Save dialog box enhancer?

[Fuzzy Logic]

Does anyone know of software that can enhance the save dialog box in Windws.
I have a graphics program that has an enhanced dialog box that includes an
auto-rename and auto-renumber feature. This means if I attempt to save a
file and the file already exists I can simply click one of these buttons and
it will either add a number or letter to the end of the filename depending
on rename or renumber. So if I had a file called 11.jpg and try to save over
it I get the option to rename, auto-renumber or auto-rename. If I select
auto-renumber the file is changed to 12.jpg (assuming that file doesn't
exist). If I select auto-rename the file would be named 11a.jpg (assuming
that doesn't exist).

TIA

 

[jb]

Does anyone know of software that can enhance the save dialog box in Windws.

I have a graphics program that has an enhanced dialog box that includes an
auto-rename and auto-renumber feature. This means if I attempt to save a
file and the file already exists I can simply click one of these buttons and
it will either add a number or letter to the end of the filename depending
on rename or renumber. So if I had a file called 11.jpg and try to save over
it I get the option to rename, auto-renumber or auto-rename. If I select
auto-renumber the file is changed to 12.jpg (assuming that file doesn't
exist). If I select auto-rename the file would be named 11a.jpg (assuming
that doesn't exist).

TIA

My personal favorite save/open dialog box enhancer comes with Powerdesk
5 (freeware). It remembers the recently visited folders by application.

http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/2006/PL2006FILEUTILITIES.php

PDDLGHLP.EXE

 

[Al Klein]

Does anyone know of software that can enhance the save dialog box in Windws.
I have a graphics program that has an enhanced dialog box that includes an
auto-rename and auto-renumber feature. This means if I attempt to save a
file and the file already exists I can simply click one of these buttons and
it will either add a number or letter to the end of the filename depending
on rename or renumber. So if I had a file called 11.jpg and try to save over
it I get the option to rename, auto-renumber or auto-rename. If I select
auto-renumber the file is changed to 12.jpg (assuming that file doesn't
exist). If I select auto-rename the file would be named 11a.jpg (assuming
that doesn't exist).

Do you mean as an ocx to call from a program you're writing? Or as
something to use when you're running another program?

What you're describing doesn't sound like fuctionality added to the
dialog box, it sounds like a function in the program you're using. IOW
it has to be written into the program.

 

[Mike Bourke]

Do you mean as an ocx to call from a program you're writing? Or as
something to use when you're running another program?

What you're describing doesn't sound like fuctionality added to the
dialog box, it sounds like a function in the program you're using. IOW
it has to be written into the program.

I don't think so. I know from other "Save As" and "Open" dialogues that
these are part of the standard Windows APIs. While there might be a rare
exception where someone has crafted a unique Open/Save dialogue box, most
programmers have enough to do without reinventing the wheel. And if it's
part of the standard API then it can be modified in behaviour by another
third-party application. I don't know of any shell extension that performs
this task, but there are others that add functionality to the Open/Save
dialogue boxes, and so this should certainly be possible.

Mike Bourke
- all it is doing is scanning the current folder, determining a modified
filename that is not in use by a file within that folder, then

 

[Al Klein]

I don't think so. I know from other "Save As" and "Open" dialogues that
these are part of the standard Windows APIs.

It may be, but it's not in any documentation on any Win APIs or the
common dialog box.

- all it is doing is scanning the current folder, determining a modified
filename that is not in use by a file within that folder, then

which is trivial for the program to do once it determines that the
filename the user wants to save under is in use. That's not
reinventing anything - it's stealing it from your own library if
you've been coding Windows software for a while.

 

[B. R. 'BeAr' Ederson]

I don't think so. I know from other "Save As" and "Open" dialogues that
these are part of the standard Windows APIs. While there might be a rare
exception where someone has crafted a unique Open/Save dialogue box, most
programmers have enough to do without reinventing the wheel.

Could be both. So you have to check it by running Dependency Walker

www.dependencywalker.com

in profile mode (or some other tool) to find out. You're right that most
programmers use the Common Dialogs provided by Windows. One reason is
the possibility for hooking and extending these system dialogs by using
templates and a little code:

http://makeashorterlink.com/?T2EA5234C resp.:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...ndialogboxes/customizingcommondialogboxes.asp

There are some customized Dialogs *for programmers* out there, which
they can use in their projects. One of the best sources for such dialogs
is the Common Controls Replacement Project:

http://ccrp.mvps.org

And if it's part of the standard API then it can be modified in behaviour
by another third-party application. I don't know of any shell extension
that performs this task, but there are others that add functionality to
the Open/Save dialogue boxes, and so this should certainly be possible.

Yes. Two free tools come to my mind, at the moment:

http://lingo.atspace.com/openwide.html
http://dm2.sourceforge.net/index.html

I don't use either of them. So I can't say, whether one serves your
purposes...

BeAr

 

[Fuzzy Logic]

Do you mean as an ocx to call from a program you're writing? Or as
something to use when you're running another program?

What you're describing doesn't sound like fuctionality added to the
dialog box, it sounds like a function in the program you're using. IOW
it has to be written into the program.

I would like something that replaces/enhances the current save dialog box in
existing programs such as IE and MS Word.

 

[Michael]

I would like something that replaces/enhances the current save dialog box in
existing programs such as IE and MS Word.

There's an AutoHotkey script that creates a pop-up window of favorite
folders that you can call up for open-save dialogues, even in MS Office
programs. This little script is a great time-saver -- I prefer it to
DM2 and the commercial prog AutoDialogs.

http://www.autohotkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5414&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

Cheers,

Michael
http://mleddy.blogspot.com

 

[Franklin]

I would like something that replaces/enhances the current save
dialog box in existing programs such as IE and MS Word.

Folder View is very nice for providing recently used folders and teir
paths.

http://www.folderview.com/folderview/index.html

 

[Kittie Spit]

Not specifically what you're looking for with renaming, but here is a
recent discussion of Open-Save dialogue enhancers in a.c.freeware,
first post dec 5:

"Favorite folders shell extension for file open?"
http://groups.google.com/group/alt....1775c4cbf?q=open-save&rnum=1#adb81461775c4cbf