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Posted: **08 Mar 2017 11:16**

Ola!

I need help with making a script, the idea of the script is to make all files/folder open in XYplorer. This is for application that support links/shortcuts and don't support custom browser. The application will always open the files/folder in windows explorer.

The idea is.

1. move the selected file(s)/folder(s) to a specific folder (example selected files youtube videos webm, move to videos folder)
2.get the path of the file(s)/folder(s)
3. combine the path of the file(s)/folder(s) and the path of xyplorer executable ( c:\xyplorer\xyplorer.exe path of files/folder)
4. create a shortcut/ link to the clipboard to be pasted

The scripts command.

1. moveto (using built in dialog)
2. copy path of the files/folders
3. copytext "path"; copytext "<br><xypath>\<xyexe>", a; (append the xypath)
4. new(, "link"); //creates shortcut to currently selected item

How to combine these into a script?

TIA!

Posted: **08 Mar 2017 14:13**

Sorry but can you give a real world example with the execution of all steps because there are a few things that don't make much sense to me

1. move the selected file(s)/folder(s) to a specific folder (example selected files youtube videos webm, move to videos folder)

To which folder? Is that a fixed one?

1. moveto (using built in dialog)

Which inbuilt dialog when used from a script?

3. copytext "path"; copytext "<br><xypath>\<xyexe>", a; (append the xypath)

? Show how this should look like inside the clipboard

4. new(, "link"); //creates shortcut to currently selected item

The selected files were moved to a different folder. So which current selected item should this be?

Posted: **08 Mar 2017 14:57**

pleiades wrote:This is for application that support links/shortcuts and don't support custom browser. The application will always open the files/folder in windows explorer.

Sounds like you want another application to open file/folders in Xyplorer. That can't be accomplished from XY's side.

Posted: **09 Mar 2017 01:32**

Thanks for the assistance sir highend!

To which folder? Is that a fixed one?

It can be fixed, I will just create multiple scripts for multiple folder locations

Which inbuilt dialog when used from a script?

the dialog I'm refering is the Shift + F7 shortcut dialog, I see that you can add locations there and it stays there. but the folder location can also be fixed so removing the need for this dialog.

? Show how this should look like inside the clipboard

This will show as
For files (I believe this will play in XYplorer association which is the intended outcome)

"C:\XYplorer\XYplorer.exe" "E:\Youtube-videos.webm"

For Folders ( This will open the videos folder)

"C:\XYplorer\XYplorer.exe" "F:\Videos"

The selected files were moved to a different folder. So which current selected item should this be?

The new location would be used, to be pasted on the 3rd-party application, so if you click on the 3rd-party application,
if its a file, then it will open XYplorer, go to the folder path and play the file.

if its a folder, it will open XYplorer and go to the folder path.

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I like to add fixed tags/labels to this script

User set fixed location
1. User sets the folder location
2. User sets the tags/label

The user process goes

1. The user selects files/folders in XYplorer
2. The user then clicks on the automated script - wait for it to finish
3. The user would then paste the clipboard lnk/shortcut to the 3rd-party-app

This is the connection between XYplorer and other apps
3.a If the user clicked on the lnk/shortcut of the 3rd-party-app, it will open XYplorer plus the files/folders

Script process
1. The script will move the selected files/folder to new folder location
2. The script will then tag/label the files/folders, only the first folder no subfolders
3. After the tags/label, the script will then copy the path of the files/folders
4. Then add the XYplorer executable path to the files/folders path
5. Create a lnk/shortcut to the paths ("C:\XYplorer\XYplorer.exe" "Files/folder path")
6. Copy it to the clipboard

TIA!

Posted: **09 Mar 2017 03:27**

Sounds like you want another application to open file/folders in Xyplorer. That can't be accomplished from XY's side.

Thanks for the reply sir SammaySarkar,

The idea is to use lnk/shortcuts to connect XYplorer and 3rd-party-apps that supports lnk/shortcut.

Posted: **10 Mar 2017 00:19**

Why should files / folders now be labelled / tagged?
And how (which tags / labels should be given)?

To step 3:

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    $dstFolders = <<<>>>
R:\destination1
R:\destination2
>>>;

    $selectedItems = get("SelectedItemsPathNames", <crlf>);
    $dstFolder = popupmenu($dstFolders, 6:=<crlf>);
    if (!$dstFolder || !$selectedItems) { status "No destination folder chosen / no items selected, aborted!", "8B4513", "stop"; end 1==1; }
    moveto $dstFolder, $selectedItems, , 2;

5. Where exactly should this lnk / shortcut now be created? With which name?
And while this is easy for a single folder, how should this be done if multiple files have been selected?
Because for multiple files you'd need a script to be executed when XYplorer is invoked that is able
to select all items...

Posted: **10 Mar 2017 01:32**

Why should files / folders now be labelled / tagged?
And how (which tags / labels should be given)?

For the user to know which files/folders is already added to the 3rd party application.

5. Where exactly should this lnk / shortcut now be created? With which name?
And while this is easy for a single folder, how should this be done if multiple files have been selected?
Because for multiple files you'd need a script to be executed when XYplorer is invoked that is able
to select all items...

Single file/folder is okay, i thought it was possible.

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