Renaming a pdf file while it is opened

[plex]

Hello Support Team,
sometimes the workflow in our company requires a great deal of renaming pdf files according to the files' contents.
I would be very convenient to do this while the pdf document is opened. Of course I'm aware of the possibility to use
"save as" but that is not what I mean. I do not want to create any copy. Some graphic viewers we are using provide that
feature: Open the file, view it, hit F2 (the typical windows renaming shortcut), type in the new name, close the dialog ...
and that's it. Is there a way to do this in the PDF-XChange Editor or is there a chance that this feature could be implemented?
Greetings from Berlin, Germany

[Willy Van Nuffel]

Please read the information in this topic:

https://forum.pdf-xchange.com/ ... 62&t=27839

[plex]

Thank you for the valuable information. I haven't thought of the windows preview pane so that's a really good tip.
The only thing a need to know now is how to register/activate manually the Shell Extension of PDF-XChange.
On one of our computers the preview doesn't work.
Any instructions available?

[Will - Tracker Supp]

Hi plex,

Thanks for the post - Please see here:
https://www.pdf-xchange.com/knowle ... xtensions-

Thanks for the link Willy

[yogi108]

Hello Support Team,
sometimes the workflow in our company requires a great deal of renaming pdf files according to the files' contents.
I would be very convenient to do this while the pdf document is opened. Of course I'm aware of the possibility to use
"save as" but that is not what I mean. I do not want to create any copy. Some graphic viewers we are using provide that
feature: Open the file, view it, hit F2 (the typical windows renaming shortcut), type in the new name, close the dialog ...
and that's it. Is there a way to do this in the PDF-XChange Editor or is there a chance that this feature could be implemented?
Greetings from Berlin, Germany

Hi,

Here is some peace of Javascript code you can adapt and connect to a button.
I havn't seen any possibility to delete a file via Javascript, so instead of deleting
it alerts you with the path and file to be deleted. Anyway, at the moment
it fits my needs.

If a document is created new without saving (extracting pages etc.) it is different in handling
because there is no path at the beginning, but also no "deleting" - no real file exists.

If a file exists, the file will be saved in the same path with the new name and an alert pops up
with the name of the file to be deleted. The original is closed and the new file is opened instead.

All this behaviour can be changed but the deleting is not possible ....
Tested as good as possible but no special check vor valid names etc., no warranty and I do not guarantee that it works.

Here we go:

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app.addToolButton({   
 cName: "5",   
 // oIcon: oIcon2,
 cExec: "rename_doc();",   
 cTooltext: "Aktives Dokument umbenennen",   
 cLabel: " ",
 nPos: -1
});


function rename_doc()
{
var box;
var bDelete;
var myDocPath;

if (this.numPages==undefined)
{
	app.alert("Kein aktives Dokument!",2);
	return;
}

box=app.alert("Aktives Dokument umbenennen?",2,2,"Umbenennen");
if(box==4){ 

	var cFile = app.response("Neuer Name:","Umbenennen"); // should have filename only including extension pdf
	// app.response(cQuestion,cTitle,cDefault,bPassword,cLabel);
	var strNewPath;

	if (cFile==null || cFile=="")
	{
		app.alert("Abbruch!",2);
		return;
	}

	if (this.documentFileName=="") // not yet saved! No deleting required
	{
		bDelete=false;
		// Acquire path for current document
		var oRetn = app.browseForDoc({
		cFilenameInit: cFile, // will be ok in the next build .122, at the moment no name is in the getbox
		bSave: true,
		});
		if ( typeof oRetn != "undefined" )
		{
			strNewPath = oRetn.cPath; 
		} else return;

	} else 
	{
		// has a Name, delete afterwards
		bDelete=true;
		// Acquire path from current document 
		myDocPath = this.path; 
		// break into an array of path components 
		var aPathComps = myDocPath.split("/"); 
		// var pathRoot = aPathComps[1]; // second element 
		var myFilename = aPathComps[aPathComps.length-1]; // Last element
		// First pop the old file name off the end 
		aPathComps.pop(); 
		// Next, add the new file name to the end of the array 
		aPathComps.push(cFile); 
		// Put the path back together as a string 
		strNewPath = aPathComps.join("/");
	}
		
	// console.println(strNewPath);
	var ret=this.saveAs({
		cPath: strNewPath,
		bPromptToOverwrite: true // if exists ask for overwriting
	});
	
	if (bDelete==true)
	{
		this.closeDoc(); // schliessen
		app.alert("Löschen von Hand: " + myDocPath);
		// delete myDocPath
		
	}
	app.openDoc(strNewPath);
   
   
} 
else if(box==false){ 

	app.alert("Abbruch!");

} 

}

greetings from Austria,

[Giraffe]

Hi plex,

Thanks for the post - Please see here:
https://www.pdf-xchange.com/knowle ... xtensions-

Thanks for the link Willy

Interesting - I didn't know about this.
Just tried it and got an error message on the second command. I was due to ...Win32 folder not being there! I made a new folder, copied the .dll to it, ran the command again a registration succeeded.

Thank you.

[Will - Tracker Supp]

Thanks for that Yogi! That works beautifully!

[yogi108]

it was just a nice to have button

[Will - Tracker Supp]