DirCreatePy1

Purpose

DirCreatePy1 helps a desktop user in creating many valid sub-directories using text segments from documents. It avoids the requirement of editing manually directory names in order to be compliant with the operating system and user policy. 

Description

Overview

DirCreatePy1 accepts untagged text drops. Upon activation, DirCreatePy1 will modify each dropped text into related valid directory name(s). The next action depends on the selected variant (see the Variants sub-section below).

A dropped text is modified as follows:

Variants

 

Tagged Drops

There is no tagged drop.

Untagged Drops

The text drop will be modified, as necessary, for generating a valid directory name.

Clipboard Use

The clipboard is used as input for the default variant; the path to the destination directory is expected to be found there. For the variant "To_Clipbrd", the clipboard will contains the modified text from the text drop.

Possible Metascript-Related Messages

Script-generated error messages. Here are the possibilities:

 

Other Considerations

An explicit Clear List command is required if an error is encountered. Otherwise, the list of drops is automatically cleared upon a successful operation.

Script Effects

For the default variant, DirCreate will create sub-directories.

Requirements

The requirements for DirCreate1Py version of DirCreate.

Side Effects:

 

Instructions

See also the Purpose section above.

Tasks:

 

Creating sub-directories

Here are the detailed instructions for creating sub-directories with names based from displayed documents.

This is it.

 

Creating a sub-directory name

Here are the detailed instructions for creating a valid name for a sub-directory into your system clipboard.

This is it.

 

Source

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