ReNamer:Pascal Script:Functions

Introduction

ReNamer has many procedures and functions to manipulate the entities related to file names. These entities may be derived from the existing filename, path, system date, meta tags from the file, strings entered by the user, etc.

A common prefix Wide in the function name indicates that the function deals with Unicode strings (WideString). The prefix is used because there are similar functions which deal with Ansi strings and in some cases simply for internal consistency. For example: ShowMessage and WideShowMessage procedures.

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Basic String Handling Routines

Routine	Remarks
procedure Insert(Source: String; var S: String; Index: Integer);	Inserts the string S into string Source at position Index.
procedure Delete(var S: String; Index, Count: Integer);	Deletes Count characters from the string S, starting from position Index.
function Copy(S: String; Index, Count: Integer): String;	Copies Count characters from string S,.starting at position Index. and returns them as a string.
function Pos(Substr: String; S: String): Integer;	Returns the position of a string Substr in another string S.

Note: Indexes of characters in strings are 1 based, so first character in string S would be S[1].

Length Managing Routines

Routine	Remarks
procedure SetLength(var S: Array; NewLength: Integer);	Sets the length of array variable S as NewLength.
procedure SetLength(var S: String; NewLength: Integer);	Sets the length of string variable S as NewLength.
procedure SetLength(var S: WideString; NewLength: Integer);	Sets the length of widestring S as NewLength.
function Length(const S: Array): Integer;	Returns the length of array S (Returns the number of elements the array S has)
function Length(const S: String): Integer;	Returns the length of string S
function Length(const S: WideString): Integer;	Returns the length of WideString S

Unicode String Handling Routines

Routine	Remarks
procedure WideInsert(const Substr: WideString; var Dest: WideString; Index: Integer);	Inserts Substr in Dest at position Index.
procedure WideDelete(var S: WideString; Index, Count: Integer);	Deletes Count characters from S, starting from the Index position.
procedure WideSetLength(var S: WideString; NewLength: Integer);	Change the length of string S to a new length specified by NewLength. If new length is smaller than original, the string is truncated. If new length is greater than original, the string will be expanded but additional characters will not be initialized and can be anything.
function WideLength(const S: WideString): Integer;	Returns the length of WideString S.
function WideCopy(const S: WideString; Index, Count: Integer): WideString;	Returns Count characters from WideString S, starting at position Index.
function WidePos(const SubStr, S: WideString): Integer;	Find and occurrence of SubStr in S. Returns the position of first occurrence, or 0 if nothing was found.
function WidePosEx(const SubStr, S: WideString; Offset: Cardinal): Integer;	Find and occurrence of SubStr in S but start searching from position specified by Offset. Returns the position of first occurrence, or 0 if nothing was found.
function WideUpperCase(const S: WideString): WideString;	Returns the ALLCAPS version of the WideString S
function WideLowerCase(const S: WideString): WideString;	Returns the lowercase version of the WideString S
function WideCompareStr(const S1, S2: WideString): Integer;	Compares two WideStrings S1 and S2, case-sensitive, and returns an integer based on the result. The return value is less than 0 if S1 is less than S2, 0 if S1 equals S2, or greater than 0 if S1 is greater than S2.
function WideCompareText(const S1, S2: WideString): Integer;	Compares two WideStrings S1 and S2, case-insensitive, and returns an integer based on the result. The return value is less than 0 if S1 is less than S2, 0 if S1 equals S2, or greater than 0 if S1 is greater than S2.
function WideSameText(const S1, S2: WideString): Boolean;	Compares two WideStrings S1 and S2. Returns TRUE if both are identical, otherwise returns FALSE.
function WideTextPos(const SubStr, S: WideString): Integer;	Behaves like WidePos function, except text if processed in case-insensitive manner.
function WideTrim(const S: WideString): WideString;	Removes leading and trailing spaces and control characters from the given string S.
function WideReplaceStr(const S, OldPattern, NewPattern: WideString): WideString;	???
function WideReplaceText(const S, OldPattern, NewPattern: WideString): WideString;	???
function WideSplitString(const Input, Delimiter: WideString): TStringsArray;	Splits the WideString Input wherever Delimiter occurs, and returns an array that contains the split parts. The Delimiter itself can be a multi-character WideString. (Unlike the usual comma, hyphen or space that is used for this purpose) The split parts (returned as elements of the array) do not contain the Delimiter WideString
function WideCaseCapitalize(const S: WideString): WideString;	Returns the Sentence case version of the WideString S. Only the first alphabetic character is capitalized. All other alphabetic characters are converted to lowercase. If S begins with numeric characters, the first alphabetic character that follows will be capitalized.
function WideCaseInvert(const S: WideString): WideString;	Inverts the case of all characters in the WideString S and returns the WideString.

Meta Tags Extraction

Function	Remarks
function CalculateMetaTag(const FilePath: WideString; const MetaTagName String): String;	Extracts and returns the value of a metatag specified by MetaTagName from the file specified by the complete absolute path FilePath.

For example, to extract EXIF_Date tag from an image and set it to the filename, one can use something like this:

begin
  FileName := CalculateMetaTag(FilePath, 'EXIF_Date');
end.

The full list of meta tags can be found in Meta Tags article.

Regular Expressions

Note: The following terms are used:

Input - The WideString that is input to the function.
Find - RegEx pattern to be found. (same as Expression field in the RegEx rule)
Replace - Replacement string (Same as the Replace field in the RegEx rule)
CaseSensitive - TRUE/FALSE
UseSubstitution - Determines whether use backreferences in the result.
If it is set to TRUE, the function will change $1-$9 in Replace string with the corresponding parts of Find expression, eg. (.+).
If it is set to False, function will treat $1 as a literal string in the result string. (e.g.. "My_Picture_$1" instead of "My_Picture_365")

Function	Remarks
function ReplaceRegEx(const Input, Find, Replace: WideString;const CaseSensitive, UseSubstitution: Boolean): WideString;	Find--and-replace function using RegEx.
function MatchesRegEx(const Input, Find: WideString;const CaseSensitive: Boolean): TStringsArray;
function SubMatchesRegEx(const Input, Find: WideString;const CaseSensitive: Boolean): TStringsArray;

Unicode Character Handling Routines

Function	Remarks
function IsWideCharUpper(WC: WideChar): Boolean;	Checks a Unicode character WC and returns TRUE if it is in UPPERCASE.
function IsWideCharLower(WC: WideChar): Boolean;	Checks a Unicode character WC and returns TRUE if it is in lowercase
function IsWideCharDigit(WC: WideChar): Boolean;	Checks a Unicode character WC and returns TRUE if it is a digit (numeric character 0-9).
function IsWideCharSpace(WC: WideChar): Boolean;	Checks a Unicode character WC and returns TRUE if it is a space.
function IsWideCharPunct(WC: WideChar): Boolean;	Checks a Unicode character WC and returns TRUE if it is a punctuation mark. ???which are these??
function IsWideCharCntrl(WC: WideChar): Boolean;	Checks a Unicode character WC and returns TRUE if it is a control character. ??? which are these??
function IsWideCharBlank(WC: WideChar): Boolean;	Checks a Unicode character WC and returns TRUE if it is a blank. ??? which are these??
function IsWideCharXDigit(WC: WideChar): Boolean;	???what is this function?
function IsWideCharAlpha(WC: WideChar): Boolean;	Checks a Unicode character WC and returns TRUE if it is a alphanumeric character (a-z or A-Z).
function IsWideCharAlphaNumeric(WC: WideChar): Boolean;	Checks a Unicode character WC and returns TRUE if it is a alphanumeric character or a numeric character (a-z, A-Z or 0-9).
function WideCharUpper(const WC: WideChar): WideChar;	Returns a UPPERCASE version of the input Unicode character. In case of non-alphabetic character, it returns the same character. ???correct?
function WideCharLower(const WC: WideChar): WideChar;	Returns a lowercase version of the input Unicode character. In case of non-alphabetic character, it returns the same character. ???correct?

Unicode Conversion Routines

Function	Remarks
function WideToAnsi(const WS: WideString): String;	Converts a Unicode string to its ANSI version.
function AnsiToWide(const S: String): WideString;	Converts a ANSI string to its Unicode version.
function UTF8Encode(const WS: WideString): String;
function UTF8Decode(const S: String): WideString;

Basic Conversion Routines

Function	Remarks
function IntToStr(Value: Integer): String;	Converts an integer to a string???how exactly?
function StrToInt(const S: String): Integer;	Converts a string to an integer. ??? how exactly?
function StrToIntDef(const S: String; const Default: Integer): Integer;
function DateToStr(D: TDateTime): String;	Converts a date to an string. ??? how exactly? What formats are used? How to specify them?
function StrToDate(const S: String): TDateTime;	Converts a string to an date. ??? how exactly? What is the required input format?
function IntToHex(Value: Integer; Digits: Integer): String;	Converts an integer to its Hexadecimal value. ??? how is the hex string formatted?
function HexToInt(const HexNum: String): Integer;	Converts a Hexadecimal value to its decimal (base 10) value. ??? how is the hex string formatted?
function HexToIntDef(const HexNum: String; Default: Integer): Integer;
function Chr(X: Byte): Char;
function Ord(X: Char): Byte;

Date And Time Routines

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Function	Remarks
function Date: TDateTime;	Returns the system (current) date.
function Time: TDateTime;	Returns the system (current) time
function Now: TDateTime;	Returns the system (current) date and time
function EncodeDate(Year, Month, Day: Word): TDateTime;	Returns the system (current) date
function EncodeTime(Hour, Min, Sec, MSec: Word): TDateTime;
function TryEncodeDate(Year, Month, Day: Word; var Date: TDateTime): Boolean;
function TryEncodeTime(Hour, Min, Sec, MSec: Word; var Time: TDateTime): Boolean;
procedure DecodeDate(const DateTime: TDateTime; var Year, Month, Day: Word);
procedure DecodeTime(const DateTime: TDateTime; var Hour, Min, Sec, MSec: Word);
function DayOfWeek(const DateTime: TDateTime): Word;	Returns the day of the week for the input date (e.g. "Monday")
function DateTimeToUnix(D: TDateTime): Int64;
function UnixToDateTime(U: Int64): TDateTime;
function FormatDateTime(const fmt: String; D: TDateTime): String;
function IncYear(const AValue: TDateTime;const ANumberOfYears: Integer): TDateTime;
function IncMonth(const AValue: TDateTime;ANumberOfMonths: Integer): TDateTime;
function IncWeek(const AValue: TDateTime;
const ANumberOfWeeks: Integer): TDateTime;
function IncDay(const AValue: TDateTime;const ANumberOfDays: Integer): TDateTime;
function IncHour(const AValue: TDateTime;const ANumberOfHours: Int64): TDateTime;
function IncMinute(const AValue: TDateTime;const ANumberOfMinutes: Int64): TDateTime;
function IncSecond(const AValue: TDateTime;const ANumberOfSeconds: Int64): TDateTime;
function IncMilliSecond(const AValue: TDateTime;const ANumberOfMilliSeconds: Int64): TDateTime;

File Management Routines

Function	Remarks
function WideFileSize(const FileName: WideString): Int64;
function WideFileExists(const FileName: WideString): Boolean;
function WideDirectoryExists(const Directory: WideString): Boolean;
function WideForceDirectories(Dir: WideString): Boolean;
function WideCreateDir(const Dir: WideString): Boolean;
function WideDeleteFile(const FileName: WideString): Boolean;
function WideRenameFile(const OldName, NewName: WideString): Boolean;
function WideFileSearch(const Name, DirList: WideString): WideString;
function WideGetCurrentDir: WideString;
function WideSetCurrentDir(const Dir: WideString): Boolean;
procedure WideScanDirForFiles(Dir: WideString; var Files: TStringsArray;const Recursive, IncludeHidden, IncludeSystem: Boolean; const Mask: WideString);
procedure WideScanDirForFolders(Dir: WideString; var Folders: TStringsArray;const Recursive, IncludeHidden, IncludeSystem: Boolean);

File Name Utilities

Function	Remarks
function WideExtractFilePath(const FileName: WideString): WideString;	Returns the entire path of the file (starting from the drive letter)
function WideExtractFileDir(const FileName: WideString): WideString;	Returns the folder in which the file is located.
function WideExtractFileDrive(const FileName: WideString): WideString;	Returns the drive letter ???or is it the name of the drive?
function WideExtractFileName(const FileName: WideString): WideString;	Returns the filename with extension. (e.g. "FileName.txt")
function WideExtractBaseName(const FileName: WideString): WideString;	Retusn only the file' base name (but not the dot or extension). (e.g. "FileName")
function WideExtractFileExt(const FileName: WideString): WideString;	Returns the file's extension only (e.g. "txt")
function WideChangeFileExt(const FileName, Extension: WideString): WideString;	Replaces the original extension, and returns the new filename with extension. (e.g. "FineName.txt" -> "FineName.pdf")
function WideStripExtension(const FileName: WideString): WideString;	Strips off the extension from the filename. ??? what does it return?
function WideExpandFileName(const FileName: WideString): WideString;	???
function WideExtractRelativePath(const BaseName, DestName: WideString): WideString;	Given two files lacated in two different folders, returns the relative path of DestName file with respect to the BaseName file. e.g. If we input these two filenames: D:\Folder1\FileName1.txt (The base file) D:\Folder2\Folder22\FileName2.pdf (The destination file) Then the relative path of the destination file is- ..\Folder2\Folder22\FileName2.pdf
function WideExtractShortPathName(const FileName: WideString): WideString;
function WideIncludeTrailingPathDelimiter(const S: WideString): WideString;
function WideExcludeTrailingPathDelimiter(const S: WideString): WideString;
function WideSameFileName(const S1, S2: WideString): Boolean;	Compares the filenames S1 and S2, and returns TRUE if they are identical.
function WideGetEnvironmentVar(const VarName: WideString): WideString;

File Read/Write Routines

Function	Remarks
function FileReadFragment(const FileName: WideString; Start, Length: Integer): String;
function FileReadLine(const FileName: WideString; LineNum: Integer): String;
function FileCountLines(const FileName: WideString): Integer;
function FileReadContent(const FileName: WideString): String;
procedure FileWriteContent(const FileName: WideString; const Content: String);
procedure FileAppendContent(const FileName: WideString; const Content: String);

File Properties Routines

Function	Remarks
function FileTimeModified(const FileName: WideString): TDateTime;
function FileTimeCreated(const FileName: WideString): TDateTime;
function SetFileTimeCreated(const FileName: WideString;const DateTime: TDateTime): Boolean;
function SetFileTimeModified(const FileName: WideString;const DateTime: TDateTime): Boolean;

Process Execution Routines

Function	Remarks
function ShellOpenFile(const FileName: WideString): Boolean;
function ExecuteProgram(const Command: String; WaitForProgram: Boolean): Cardinal;
function ExecConsoleApp(const CommandLine: String; out Output: String): Cardinal;

Interactive Dialogs

Function	Remarks
procedure ShowMessage(const Msg: String);
procedure WideShowMessage(const Msg: WideString);
function DialogYesNo(const Msg: String): Boolean;
function WideDialogYesNo(const Msg: WideString): Boolean;
function InputBox(const ACaption, APrompt, ADefault: String): String;
function InputQuery(const ACaption, APrompt: String; var Value: String): Boolean;
function WideInputBox(const ACaption, APrompt, ADefault: WideString): WideString;
function WideInputQuery(const ACaption, APrompt: WideString;var Value: WideString): Boolean;

Other Routines

Function	Remarks
procedure Randomize();
procedure Sleep(Milliseconds: Cardinal);	Sleeps (waits) for specified miliseconds
procedure DivMod(Dividend: Integer; Divisor: Word; var Result, Remainder: Word);
procedure SetClipboardText(const S: WideString);
function GetClipboardText: WideString;
function RandomRange(const AFrom, ATo: Integer): Integer;
function Base64Encode(const S: String): String;
function Base64Decode(const S: String): String;
function GetTickCount: Cardinal;
function SizeOf(X): Integer;