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Renaming with a text string only

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DavidHoffmanuk:
I have multiple files, all in different folders, selected in a contact sheet & use [cmd-M] to rename them. If I enter a text string in the rename dialog the 'rename' button is greyed unless I also use a sequence or other variable. This is a nuisance as I want them all to have the same name. In PM+ I have to rename by the slower method of paste & tab which is not practical for larger numbers of files.

Kirk explained that the PM+ coding assumes that all the files to be renamed are in a single folder. This is a rather crude approach, it would be good if PM+ could recognise when a rename would lead to an overwrite and either warn or add a suffix to allow bulk renaming with a text string.

David Hoffman

Kirk Baker:
David,


--- Quote from: DavidHoffmanuk on April 04, 2022, 11:53:16 PM ---I have multiple files, all in different folders, selected in a contact sheet & use [cmd-M] to rename them. If I enter a text string in the rename dialog the 'rename' button is greyed unless I also use a sequence or other variable. This is a nuisance as I want them all to have the same name. In PM+ I have to rename by the slower method of paste & tab which is not practical for larger numbers of files.

Kirk explained that the PM+ coding assumes that all the files to be renamed are in a single folder. This is a rather crude approach, it would be good if PM+ could recognise when a rename would lead to an overwrite and either warn or add a suffix to allow bulk renaming with a text string.
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I consider this a bug and it will be fixed in the next build of Photo Mechanic/Photo Mechanic Plus.

-Kirk

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