Difference between revisions of "ReNamer:Renaming files"
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# The '''New Name''' column becomes empty (because it is supposed to show a preview of the ''proposed'' new name; so once a file is renamed, there is no ''new name'' any more.) | # The '''New Name''' column becomes empty (because it is supposed to show a preview of the ''proposed'' new name; so once a file is renamed, there is no ''new name'' any more.) | ||
| − | After the renaming is over, ReNamer can do a lot of other things depending on the [ | + | After the renaming is over, ReNamer can do a lot of other things depending on the [[ReNamer:Program_settings#Rename_settings|Program settings for renaming]]. For example, do you want to automatically clear off the '''Rules''' and/or the '''Files''' pane? Do you want to close the ReNamer window automatically? |
=== When is a file considered "renamed successfully"? === | === When is a file considered "renamed successfully"? === | ||
Revision as of 03:36, 29 June 2009
When the 
button is pressed, the following things happen:
- The marked rules are applied to the marked files. Those files are renamed.
- The New Name column becomes empty (because it is supposed to show a preview of the proposed new name; so once a file is renamed, there is no new name any more.)
After the renaming is over, ReNamer can do a lot of other things depending on the Program settings for renaming. For example, do you want to automatically clear off the Rules and/or the Files pane? Do you want to close the ReNamer window automatically?
When is a file considered "renamed successfully"?
Look at the first file (Unchanged file.doc)in the above screenshot. That file is not affected by the current set of rules. Yet, so far as ReNamer is concerned, all the marked rules were applied to it, and so ReNamer considers that this file was successfully renamed.
Each renaming operation can have four different outcomes:
| Outcome | Is it considered as successful renaming? |
|---|---|
| A file that was unmarked i.e., was not marked for the current round of renaming) | |
| A file name that was changed when the rules were applied. | |
| A file name that did not change when the rules were applied. | |
| A file name that caused error when the rules were applied.(e.g. invalid file name, name conflict, etc.) |
You can set ReNamer's Program settings to take some conditional actions on the files based on their outcome. For example, do you want to clear off the files that were NOT renamed in the current round of renaming?