A token to add the version number to the Lister Title

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It would help with updating if the version number could be printed in the Lister Title. I could only do this at the moment by going to Preferences - - > Display - - > Options and typing it in each time there is an update.

Would it be possible to add to the Custom Title the token %V - Installed version of Directory Opus?

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Edit Jan 12, 2020: Added notoggle: to fix problems with saved listers/layouts.

Save this somewhere, then drag it to Preferences / Toolbars / Scripts:

Titlebar_Version.vbs.txt (520 Bytes)

option explicit

Function OnInit(initData)
	initData.name = "Titlebar Version"
	initData.desc = "Puts the Opus version number into lister titlebars"
	initData.copyright = "(C) 2014 Leo Davidson"
	initData.version = "1.1"
	initData.default_enable = true
End Function

Function OnOpenLister(openListerData)
	Dim cmd
	set cmd = DOpus.NewCommand
	cmd.SetSourceTab openListerData.lister.activetab
	cmd.RunCommand "Set LISTERTITLE=""notoggle:%N - (Directory Opus " & DOpus.version.product & ")"""
End Function
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Thanks very much Leo (and astonishingly quick!) It's now very easy to edit the script to make the lister title whatever I want.

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I'm guessing that this script writes something to the configuration files somewhere.

Last week I did a full rebuild of my PC (after backing up everything including my full DOpus configuration). Since the rebuild, my DOpus lister titlebars were not showing the version number. I checked that the script had been loaded with the config restore - it was and was ticked in preferences/scripts.

Now, if I un-tick the script, the version number is present, if I tick the script again, the version number disappears. I have fully exited DOPus as well as rebooting and the symptoms are the same. I even deleted the script and I still have the version number in my titlebars (which is good actually :slight_smile: ).

Not a major issue but I thought it was worth mentioning to see what is happening here.

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I'm not sure why that would happen.

If a lister title is set and you save that lister into a layout, the title is saved in the layout, which is a config file. Aside from that, the only other thing that could be considered part of the config is the script itself.

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Thanks for the reply Leo. I think I understand the logic behind what had happened.

To get back to the 'correct' operation of the script, I set the lister as default and saved the layout. This saved the layout (*.oll) file with no version number. I then installed the script and activated it and normal service appears to be restored.

I don't understand why or how the script on/off actions were reversed, nor what would happen when a later version of DOpus was installed. Would it continue to be reversed and would the lister title get updated to the latest version number?

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I've updated the script above to fix a problem which I think is what @Rebel154 was seeing.

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