Everything you want is already possible with FR as far as I can see. Some of it is a bit tricky to do, but I don't know how to make it easier.


Marcel wrote:
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> actions I took in the below example
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> 1) replace snagit with bla bla
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> SnagIt-30-01-2010 11.13.36.JPG
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> bla bla-30-01-2010 11.13.36.JPG
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> 2) replace – with nothing
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> bla bla-30-01-2010 11.13.36.JPG
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> bla bla30012010 11.13.36.jpg
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> 3) at this point adding a '-'behind the 2nd bla is difficult using a replacement
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> I know, bla bla is a bit of a strange name, but the idea is of having two identical textstrings in a name.
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> which may in some cases not too hypothetical.

Finding the hyphen should not be hard. Why not keep it until later?

Finding two identical strings is possible using Regular Expressions. They are tricky to use, but very powerful!

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> I think FR should not resort on taking the file modified date, i.e. the date you see in Explorer, because
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> that may be different…
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There are and (plus ) for you to choose from, to add dates to filenames. All of them can also be customized, for example

> Good eh..
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> brgds/Marcel.

// Dan