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Everything is the same in the Free Version except the Main Menu file name is SFRMENUF.EXE. |
Menu Help and Frequently asked Questions - Click on a help topic below to view that topic:
Menu Options and what they do
What are File Types?
Program won't run, doesn't find files or Program Window closes before it does anything?
How do I create a Shortcut to the Program and make the Shortcut work?
Other Help Files:
Click on email Rob if the information in these help files does not solve your problem.
Reading the information on this page will probably solve your problem faster that emailing me.
Be sure to include the email address you used to make payment so I can identify you as a registered owner of the program.
Menu Options and what they do:
1. Rename Files.
2. Sequentially Number Files using numbers only.
3. Sequentially Number Files using a prefix or the folder name.
4. Inversely Number files using numbers only.
5. Convert file names to lower case.
6. Convert file names to Upper case.
8. List folders or change path.
9. List files in current folder.
This option allows you to change one or more file names or file extensions.
Wildcards are permitted in both the file name and the extension. See File Types for more information on Wildcards.
This option requests a File Type, a Find What string and a Replace With string.
You'll usually only need to enter an extension for the File Type.
Enter the part of the file name you want to change for the Find What string.
Enter the characters you want to replace the Find What string with for the Replace With string.
This option gives you an opportunity to edit the input strings before executing.
Example: You have ten files named debbie01.jpg through debbie10.jpg and you want to change debbie to mary.
Input jpg for File Type. This will expand to *.jpg
Input debbie for the Find What string.
Input mary for the Replace With string.
Press Enter to make the changes.
The Program will show you the first change it will make and ask you if you want to confirm all changes.
You can abort all changes, confirm all changes or let the program make all changes without confirmation.
The Program reports the number of files names renamed.
You may have to Press [F5] in Windows Explorer to see the changes.
Option 2. Sequentially Number Files using numbers only.
This option allows you to sequentially number all files of File Type.
Wildcards are permitted in both the file name and the extension. See File Types for more information on Wildcards.
This option requests a File Type.
The Program displays the File Type, First Number = 1 and Increment = 1.
The Program gives you an opportunity to abort, change the First Number or change the Increment number.
The Increment number can be from 1 to 9.
This is handy if you want to sort picture files and have open numbers between numbers for changes.
The Program then numbers all files of File Type and reports the number of files renamed.
You may have to Press [F5] in Windows Explorer to see the changes.
Option 3. Sequentially Number Files using a prefix or the folder name.
This option allows you to sequentially number all files of File Type with a prefix name of the folder name.
Wildcards are permitted in both the file name and the extension. See File Types for more information on Wildcards.
This option requests a File Type and the prefix.
You can press Enter to let the Program use the folder name as the prefix or enter a prefix.
If you use the folder name, you can limit how many characters are use from the folder name.
The Program then appends numbers to the prefix just like option 2 numbers files as follows.
The Program gives you an opportunity to abort, change the First Number or change the Increment number.
The Increment number can be from 1 to 9.
This is handy if you want to sort picture files and have open numbers between numbers for changes.
The Program then numbers all files of File Type and reports the number of files renamed.
You may have to Press [F5] in Windows Explorer to see the changes.
Option 4. Inversely Number files using numbers only.
This option allows you to inversely number all files of File Type.
Wildcards are permitted in both the file name and the extension. See File Types for more information on Wildcards.
This option requests a File Type.
If files of File Type are found, the Program numbers all files of File Type in inverse order starting with number 01.
The Program reports the number of files renamed.
You may have to Press [F5] in Windows Explorer to see the changes.
Option 5. Convert file names to lower case.
This option allows you to change all file names of File Type to lower case.
This option requests a File Type and then makes the changes if you don't abort.
The Program reports the number of files names renamed.
You may have to Press [F5] in Windows Explorer to see the changes.
Option 6. Convert file names to Upper case.
This option allows you to change all file names of File Type to Upper case.
This option requests a File Type and then makes the changes if you don't abort.
The Program reports the number of files names renamed.
You may have to Press [F5] in Windows Explorer to see the changes.
Option 8. List folders or change path.
The current path is listed at the top of the Window.
This option lists the subfolders in the current path and allows you to change to different folders on the current drive.
The current folder remains the same until you change it. It doesn't change when you change Programs.
This option is always Option 8 on all Program Menus.
Use the following commands with this option:
Input 0 or R + Enter to change to Root Directory of the current drive.
Input 1 + Enter to change to the previous folder in the current path - Back One Level.
Input the number before a folder name + Enter to change to that folder.
Input L + Enter to list files in the current folder. See Option 9 below for more information.
Press Enter without entering anything to return to the Menu after you find the folder you want to perform an action on.
List Folders only lists folders on the current drive. You cannot change to another drive.
Create a Shortcut on another drive and use the Shortcut to open the SFR_MENU.EXE Program from that drive.
List folders lists the folders on the drive the Shortcut is in.
Return to Menu Options.
Return to top of this page.
Option 9. List files in the current folder.
This option lists the files in the current folder. It does not serve any other purpose other than to let you view the files.
This option requests a File Type before it lists any files.
Enter an * (asterisk) to list all files.
Enter a File Type to view all files of that type in the current folder.
Input L + Enter to list the subfolders in the current path. See Option 8 above for more information.
Press Enter without entering anything to return to the Menu.
This option is always Option 9 on all Program Menus.
Click here for information on File Types.
Option 0. Return to Main Menu.
Enter zero 0 + Enter to return to the Main Menu.
Page settings are discarded when you return to the Main Menu. If you created a Html page, the settings will be restored
from that page the next time you execute the program in the same folder.
Return to Menu Options.
Return to top of this page.
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File Types and The File Type prompt:
File Type is the name of the file or files you want to perform an action on.
File Type can be all or part of a file name with it's extension or it can be just an extension.
Example File: help.htm: help is the file name and .htm is the extension - the dot is part of the extension.
The Program fills in missing portions of File Type entries.
For example: If you enter htm, the Program will expand this to *.htm and find all files with an extension of .htm.
Wildcards [* and ?] are permitted in File Types. A wildcard acts as a substitute for a file name or extension.
The * (asterisk) represents a whole word or group of characters. The ? (question mark) represents a single character.
Example 1: *help*.htm - this File Type would find all .htm files with help in the file name.
Example 2: *0?.jpg - this File Type would find all jpg files with 0 plus any character or number in it's file name.
Example 3: *.* would find all files in the current folder.
In most cases you can enter a [-] minus sign for all files of *.htm File Type or a [+] plus sign for *.jpg files.
The File Type input prompt has pretty strong protection routines to prevent you from entering something wrong.
Be Careful: These programs are very powerful. You can get unexpected results if you're not careful.
I suggest you confirm all changes until you are more familiar with these programs.
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Program won't run, doesn't find files or Program Window closes before it does anything?
If you encounter this problem, the following should solve it. The path and terminology of the following may be a little
different on your computer. But, it should be pretty easy to solve the problem using the following outline:
This should solve the problem. Open the EXE program file. You should see the Main Menu.
If the above doesn't solve the problem, your anti-virus program may be stopping the program from running.
Disconnect from the Internet and then disable the anti-virus program. The program should work.
If so, you'll have to find a way to set the anti-virus program to allow the program to run.
Shortcuts to the program files from a Network drive should work.
If you try putting the program files on a Network drive, you may get unpredictable results. The program may act like it's
working just fine for awhile and then whammy, do something really screwy. That's because it is a DOS based program.
DOS can read Network drives but gets lost when run on Network drives. So, make sure you have the program files on
the C:\ or D:\ drive.
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How do I create a Shortcut and make the Shortcut work?
Shortcuts can be copied to other drives. You shouldn't have to do the above on copies of Shortcuts.
I can't guarantee it, but these programs should work on a LAN (Local Area Network) providing a Shortcut is used on the Network drive, the User has the rights and the program has access to the C:\ drive. Please be aware that the amount of support I can give you will be limited as I don't have your Network to run tests on. So, be sure to do some testing on your own before relying on using the program on a LAN. If the free version works on a LAN, the paid version will work too.
I suggest you create Shortcuts on your Desktop for the _find.txt and _replace.txt files.
You can but don't have to perform the above procedure on the _find.txt and _replace.txt Shortcuts.
Be sure to leave the _find.txt and _replace.txt files in the same folder as the SFR_MENU.EXE file.
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Picture Story Book | Picture Viewer | Search Find Replace | Web Page Builder |
| Fast, Efficient C Programs plus Free Email Support = Quality Programs plus Full Value for your Money. | ||||||||||
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