Is there a way to start MC with a folder name and specific file within that folder to automatically select when the Explorer panel opens?
Addendum:
What I meant to query:
Is there a way to start MC with a folder and specific file HIGHLIGHTED ??
I want my user to be able to quickly locate a file within a directory.
[ SOLVED ] ==========================================================
I have a facility that presents a file (selected from Windows Explorer
via the context menu) in Multi Commander's Left panel directory listing,
with another "target directory" in the Right panel.
The problem was that once selected, I needed to keep the user's focus
on the file: It was not easily visible once the file's owning directory
was listed.
The solution I found is as follows:
Just prior to executing MC, my Windows batch file executes:
set xShareFileId=%srcFile%
This sets the Environment variable with the file's drive:\path\name.
Then, the batch files executes MC with the additional operand:
-AutoRun=xShareFileId
And, within MC, the "xShareFileId" script has been coded as follow:
#
# xShareFileid - Highlight specified file (from batch file)
#
# get fileid from environment
@var $xShareFileId = TranslateEnvString("%xShareFileId%");
# get drive, fullPath, filename
@var $fileInfo[] = PathGetParts( $xShareFileId );
@var $source = $fileInfo[1];
@var $fileName = $fileInfo[2];
# list directory, with file hilighted
MC.Explorer.Goto LEFT={$source} ITEMFOCUS={$fileName}
Hope some of you find this useful,
PaulJayD
