2005-11-05)\Install.exe
F:\XY.Test\Test\PDF\v3\v3.64 (2010-12-10)                      <DIR>
F:\XY.Test\Test\PDF\v3\v3.64 (2010-12-10)\Install.exe

as it needs to be like the result set below:

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F:\XY.Test\Test\PDF\v3\v3.10 (2005-10-03)\Install.exe
F:\XY.Test\Test\PDF\v3\v3.10 (2005-10-03)                       <DIR>
F:\XY.Test\Test\PDF\v3\v3.20 (2005-11-05)\Install.exe
F:\XY.Test\Test\PDF\v3\v3.20 (2005-11-05)                       <DIR>
F:\XY.Test\Test\PDF\v3\v3.64 (2010-12-10)\Install.exe
F:\XY.Test\Test\PDF\v3\v3.64 (2010-12-10)                       <DIR>
F:\XY.Test\Test\PDF\v3                                          <DIR>

I don't find or I'm not recognizing the information within the online help file. Under "Scripting Command Reference", 'branch' is only referenced under "box".

Does getting a BV into a variable take more than a single like of code? Is there an example of this?

I'm totally lost. Thanks for the feedback.

[admin]

This will give you the idea:

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goto "E:\Test\a\? /:flat";

[Zardoz2293]

This will give you the idea:

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goto "E:\Test\a\? /:flat";

I'm getting some odd effects, but I'll discuss that later.

Is there any native scripting method to "Order By FILES, FOLDERS" rather than the default "Order By FOLDERS, FILES"?

Default: Order By FOLDERS, FILE

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F:\XY.Test\Test\PDF\v3                                      <DIR>
F:\XY.Test\Test\PDF\v3\v3.10 (2005-10-03)                   <DIR>
F:\XY.Test\Test\PDF\v3\v3.10 (2005-10-03)\Install.exe

Required/Needed: Order By FILES, FOLDERS

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F:\XY.Test\Test\PDF\v3\v3.64 (2010-12-10)\Install.exe
F:\XY.Test\Test\PDF\v3\v3.64 (2010-12-10)                   <DIR>
F:\XY.Test\Test\PDF\v3                                      <DIR>

Thanks!

[serendipity]

This will give you the idea:

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goto "E:\Test\a\? /:flat";

I'm getting some odd effects, but I'll discuss that later.

Is there any native scripting method to "Order By FILES, FOLDERS" rather than the default "Order By FOLDERS, FILES"?

Default:

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F:\XY.Test\Test\PDF\v3
F:\XY.Test\Test\PDF\v3\v3.10 (2005-10-03)
F:\XY.Test\Test\PDF\v3\v3.10 (2005-10-03)\Install.exe

Required:

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F:\XY.Test\Test\PDF\v3\v3.64 (2010-12-10)\Install.exe
F:\XY.Test\Test\PDF\v3\v3.64 (2010-12-10)
F:\XY.Test\Test\PDF\v3

Thanks!

Closest you can get is:
Config>General>Sorting> and uncheck Keep folders on top. Then sort descending.

[Zardoz2293]

Closest you can get is:
Config>General>Sorting> and uncheck Keep folders on top. Then sort descending.

So it can't be done in scripting?

[serendipity]

Closest you can get is:
Config>General>Sorting> and uncheck Keep folders on top. Then sort descending.

So it can't be done in scripting?

AFAIK, no.

[nas8e9]

@Zardoz2293: Don was asking for command ID's to be added today, in this thread.

[Zardoz2293]

Config>General>Sorting> and uncheck Keep folders on top. Then sort descending.

My comment here is not related to this topic, but thanks for the location of the "Keep folders on top" information -- I've been looking for it but wasn't sure of the name or where to find. Thanks!

[Zardoz2293]

Closest you can get is:
Config>General>Sorting> and uncheck Keep folders on top. Then sort descending.

AFAIK the above has no effect on the order of the folders and files in a Branch View.

[Zardoz2293]

@Zardoz2293: Don was asking for command ID's to be added today, in this thread.

I haven't got the hang of the whole command ID thing, so I don't understand the impact of what this means.

[nas8e9]

@Zardoz2293: Don was asking for command ID's to be added today, in this thread.

I haven't got the hang of the whole command ID thing, so I don't understand the impact of what this means.

From the help file:

Scripting by Numbers

In XYplorer almost every function has a fixed number, the function ID, by which it can be referred to in a script. ID #1026 happens to refer to "Miscellaneous / Find Files / Open Find Files and Reset". Open the Customize Keyboard Shortcuts dialog (menu Tools) and find this function in category Miscellaneous. At the bottom of the dialog you'll see a button showing the function's ID. Clicking this button will copy the function's ID to the clipboard, making it easy to use it in a script.

You can execute almost any function in XY in a script by referring to its function ID. E.g. #230 will pop up the submenu "New" of menu Edit.

However, I was barking up the wrong tree: XYplorer's scripting has a setting command:

setting

Alter some of XYplorer's user settings, temporarily or permanently. Typically used in order to ensure the expected execution of a script, which might depend on certain settings.

Syntax

setting name, [value (1|0|r)], [permanent (p)]

name

[Required] One of the following (case insensitive):

...

SortFoldersApart: Sort folders apart

... meaning adding the following to your script:

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setting SortFoldersApart, 0;

...should work?

[Zardoz2293]

I'm not have success with the:

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setting SortFoldersApart, 0;

However, the problem is, I need all the files processed in each folder before the folder containing those files are renamed. The current order of the files/folders works only if you approach processing from the end -->start of the result set. However, the foreach only processes from from the start-->end. Using a "while" is not as elegant and risk free as a foreach. I don't see that PHP reverse array elements and I don't want to perform a scripted reverse of the string array to be able to use the foreach. Therefore the inferior while will have to be used, unless there is a superior alternative I'm not aware of.

What are your thoughts?