Here's a command button I created recently that works fine:
Favorites ADDDIALOG PATH {filepath$}
However, it only allows one file per selection to be input to the favorites folder. I would like to know if theres a command that would let me select multiple files for inclusion. Thanks.
That command already adds multiple files to favorites. (One-by-one, not all at once.)
That's just it...I want multiple files put in there simultaneously...or are you saying this can't be done with Favorites?
Common-sense says it can't be done simultaneously with your command as the dialog requires a name to be given to each favourite.
Change the command to :
Favorites PATH {filepath$} ADD=nameonlyA much better question would be, why would you want to clutter your favourites with a pile of files?
[quote="steve"]Common-sense says it can't be done simultaneously with your command as the dialog requires a name to be given to each favourite.
Change the command to :
Favorites PATH {filepath$} ADD=nameonlyA much better question would be, why would you want to clutter your favourites with a pile of files?[/quote]
Because it becomes increasingly difficult to remember the important installation files when it becomes necessary to back them up. By allowing me the opportunity to locate these files...I won't have to worry about knowing exactly what they do.
For instance...how about deciphering CDX3PK1.exe? By letting me point to this file and then name it in the description mode and putting in favorites...I'll know that this is the CorelDRAW X3 Service Pack 1 update. If I didn't have this ability...how would I know what this file does or if it's the correct one?
As it turns out...this command line for my DOpus button is a lifesaver. Especially if I suspect my HD is corrupt and failing...this shortcut would save me the time locating the files I need specifically to back up to another HD or Flash thumb drive.
To me, Favorites still seems an odd choice to solve that problem. Why not put the installers (or shortcuts to them) in directories? That's what I do:
Interesting idea...except that's alot of folders to create to locate files for installation. Then again...I may have to simply backup the files offsite to give more breathing room to DOpus.
I say this because I'm afraid there might be a limit to how much DOpus can display if folders get really heavy with files....for instance mine is well over 6 gig of files. At least they're all in one place.
I was wondering if DOpus could be made to just highlight the selected files and load them in separate tabs for viewing? In other words, find the file, hide the rest...and put the selected file for viewing in a separate tab. This would be really nice.
Seems no more work than creating all of the favorites items, and it's easier to backup.
Opus doesn't really care how many files are in a folder. It especially doesn't care how big those files are.
[quote="leo"]Seems no more work than creating all of the favorites items, and it's easier to backup.
Opus doesn't really care how many files are in a folder. It especially doesn't care how big those files are.[/quote]
The screenshot looks like you set it up with Flat folders, right? For me it would be more economical to use plain file view with commander mode. However, I do have the DOpus command tool tip to create folder names from files. I might put that to good use...once I figure out which drive should get the honours...my primary or my external HD. I'll probably have to buy another Seagate 160 gig or maybe 250.
I only put it in flat mode to show how I stored the files. Not suggesting you have to use flat mode there, and I don't myself. If I want to install something I go into the directory and double-click the installer.
If you want all the "stuff to double-click" in a single folder then you could either create shortcuts to the files, or you could rename all the installers to a meaningful name and put them in one folder.
The only reason I create the folders at all, in many cases, is that the installers by default have meaningless names (e.g. "setup.exe"). (Also to keep several versions or related installers together.)
Whats wrong with just using the description field in Opus and setting up a style/layout which shows your installation files with the description column?
To be honest, in the days of dialup it was important to keep installation files, these days though it's just as quick to re-download the file when required. Besides, most things are usually updated between installs...
Whats wrong with just using the description field in Opus and setting up a style/layout which shows your installation files with the description column?
To be honest, in the days of dialup it was important to keep installation files, these days though it's just as quick to re-download the file when required. Besides, most things are usually updated between installs...[/quote]
First off...I don't know how to activate the description field and to do so...I'm assuming I have to go into Explorer mode - which I hate intensely. Explorer mode is so clunky and tedious its unbelievable people still feel the need to use it. Commander mode is so much more intuitive. However, whatever floats your boat is fine with me.
I suspect if I have alot of files...the description field would have to accommodate a very creative notation system for me to pick out exactly what I want to search for. As it is...I'm still trying to figure out most of the code in the RAW section of the DOpus online manual. That's tough slogging. 
Tools -> Folder Options
Explorer and Commander aren't mutually exclusive "modes", they just Styles, i.e. presets that you can call up to configure the window in a certain way. About the only difference between the two is whether the folder tree is displayed and whether there is one file display pane or two.
With either style as a starting point you can then toggle the tree and dual file display on and off as you wish you can display the same columns and do all the same things.
You don't have to make your own buttons using the raw commands just to set file descriptions. By default there is already a Set Description command under File -> File Commands. You can move that to your main toolbar if you want to use it a lot and find the default location inconvenient.
I'll look into it...in the meantime - can you tell us when the next update will be posted? Pretty please?! 
No, I can't. I don't work for GPSoftware and they haven't announced anything. Why do you want the next update so desperately when you don't know what's in it, anyway? 
It's like wishing for Christmas to come early and knowing that...gives you that rush of anticipation about what nice little presents are going to be given in that DOpus update. 
[quote="DorothyFan1"]Interesting idea...except that's alot of folders to create to locate files for installation...[/quote]Another alternative is simply to rename the installation file.
For example, I rename SetupAnyDVD6201.exe as AnyDVD 6.2.0.1.exe, and keep it in an Install Files folder. If you have lots of install files, you may wish to create sub-folders such as 0-9, A, B etc. I have been doing this for years without any problems.
This approach comes in particularly handy with those files whose names are quite meaningless, such as setup.exe. It also helps when at a later time, I want to check which is the latest version I currently have available.