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Dir or Shortcut Creator Dialog User Interface
The Dir or Shortcut Creator dialog contains the following components:
- A large Paste Text button: If clicked, it pastes the text from the system clipboard to the "Pasted Text" text field at its right.
- Character Replacement of Names
combo: It is an Editable List Combo component; each item of the list specifies a character replacement policy. All policies found in the list are applied. The character at the right side of the equal sign will replace the character specified at the left of the equal sign. You can add or remove items of that list. If only spaces are found at the right side of the equal sign, it means that the character at the left side is simply removed from the text.
- Handling of Spaces in Names
list: It contains a list of space-handling schemes. A space-handling scheme specifies how a text with spaces will be transformed. The one displayed is the scheme that will be applied. The schemes are:
- 1-As Is
: The space characters are kept as they were
- 2-Capitalize no space
: The spaces are removed and the first non-space character after each space is replaced by its equivalent capital letter version
- 3-No space
: The spaces are removed
- 4-Replace by underscore
: Each space character is replaced by an underscore character
- 5-Replace by hyphen
: Each space character is replaced by a hyphen character
- Pasted-Text
text field: It is an editable field that can receive a text from the system clipboard (through the Paste Text button).
- Set
button: If clicked, it applies the character replacement policies and the selected space handling scheme to the text contained in the Pasted-Text text field and displays the result in the Policy-Adjusted Text label.
- Policy-Adjusted Name
label: It displays the result from the application of the character replacement policies and the selected space-handling scheme to the text contained in the Pasted-Text text field.
- Base Directory
label: It displays the absolute directory name in which a sub-directory or an Internet shortcut will be created. This label is a drop target from a directory item; it comes usually from a file navigator (ex. the Windows Explorer). This label also displays error messages if the operation cannot be carried out.
- Choose.. button:
If clicked, it displays a Base Directory Selector dialog. The selected directory will be specified as the Base directory and will be displayed at the Base Directory label at its left side. The selector dialog is used only for situations where the drag-drop feature is unavailable.
- Create Shortcut
button: If clicked, it creates a shortcut file named as shown in the Policy-Adjusted Text field and containing the URL as shown in the Pasted-Text text field. The shortcut file will be located at the directory displayed in the Base Directory label.
- AutoApply
toggle button: If toggled ON, the sub-directory is created as soon as the Paste Text button is clicked. The use of Set button and the Create Dir button are not required. Sometimes, one may prefer to review the pasted text, edit it if required, click the Set button then, if all is OK, click the Create Dir button. To use this cautious approach, toggle OFF AutoApply.
- Create Dir
button: If clicked, it creates a sub-directory within the directory displayed in the Base Directory label. The text displayed in the Policy-Adjusted Text label is used as the sub-directory name.
- Dismiss
button: If clicked, it dismisses the dialog.
- Help
button: If clicked, it displays the help document for the Dir or Shortcut Creator dialog
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