into an Free Commander File container and automatically display it with FC.
Minimum FC version is FreeCommander XE 2021 Build 854 64-bit.
If you don't have it already running, download and install Everything from
https://www.voidtools.com/forum/viewtop ... =12&t=9787
Download my Autohotkey script and store it for example in a sub-dir Scripts of the FC settings dir
Customize the indicated parts of it.
Compile it with Autohotkey (Context menu 'Compile Script')
Add it as favorite in FC and assign a hotkey to it or pin it to the taskbar.
Usage:
Start Everything GUI and search your files.
Hit the hotkey or start the compiled script from the pinned taskbar entry.
The script stores the dsiplayed Everything GUI results in a file container and starts FC with it.
The script also stores an ini file in its dir which you can use to change parameters
without a need to recompile it.
Have fun.
Warning, you will never use any File managers search after using Everything
Code: Select all
; Transfer Everything GUI results to FC
; Author: Horst.Epp
; Last modified: 21.10.2021
; Build AutoHotkey_L
; Build x64
; Build Kill=true
; Build Zip=false
; Build Run=true
#NoEnv
;#Persistent
#SingleInstance Force
SetBatchLines, -1
; Create / read .ini file settings
SetTitleMatchMode, RegEx
iniFile := RegExReplace(A_ScriptFullPath, "(ahk|exe)$", "ini")
if not (FileExist(iniFile)) {
iniContent :="
(( LTrim
[General]
; DestinationFile
; Where to save the output (full path to DestinationFile.fcc)
; EverythingColumnPositions (Default: 2,1)
; The columns 'Name' and 'Path' must be visible in the Everything GUI Window
; The first value is the position of the 'Path' column
; The second value is the position of the 'Name' column
; CloseEverything (Default 1 for yes)
; Should Everything GUI window be closed after transfering to FC
; UseInstance (Empty for default instance)
; Name of the Everything instance to be used for closing the GUI
; FreeCommander
; Full path to the FC executable file
; Everything
; Full path to the Everything executable file
; The contents of the following lines must be adjusted if necessary, e.g. path and parameter adjustments.
;********************************************************************************************************
DestinationFile = C:\Tools\FreeCommander\Settings\FileContainers\Everything.fcc
EverythingColumnPositions=2,1
AddEndSlash = 0
CloseEverything = 1
UseInstance =
Everything = C:\Tools\Everything\Everything64.exe
FreeCommander = C:\Tools\FreeCommander\FreeCommander.exe
;********************************************************************************************************
)"
FileAppend, % iniContent, % iniFile, UTF-16
}
IniRead, DestinationFile, % iniFile, General, DestinationFile, %A_Space%
IniRead, EverythingColumnPositions, % iniFile, General, EverythingColumnPositions, 2`,1
IniRead, AddEndSlash, % iniFile, General, AddEndSlash, 0
IniWrite, %AddEndSlash%, % iniFile, General, AddEndSlash
IniRead, CloseEverything, % iniFile, General, CloseEverything, 1
IniWrite, %CloseEverything%, % iniFile, General, CloseEverything
IniRead, UseInstance, % iniFile, General, UseInstance, %A_Space%
IniWrite, %UseInstance%, % iniFile, General, UseInstance
IniRead, Everything, % iniFile, General, Everything, "C:\Tools\Everything\Everything64.exe"
IniRead, FreeCommander, % iniFile, General, FreeCommander, "C:\Tools\FreeCommander\FreeCommander.exe"
DestinationFile := ResolveEnvVars(DestinationFile)
EverythingColumnPositions := StrReplace(EverythingColumnPositions, " ")
; Force error if none is given (or path doesn't exist)
SplitPath, DestinationFile, , dstPath
if (DestinationFile = "" || !InStr(FileExist(dstPath), "D")) {
Msgbox, 16, Fatal error, Destination file definition is missing or illegal named !
Return
}
if (EverythingColumnPositions = "" || !InStr(EverythingColumnPositions, ",")) {
EverythingColumnPositions := "2,1"
}
columnArray := StrSplit(EverythingColumnPositions, ",")
hWnd := WinExist("ahk_exe Everything(?:\d\d)*\.exe")
if hWnd
{
ControlGet, winContent, List, , SysListView321, % "ahk_id" hWnd
if (winContent)
{
fullContent := "#FreeCommander file cart" "`n"
; Loop over row(s)
Loop, Parse, winContent, `n
{
rowID := A_Index
path := ""
name := ""
full := ""
Bad := 2
; Loop over column(s)
Loop, Parse, A_LoopField, % A_Tab
{
colID := A_Index
content := A_LoopField
If (colID > columnArray[1] And colID > columnArray[2])
{
Break
}
Else
{
If (colID = columnArray[1])
{
If !RegExMatch(content,"i)^[a-z]:|\\\.*?\\")
{
Break
}
path := content
Bad -= 1
If !RegExMatch(path,"\\$")
{
path := path . "\"
}
}
Else if (colID = columnArray[2])
{
If content is Space
{
Break
}
name := content
Bad -= 1
}
}
}
If (Bad == 0)
{
full := path . name
If InStr(FileExist(full), "D")
{
if (AddEndSlash == 1)
{
if !RegExMatch(full,"\\$")
{
full := full . "\"
}
}
Else
{
If RegExMatch(full,"\\$")
{
full := SubStr(full,1,StrLen(full)-1)
}
}
}
fullContent .= full "`n"
}
}
fullContent := RegExReplace(fullContent,"\R$","")
If (FileExist(DestinationFile))
FileDelete, % DestinationFile
FileAppend, % fullContent, % DestinationFile, UTF-8
DestinationDir := SubStr(DestinationFile,1,InStr(DestinationFile, "\",,-1))
run %FreeCommander% /C %DestinationFile%
If (CloseEverything) {
run %Everything% -instance "%UseInstance%" -close
}
}
Else
; Empty search result
{
Msgbox, 16,, Search result is Empty, Nothing to do ...
}
; No Everything window visible
} Else {
Msgbox, 16, Fatal error, Everything window does not exist!
}
SetTitleMatchMode, 1
return
; ==================================
; = GOTO: FUNCTIONS - ResolveEnvVars
; ==================================
; http://www.autohotkey.com/board/topic/40115-func-envvars-replace-environment-variables-in-text/#entry310601
ResolveEnvVars(str) {
if sz := DllCall("ExpandEnvironmentStrings", "uint", &str, "uint", 0, "uint", 0)
{
VarSetCapacity(dst, A_IsUnicode ? sz * 2 : sz)
if DllCall("ExpandEnvironmentStrings", "uint", &str, "str", dst, "uint", sz)
return dst
}
return str
}
