filemorph

'''Windows Scripting'''
 
Automating the application on Windows can be done using the Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) protocol. The DDE protocol has several components, including a "Service," "Topic," and "Items." In FileMorph, the Service name is always TclEval (because that is the underlying name that the Tcl interpreter supports), the Topic name is FileMorph, and Items (data or return values) are not currently required. 

There are various programming languages on Windows in which one can write a DDE client to automate a DDE application, including Tcl, Python, VBA, C/C++, and others. An easy way to automate TextSweep from the command line is to install Chris Oldwood's free DDE Command tool from [http://www.chrisoldwood.com/win32.htm]. The tool can then be incorporated into a batch script such as the following: 

   @echo off
   set testdir  "C:/Users/kevin/Desktop/unitfiles"
   if exist %testdir% (
   rmdir %testdir%
   )
   xcopy "testsource" %testdir%
   start FileMorph.exe
   call timeout 2 >null
   call DDECmd execute --server TclEval --topic FileMorph --command "set_directory_path %testdir%"
   call DDECmd execute --server TclEval --topic FileMorph  "set_old_extension jpg"
   call DDECmd execute --server TclEval --topic FileMorph  "set_new_extension gif"
   call DDECmd execute --server TclEval --topic FileMorph  "change_extension"
   call DDECmd execute --server TclEval --topic FileMorph  "set_old_text test"
   call DDECmd execute --server TclEval --topic FileMorph  "set_new_text foo"
   call DDECmd execute --server TclEval --topic FileMorph  "change_text"
   call DDECmd execute --server TclEval --topic FileMorph  "set_added_text bar"
   call DDECmd execute --server TclEval --topic FileMorph  "set_prefix_or_suffix 1"
   call DDECmd execute --server TclEval --topic FileMorph  "add_text"
   call DDECmd execute --server TclEval --topic FileMorph  "change_file_time"
   start %testdir%


-------------------
title: Help
alias: Help

FileMorph provides comprehensive user documentation from the "Help" menu, and also provides tooltips for the toolbar buttons. Additional user support is available via the "Contact Code by Kevin" item in the Help menu; and the website link in the help menu.

The following open-source technologies have gone into the development of FileMorph:

 * The Tcl/Tk GUI toolkit. Website: [http://www.tcl.tk]. License: [http://www.tcl.tk/software/tcltk/license.html]
 * The Perl programming language. Website and license: [http://www.perl.org].
 * The tcllib and tklib libraries for Tcl/Tk. Website and license: [http://tcllib.sourceforge.net].
 * The BWidget GUI library for Tcl/Tk. Website and license: [http://tcllib.sourceforge.net].

 * The Aquahig package for OS X. Website and license: [http://fossil.codebykevin.com].
 * The "windowlist" package. Website and license: [http://fossil.codebykevin.com].
 * App icon from the Gnome project. Website: [http://www.gnome.org]. License: [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/].
 * Icon fonts from Iconic project. Website and license: [https://github.com/somerandomdude/Iconic].
 * Help viewer by Keith Vetter: [http://wiki.tcl.tk/19649].
 * TkDND for drag and drop. Website and license: [http://sourceforge.net/projects/tkdnd/].
 * aem package for AppleScript support. Website and license: [http://fossil.codebykevin.com]/

 * Windows executable deployment based on code from [http://perl-node-interface.blogspot.com/2011/03/deploy-perl-application-on-windows.html]
 

-------------------
title: FileMorph Version History
alias: History

'''3.0 (September 1, 2018):'''
 * New scripting API for Windows.
 * Removal of console on Windows.
 * Migration to new source code server.
 * UI improvements.

'''2.9 (May 1, 2017):'''
 * Improved scrolling performance, security support on macOS.
 * Improved security support on Windows.

'''2.8 (January 15, 2017):'''
 * Improved security in application update process.

title: License
alias: License
 
'''The MIT License (MIT)'''

FileMorph source code: [http://fossil.codebykevin.com/fossil.cgi/filemorph/]

Copyright (c) 2018 WordTech Communications LLC

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

@echo off
set testdir  "C:/Users/kevin/Desktop/unitfiles"
if exist %testdir% (
rmdir %testdir%
)
xcopy "C:/Users/kevin/Desktop/testsource" %testdir%
start FileMorph.exe
call timeout 2 >null
call DDECmd execute --server TclEval --topic FileMorph --command "set_directory_path %testdir%"
call DDECmd execute --server TclEval --topic FileMorph  "set_old_extension jpg"
call DDECmd execute --server TclEval --topic FileMorph  "set_new_extension gif"
call DDECmd execute --server TclEval --topic FileMorph  "change_extension"
call DDECmd execute --server TclEval --topic FileMorph  "set_old_text test"
call DDECmd execute --server TclEval --topic FileMorph  "set_new_text foo"
call DDECmd execute --server TclEval --topic FileMorph  "change_text"
call DDECmd execute --server TclEval --topic FileMorph  "set_added_text bar"
call DDECmd execute --server TclEval --topic FileMorph  "set_prefix_or_suffix 1"
call DDECmd execute --server TclEval --topic FileMorph  "add_text"
call DDECmd execute --server TclEval --topic FileMorph  "change_file_time"
start %testdir%