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Beta Releases / Re: v13.0 **BETA**
« on: November 13, 2023, 22:29:39 »
Thanks for the explanation Mathias.
Any ideas about failure to shut down properly on Win11?
Any ideas about failure to shut down properly on Win11?
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Beta Releases / Re: v13.0 **BETA**
« on: November 11, 2023, 13:07:50 »
Another RMB context menu issue on Win11 -
I've found that with OpenHashTab 3.0.4 https://github.com/namazso/OpenHashTab/releases/tag/v3.0.4:-
RMB>properties>hashes = OK (<Alt+enter> also works OK)
RMB>Hashes = MC CTD & Restart
Both these functions are error free in vanilla Explorer.
It's not a vital issue but maybe this error reveals sth useful about how Win11 & MC context menu relate now?
I've found that with OpenHashTab 3.0.4 https://github.com/namazso/OpenHashTab/releases/tag/v3.0.4:-
RMB>properties>hashes = OK (<Alt+enter> also works OK)
RMB>Hashes = MC CTD & Restart
Both these functions are error free in vanilla Explorer.
It's not a vital issue but maybe this error reveals sth useful about how Win11 & MC context menu relate now?
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Beta Releases / Re: v13.0 **BETA**
« on: November 10, 2023, 15:06:15 »
Kind of an update on this:-
I tried the {86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2} reg hack & it made some difference - but not enough to improve MC context menu (back to W10 level).
Installing KB5031455 seems to have made a noticeable difference ....but not to the items I want to see most
I should also mention the MC shutdown failure on W11. It will only fully close & disappear from the desktop about 5% of the time, normally it seems to close in terms of activity but the window/taskbar tag remains visible & the process is still visible in TM. You just can't interact with it in any real way.
It does recall it's last settings however, when reopened after a reboot so it's not quite a disaster
I tried the {86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2} reg hack & it made some difference - but not enough to improve MC context menu (back to W10 level).
Installing KB5031455 seems to have made a noticeable difference ....but not to the items I want to see most
I should also mention the MC shutdown failure on W11. It will only fully close & disappear from the desktop about 5% of the time, normally it seems to close in terms of activity but the window/taskbar tag remains visible & the process is still visible in TM. You just can't interact with it in any real way.
It does recall it's last settings however, when reopened after a reboot so it's not quite a disaster
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Beta Releases / Re: v13.0 **BETA**
« on: October 23, 2023, 11:43:28 »
User_99 - that thread won't let me reply to it unfortunately.
I found these problems didn't occur on clean installs of Win10 where all was x64. Mixing MC x86 & win10 x64 broke things.
My answer to the absence of the new text file entry is MCs' <Shift+F4> that makes any number of file types in the active dir which auto-open in notepad. (I will have to change that to a better editor like notepad++ )
However I have changed some of how I work in Win11 because of these 'new features'. I'm now using Sideslide https://www.northglide.com/sideslide.html (as well as tidying up icons etc it has good targeted note keeping) & CopyQ https://hluk.github.io/CopyQ/ to fill in a lot of gaps that would have req'd me using txt or sticky notes. CopyQ allows manual entry & scripting so it can do a lot that would take time manually in txt/notepad.
The problem is something to do with Win11s changed handling of 'tools' I think. What is annoying is that some 3rd party links do appear in the RMB context menu - just not the ones I use most
I found these problems didn't occur on clean installs of Win10 where all was x64. Mixing MC x86 & win10 x64 broke things.
My answer to the absence of the new text file entry is MCs' <Shift+F4> that makes any number of file types in the active dir which auto-open in notepad. (I will have to change that to a better editor like notepad++
)However I have changed some of how I work in Win11 because of these 'new features'. I'm now using Sideslide https://www.northglide.com/sideslide.html (as well as tidying up icons etc it has good targeted note keeping) & CopyQ https://hluk.github.io/CopyQ/ to fill in a lot of gaps that would have req'd me using txt or sticky notes. CopyQ allows manual entry & scripting so it can do a lot that would take time manually in txt/notepad.
The problem is something to do with Win11s changed handling of 'tools' I think. What is annoying is that some 3rd party links do appear in the RMB context menu - just not the ones I use most
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Beta Releases / Re: v13.0 **BETA**
« on: October 22, 2023, 13:15:34 »
MC 13.3 b2959 x64 on Win11 22H2 22621.1702 x64
I have the issue with the right click context menu not showing 3rd party entries again.
Clean installs on fresh NVME M.2, all x64 software.
They do exist in Explorer not in MC. I'm wondering if it is related to the 'improvements' M$ have made to toolbars in this Win11 build...
Wondering if you have seen this or have a workaround Mathias?
I have the issue with the right click context menu not showing 3rd party entries again.
Clean installs on fresh NVME M.2, all x64 software.
They do exist in Explorer not in MC. I'm wondering if it is related to the 'improvements' M$ have made to toolbars in this Win11 build...
Wondering if you have seen this or have a workaround Mathias?
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Beta Releases / Re: v13.0 **BETA**
« on: May 16, 2023, 15:10:10 »
Thanks for letting me back onto MC x64 Mathias 
I may have found a possible bug.
Using 13.0 b2946 x64 when I <shift-click select> a block of files & then <ctrl-click deselect> one or more of them, the selection alters as soon as I move the mouse.
This can also reverse the selection.
I'd appreciate you having a look to see if you can replicate this behaviour.
UPDATE
It's now doing what it's supposed to do.... so WTF happened IDK
I may have found a possible bug.
Using 13.0 b2946 x64 when I <shift-click select> a block of files & then <ctrl-click deselect> one or more of them, the selection alters as soon as I move the mouse.
This can also reverse the selection.
I'd appreciate you having a look to see if you can replicate this behaviour.
UPDATE
It's now doing what it's supposed to do.... so WTF happened IDK
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Beta Releases / Re: v13.0 **BETA**
« on: May 10, 2023, 17:27:16 »
Thanks for reply Mathias.
MC update being x32 not x64 must be the reason for my issue also, as I am now on 32 bit.
Will wait for your fix
MC update being x32 not x64 must be the reason for my issue also, as I am now on 32 bit.
Will wait for your fix
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Beta Releases / Re: v13.0 **BETA**
« on: May 09, 2023, 12:47:00 »
Thanks for the update Mathias.
Just installed b2945 & it seems to have lost many of the entries on the right-click context menu.
MC entries are intact but 3rd party entries have mostly gone.
Any way to recover these or is it necesssary to reinstall the apps?
I used autoruns to inspect the system & the reg entries etc are intact. The context entries are also OK in Vanilla Explorer.
Just installed b2945 & it seems to have lost many of the entries on the right-click context menu.
MC entries are intact but 3rd party entries have mostly gone.
Any way to recover these or is it necesssary to reinstall the apps?
I used autoruns to inspect the system & the reg entries etc are intact. The context entries are also OK in Vanilla Explorer.
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Support and Feedback / Re: Multiupdate failure
« on: March 29, 2023, 13:50:53 »
Thanks Mathias.
Got it now
Got it now
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Support and Feedback / Multiupdate failure
« on: March 28, 2023, 22:54:45 »
Was told of new version & ran updater, got this msg:-
Maybe something needs chacking?
Quote
* BETA version is going to be downloaded.
Updating Multi Commander Located in : "C:\Program Files\MultiCommander (x64)"
=============================================================
You are running on a 64 bit platform.
==================================================
Make sure you do not already have Multi Commander running.
==================================================
Press start to begin update process.
Checking if newer version exists.
Version information received.
Downloading new version of MultiUpdate...
Failed to download MultiUpdate (HTTP Status code : 404)
Error : Call "Server Error" , Failed with error code : 13
Maybe something needs chacking?
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Support and Feedback / Re: MultiScript: CopyFile - How to copy to the same dir with the new name?
« on: December 09, 2022, 16:17:54 »
You can click & drag/release in the same dir & it shows copy with new name as option on the dialog. (Which you know 
)
Mathias probably needs to add this existing drag functionality to the MS command set, should be possible I hope.
)Mathias probably needs to add this existing drag functionality to the MS command set, should be possible I hope.
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Support and Feedback / Re: Find & Replace or MultiScript to edit & output XML?
« on: December 09, 2022, 16:12:39 »Well, S&R works:Code: [Select]@var $sel_files = GetSourceSelectedPaths();
@var $sel_count = arrayCount($sel_files);
@var $find_text = "aaa\\nbbb";
@var $repl_text = "xxx\\nyyy";
@var $n;
for($n = 0; $n < $sel_count; $n++)
{
@var $file = $sel_files[$n];
# @var $new_file = PathGetPathPart($file) ^ PathGetNamePart($file, 1) + "_new" + PathGetFileExtPart($file);
@var $new_file = "*_new.*";
MC.Utils.FindAndReplace MODE="Many" FIND={$find_text} REPLACEWITH={$repl_text} FILE="{$file}" TARGET="{$new_file}" SILENT REPLACEALL OVERWRITE
}
The full automation requires parsing CSV-file, of course. If its structure is known and "stable", it shouldn't be hard.
UPD. Actually, parsing CSV might be quite hard (in MC).
Leveraging MC.Utils.FindAndReplace tool halts with error when trying non-overlapping search. I presume this is the same error as most GREP tools I have tried ie a non-match ends the forward stepping.
The only tool I found which does this out-of-the-box AFAIK is PowerGREP (https://www.powergrep.com/), this dev does some excellent work.
Unfortunately he's waaaaay out of my price-range esp. for a small personal project.
....But if I can find a tool I can understand like MultiScript, it is something I'd like to learn to do for myself, so all input is appreciated
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Support and Feedback / Re: Find & Replace or MultiScript to edit & output XML?
« on: December 09, 2022, 15:42:56 »
Thanks for your extensive input Jungle
As you are a MScript maestro that has definitely given me something to work with!
Once I have tried this out I can start filling in any gaps / quirks I encounter.
BTW I was using the CSV as source for the matches & then editing XML with the SAR output.
This worked OK as the replacements are all contained by the existing XML structure & didn't impact the XML layout.
As you are a MScript maestro that has definitely given me something to work with!
Once I have tried this out I can start filling in any gaps / quirks I encounter.
BTW I was using the CSV as source for the matches & then editing XML with the SAR output.
This worked OK as the replacements are all contained by the existing XML structure & didn't impact the XML layout.
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Support and Feedback / Re: Find & Replace or MultiScript to edit & output XML?
« on: December 07, 2022, 14:16:28 »
Thanks for the replies.
@AlanJB
I have looked at Notepad++ but I think dnGREP may be the way to go IF I can figure out the scripting of loops for the system the dev has just implemented....
His code example is
@Mathias
I'm trying to do a non-overlapping search.
My searches are for different terms which may or may not be in the target files.
eg I have 1000 search terms & each file contains 300 possible matches.
I must SAR for each term but it may not find a match because each file is different.
Thus I need to search all terms for every file & replace as found.
The search process must continue to run through the list if a search term is NOT matched until it hits the end of the search list.
The current system you have in Find & Replace only works where every search term is present (overlapping search), a non-match halts the process execution.
Great dialog etc but not suitable for this taskwithout a switch to loop past non-matches... so I wondered about MScript as then I might be able to define loops.
ELSE & IF seem to be script terms for this type of loop but don't know if I can apply them here...
If I must write a script to loop 1500+ terms then I'd like some familiarity/hope of getting it right.
@AlanJB
I have looked at Notepad++ but I think dnGREP may be the way to go IF I can figure out the scripting of loops for the system the dev has just implemented....
His code example is
Code: [Select]
set folder C:\Repos\testFiles\test\scriptTest\
set pathtomatch *.cs
set searchfor string
set replacewith String
search
replace
set searchfor bool
set replacewith Boolean
search
replace which of course doesn't have an ELSE type loop implemented. Iteration being what I'm looking for.@Mathias
I'm trying to do a non-overlapping search.
My searches are for different terms which may or may not be in the target files.
eg I have 1000 search terms & each file contains 300 possible matches.
I must SAR for each term but it may not find a match because each file is different.
Thus I need to search all terms for every file & replace as found.
The search process must continue to run through the list if a search term is NOT matched until it hits the end of the search list.
The current system you have in Find & Replace only works where every search term is present (overlapping search), a non-match halts the process execution.
Great dialog etc but not suitable for this taskwithout a switch to loop past non-matches... so I wondered about MScript as then I might be able to define loops.
ELSE & IF seem to be script terms for this type of loop but don't know if I can apply them here...
If I must write a script to loop 1500+ terms then I'd like some familiarity/hope of getting it right.
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Support and Feedback / Re: Find & Replace or MultiScript to edit & output XML?
« on: December 06, 2022, 15:35:58 »
So...... I'm guessing no non-overlapping SaR using script or MS rename tools is possible then... 
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Support and Feedback / Re: Find & Replace or MultiScript to edit & output XML?
« on: November 05, 2022, 14:57:20 »
Thanks for the reply Mathias.
CSV is original source of search & replace terms; XML is target. (I just copied CSV columns of data out to the F&R dialog, & gave it xml as target.)
I've listed the 'original operation' with CSV & XML labels as I wondered if MultiScript could handle those formats instead of using F&R for the job.
Basically I can exclude the CSV by transferring all the data to F&R input & output fields.
F&R seeing XML as TXT is not a problem as no formatting is altered.
It seems to work if all search terms are found.
So I guess the error must be because there is no 100% match between all CSV terms & all XML targets.
Problem is all XMLs are different i.e. not all terms are in all XMLs. Because of this I need an EITHER OR function,
EITHER search / find/ replace
OR search / not find
THEN search next term in list
REPEAT til end of list.
I want to be able to step over non-matches or matches that have already been made.... I know this is possible but maybe not via MC.
CSV is original source of search & replace terms; XML is target. (I just copied CSV columns of data out to the F&R dialog, & gave it xml as target.)
I've listed the 'original operation' with CSV & XML labels as I wondered if MultiScript could handle those formats instead of using F&R for the job.
Basically I can exclude the CSV by transferring all the data to F&R input & output fields.
F&R seeing XML as TXT is not a problem as no formatting is altered.
It seems to work if all search terms are found.
So I guess the error must be because there is no 100% match between all CSV terms & all XML targets.
Problem is all XMLs are different i.e. not all terms are in all XMLs. Because of this I need an EITHER OR function,
EITHER search / find/ replace
OR search / not find
THEN search next term in list
REPEAT til end of list.
I want to be able to step over non-matches or matches that have already been made.... I know this is possible but maybe not via MC.
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Support and Feedback / Find & Replace or MultiScript to edit & output XML?
« on: October 31, 2022, 14:12:49 »
The question is, is the following task beyond the scope of F&R (&/or MS)?
Basically:-
I have .xml's that need search & replace operations.
I need to check multiple files for each of the entries & replace if/where found.
All SAR terms are not in all files... Both searches & replacements will change over time.
The source for the search & the replacements is currently a CSV, >1000 rows/entries.
The job is thus:-
So far in F&R I tried adding all column 1 entries to find & all column 2 entries to replace with "Find many, Replace with many" selected.
Result is error 87 see screen.
I'm guessing this is because there are mismatches & F&R doesn't step down to next term rather than there being too many entries.....?
...........Maybe I can leverage F&R with MS or something?
Any simple way to do this task? Thanks in advance
Basically:-
I have .xml's that need search & replace operations.
I need to check multiple files for each of the entries & replace if/where found.
All SAR terms are not in all files... Both searches & replacements will change over time.
The source for the search & the replacements is currently a CSV, >1000 rows/entries.
The job is thus:-
Code: [Select]
Search for x where x is entry in CSV column 1;
If CSV column 1 entry found, replace with CSV column 2 entry; (Rows being SAR pairs 1|1, 2|2, 3|3 etc)
OR
If CSV column 1 entry not found;
Step down to next row, loop til end of CSV
Resulting XML to be saved with a new name
Next fileSo far in F&R I tried adding all column 1 entries to find & all column 2 entries to replace with "Find many, Replace with many" selected.
Result is error 87 see screen.
I'm guessing this is because there are mismatches & F&R doesn't step down to next term rather than there being too many entries.....?
...........Maybe I can leverage F&R with MS or something?
Any simple way to do this task? Thanks in advance
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Beta Releases / Re: Version 12 * RC *
« on: August 05, 2022, 16:36:49 »
Ref 12.0 b2901 x64 (Win10)
Had couple of incidents today after updating to this build
1 - right clicked on a file, dialog opened & MC locked completely, rest of system continued normally - killed via TM
2 - inserting a USB stick I have been using this week w/out issue, locked MC up for several minutes, killed/restarted MC & removed/reinserted the stick got round it. Stick checked out Ok on Win10 diagnostics/repair.
Unusual behaviour for MC so thought I'd mention it.
Had couple of incidents today after updating to this build
1 - right clicked on a file, dialog opened & MC locked completely, rest of system continued normally - killed via TM
2 - inserting a USB stick I have been using this week w/out issue, locked MC up for several minutes, killed/restarted MC & removed/reinserted the stick got round it. Stick checked out Ok on Win10 diagnostics/repair.
Unusual behaviour for MC so thought I'd mention it.
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Support and Feedback / Re: Can't get MC.Filesystem.Delete to work
« on: August 05, 2022, 16:27:43 »
Yes I think we're saying the same thing. (But I'm not as clever as you 
)
I was trying to give example that showed its' count included items external to the selected dir... & so
)I was trying to give example that showed its' count included items external to the selected dir... & so
Quote
you can run the command on ".."
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Support and Feedback / Re: Can't get MC.Filesystem.Delete to work
« on: August 03, 2022, 11:56:17 »
Thanks for the reply Mathias.
FILTER to MC.Explorer.Delete = more complex - I see, just wondered
CMD Reading different dirs:
I repeated this test multiple times because its results are so odd.
Opposite pane was different drive not just different dir...
Whilst wondering why I tried clicking on different areas of the pane before calling the cmd, eg <-... at top; lower empty space; different files/filetypes.
Each time as you can see from the item count it looked at other dirs both above & below.
Maybe I'll try with more dirs & see where it jumps...
Anyway if you can force a scope lockdown that would solve it, even if it does not explain it
FILTER to MC.Explorer.Delete = more complex - I see, just wondered
CMD Reading different dirs:
I repeated this test multiple times because its results are so odd.
Opposite pane was different drive not just different dir...
Whilst wondering why I tried clicking on different areas of the pane before calling the cmd, eg <-... at top; lower empty space; different files/filetypes.
Each time as you can see from the item count it looked at other dirs both above & below.
Maybe I'll try with more dirs & see where it jumps...
Anyway if you can force a scope lockdown that would solve it, even if it does not explain it
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Support and Feedback / Re: Can't get MC.Filesystem.Delete to work
« on: July 31, 2022, 17:20:24 »
Tried this again experimentally
D:\test1\test2\
was focus
I added 6 dummy files incl 1 zip & 1 rar to test2, used :-
Log output
was focus again
I added 1 zip & 1 rar to both test1 & test2 & ran button, all were deleted, re item count:-
So I added test3 folder
D:\test1\test2\test3\
Added 2 archives to each test folder: -
With test3 in focus, archives in test 2 & test 3 were deleted
With test2 in focus, only archives in test 3 were deleted, not in 1 or 2
Log shows the command thinks I am in test3 (ran this 3 times with same result, it can't tell my focus is ..\test2\
A dialog could be helpful but only if the reason why the command includes other folders in such a surprising way gets caught. Would adding FILTER to MC.Explorer.Delete be easier?
But in any case, don't let this ruin your summer Mathias.
D:\test1\test2\
was focus
I added 6 dummy files incl 1 zip & 1 rar to test2, used :-
Code: [Select]
MC.Filesystem.Delete USE_CURRENT_SOURCEITEM FILTER="*.zip; *.rar"Log output
Code: [Select]
2022-07-31 15:43:36.274 MC.FileSystem.Delete : Parameter USE_CURRENT_SOURCEITEM set. Use current source item as PATH parameter : 'D:\test1\test2\..'
2022-07-31 15:43:36.274 MC.FileSystem.Delete : Scanning folder..
2022-07-31 15:43:36.274 MC.FileSystem.Delete : Found 8 items in path
2022-07-31 15:43:36.274 MC.FileSystem.Delete : 2 Filters found
D:\test1\test2\was focus again
I added 1 zip & 1 rar to both test1 & test2 & ran button, all were deleted, re item count:-
Code: [Select]
2022-07-31 15:47:22.824 MC.FileSystem.Delete : Parameter USE_CURRENT_SOURCEITEM set. Use current source item as PATH parameter : 'D:\test1\test2\..'
2022-07-31 15:47:22.824 MC.FileSystem.Delete : Scanning folder..
2022-07-31 15:47:22.824 MC.FileSystem.Delete : Found 10 items in path
2022-07-31 15:47:22.824 MC.FileSystem.Delete : 2 Filters found
So I added test3 folder
D:\test1\test2\test3\
Added 2 archives to each test folder: -
With test3 in focus, archives in test 2 & test 3 were deleted
With test2 in focus, only archives in test 3 were deleted, not in 1 or 2
Log shows the command thinks I am in test3 (ran this 3 times with same result, it can't tell my focus is ..\test2\
Code: [Select]
2022-07-31 16:13:51.481 MC.FileSystem.Delete : Parameter USE_CURRENT_SOURCEITEM set. Use current source item as PATH parameter : 'D:\test1\test2\test3'
2022-07-31 16:13:51.481 MC.FileSystem.Delete : Scanning folder..
2022-07-31 16:13:51.481 MC.FileSystem.Delete : Found 5 items in path
2022-07-31 16:13:51.481 MC.FileSystem.Delete : 2 Filters found
So quite interesting...! A dialog could be helpful but only if the reason why the command includes other folders in such a surprising way gets caught. Would adding FILTER to MC.Explorer.Delete be easier?
But in any case, don't let this ruin your summer Mathias.
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Support and Feedback / Re: Can't get MC.Filesystem.Delete to work
« on: July 30, 2022, 16:03:22 »
Well thanks for the fun Mathias!
You got me twice,
1. because I was using the earlier release without the updated function
2. it killed <20 files it found in the directory above the focused one.
No problem as I was able to recover them. Only lost a zip with all my crypto-currency addresses, but what's $1.6m between friends.... 
...A few more tests will be needed I think!
You got me twice,
1. because I was using the earlier release without the updated function
2. it killed <20 files it found in the directory above the focused one.
No problem as I was able to recover them. Only lost a zip with all my crypto-currency addresses, but what's $1.6m between friends....
...A few more tests will be needed I think!
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Support and Feedback / Re: Can't get MC.Filesystem.Delete to work
« on: July 30, 2022, 13:13:03 »
Thanks for trying to make this function work Mathias.
I have just attempted to use this command.
I get Failed to volume item whenever I use it.
I've tried :-
It does appear to try to action the command, but even with files selected doesn't like something & always gives that error.
I have just attempted to use this command.
I get Failed to volume item whenever I use it.
I've tried :-
Code: [Select]
MC.Filesystem.Delete USE_CURRENT_SOURCEITEM FILTER="*.zip; *.rar"
MC.Filesystem.Delete USE_CURRENT_SOURCEITEM "*.zip; *.rar"
MC.Filesystem.Delete USE_CURRENT_SOURCEITEM="*.zip; *.rar"It does appear to try to action the command, but even with files selected doesn't like something & always gives that error.
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Support and Feedback / Re: Can't get MC.Filesystem.Delete to work
« on: July 29, 2022, 14:00:34 »
Thanks for the replies.
I am relieved that I haven't gone completely mad ...even if I did forget to add the build #!
Thanks for the details Mathias, hopefully the USE_CURRENT_SOURCEITEM parameter will do what I need. It certainly looks like a good solution.
I will have to run a few tests on dummy files first but if it is being logged it should be OK.
....I always wanted to try juggling hand-grenades so this will be a step in the right direction.
I am relieved that I haven't gone completely mad ...even if I did forget to add the build #!
Thanks for the details Mathias, hopefully the USE_CURRENT_SOURCEITEM parameter will do what I need. It certainly looks like a good solution.
I will have to run a few tests on dummy files first but if it is being logged it should be OK.
....I always wanted to try juggling hand-grenades so this will be a step in the right direction.
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Support and Feedback / Can't get MC.Filesystem.Delete to work
« on: July 28, 2022, 18:02:16 »
So I have a user defined command attached to a button:-
I've assumed I can only use one command in a button of this type, not multiple as with a script, so I haven't added a select option first, I get the same result with files pre-selected or unselected.
What have I missed.....?
Code: [Select]
MC.Filesystem.Delete FILTER="*.zip; *.rar"But it won't work & I get no error or dialog of any kind.I've assumed I can only use one command in a button of this type, not multiple as with a script, so I haven't added a select option first, I get the same result with files pre-selected or unselected.
What have I missed.....?