Script Resolve Alias

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This snippet...

var fsu = DOpus.FSUtil; var str = "{alias|imagetools}"; DOpus.output(str + " = " + fsu.resolve(str)); str = "/imagetools"; DOpus.output(str + " = " + fsu.resolve(str));
..produces:

{alias|imagetools} = {alias|imagetools}
/imagetools = C:\Utilities\ExifTool

Both types of alias definition work in a button - e.g. Go {alias|imagetools} NEW or Go /imagetools NEW - but only the latter is resolved to the full path. Could script support for {alias|xxx} resolution be added please.

Regards, AB

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{alias|xyz} is a command code, not something you can throw into paths in any other context. You can't use it in places like the path field either.

/xyz is the syntax for aliases in paths and should always be used with FSUtil.Resolve.

{alias|xyz} exists primarily for non-script buttons/hotkeys, to let you resolve an alias and add the result to the command line of an external tool, where you may need to use /xyz style syntax as command line switches which aren't meant to be aliases. For example, "dir /h" where /h is a switch for the dir command and resolving it to an alias would be unwanted.

What you're asking for is a bit like asking to make "FSUtil.Resolve(/xyz)" work outside of scripts, in buttons or in the path field.