Ok this is going to be my second Autoit script project. The first one I did was Remove Files from Directories which Melba23 was instrumental in my successful completion of it.
Programming is not something I do on a regular basis. I have done it in the past so the concepts are familiar to me but fleshing out a new project like this is not. I have some time on my hands now as I am unemployed and looking for a new job. Things are scarce in my town but am sure I will find something shortly.
I saw in her sig a UDF she created ChooseFileFolder and it gave me an idea for another script.
As you could tell from my previous script it was based on video files. Well now I want to organize them in my media drive and directories. Commercial video library apps just don't appeal to me and sure windows file explorer can do this as well but this seems more fun to create and would be more useful in the long run as it will allow me to apply it to other directories on my system.
So what I thought I could do was create a script that would read all the directories in my holding directory allow me to select some click a button to create a directory in my main storage directory then move those files to the created directory. Now if the directory does exist in my storage directory I just need to select it as the destination directory and do a directory move.
Now this is going to be a very advanced script for me as it will have to be a GUI script which is all brand new to me.
So my thought was to use ChooseFileFolder UDF 2x's in this script. One for the source and one for the destination. With the destination one I can have a button that will allow me to create the destination directory if needed or then just select it and hit the move button to move the directory. Now the sources will all be directories with files in them.
Now as an added feature that I would like to add if possible launching my media player to view the video file briefly and if I want to keep it then move it if not then delete the directory.
So the above is the basic structure of the script. Now if I am reinventing the wheel here with this so be it. Granted explorer can do this pretty easily but this will be laid out easier for me and button pushing makes things easier.
So I guess what this post is about is to get an idea of how to get started, What I need to look at, and what I need to learn. I hope with this project I have not bitten off more then I can chew. I have not fleshed out any code yet. I did run Melba23's example scripts and saw from them that this could be possible with using it. Again I may have bit off more then I can chew and may have to start off with something simpler then move on to this.
Programming is not something I do on a regular basis. I have done it in the past so the concepts are familiar to me but fleshing out a new project like this is not. I have some time on my hands now as I am unemployed and looking for a new job. Things are scarce in my town but am sure I will find something shortly.
I saw in her sig a UDF she created ChooseFileFolder and it gave me an idea for another script.
As you could tell from my previous script it was based on video files. Well now I want to organize them in my media drive and directories. Commercial video library apps just don't appeal to me and sure windows file explorer can do this as well but this seems more fun to create and would be more useful in the long run as it will allow me to apply it to other directories on my system.
So what I thought I could do was create a script that would read all the directories in my holding directory allow me to select some click a button to create a directory in my main storage directory then move those files to the created directory. Now if the directory does exist in my storage directory I just need to select it as the destination directory and do a directory move.
Now this is going to be a very advanced script for me as it will have to be a GUI script which is all brand new to me.
So my thought was to use ChooseFileFolder UDF 2x's in this script. One for the source and one for the destination. With the destination one I can have a button that will allow me to create the destination directory if needed or then just select it and hit the move button to move the directory. Now the sources will all be directories with files in them.
Now as an added feature that I would like to add if possible launching my media player to view the video file briefly and if I want to keep it then move it if not then delete the directory.
So the above is the basic structure of the script. Now if I am reinventing the wheel here with this so be it. Granted explorer can do this pretty easily but this will be laid out easier for me and button pushing makes things easier.
So I guess what this post is about is to get an idea of how to get started, What I need to look at, and what I need to learn. I hope with this project I have not bitten off more then I can chew. I have not fleshed out any code yet. I did run Melba23's example scripts and saw from them that this could be possible with using it. Again I may have bit off more then I can chew and may have to start off with something simpler then move on to this.
