Is there an OnRename event?

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Is there a way to capture an OnRename event?

When an item is renamed I would like to check if the parent or a sibling has the same name (excluding extension, also possibly starts with that name) and rename that as well.

I can create a script to do the rename and then also check the other files. But I like using the inline rename, and thus looking for an event driven approach.

Does a script to do this already exist?

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OnFileOperationComplete exists for this purpose.

There's an example here:

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Nice, will give it ago. Thanks

4

That worked
This is how I used it if anyone else wants some thing similar.

function OnFileOperationComplete(fileOperationCompleteData)
{
	if(fileOperationCompleteData.query)
	{
		if (fileOperationCompleteData.action == "rename") 
		{
			return fileOperationCompleteData.cmdline.indexOf("SCRIPTARG RenameMatchingExtended:True") == -1;
		}
	}
	else if (fileOperationCompleteData.action == "rename" )
	{
		for (var e = new Enumerator(fileOperationCompleteData.data); !e.atEnd(); e.moveNext())
		{
			var oldPath = e.item();
			var newName = fileOperationCompleteData.data(oldPath);
			DOpus.Output(oldPath + " -> " + newName);
			
			var renamedItem = DOpus.FSUtil.GetItem(oldPath);
			var parentItem = DOpus.FSUtil.GetItem(renamedItem.path);
			
			var newNameStem = GetNewNameStem(renamedItem, newName);
			var oldNameStem = renamedItem.name_stem;
			
			//Rename sibling and niblings
			var folderEnum = DOpus.FSUtil.ReadDir(parentItem, true);
			while (!folderEnum.complete)
			{
				var item = folderEnum.next;
				CheckAndRename(item, oldNameStem, newNameStem);
			}
			
			//Rename parent
			CheckAndRename(parentItem, oldNameStem, newNameStem);
		}
	}
}

function CheckAndRename(itemToRename, oldNamePart, newNamePart)
{
	if(itemToRename.name.indexOf(oldNamePart) != -1)
	{
		//using regexp might case issues for special chars
		var udpatedName = itemToRename.name.replace(oldNamePart, newNamePart);
		
		var cmd = "Rename FROM \"" + itemToRename + "\" TO \"" + udpatedName + "\" SCRIPTARG RenameMatchingExtended:True";
		DOpus.Output(cmd);
		DOpus.NewCommand.RunCommand(cmd);
	}
}

function GetNewNameStem(renamedItem, newName)
{
	if(renamedItem.is_dir) {
		return newName;
	}
	else {
		var re = new RegExp("^(.*?)(?:\.[^\.]*)?$");
		return newName.replace(re, "$1");
	}
}

I uploaded the script here

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