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NWC File Organization

The purpose of this tool is to provide a sort of 'version management'.
A possible scenario:
- When you think a draft version of your score is ready to be 'promoted' or secured,
you can register the date last modified in the File Info comments section, create a
read-only copy in a dedicated folder, with one or more suffixes added to the file
name to see at a glance the date last modified, the creation date of the copy and/or
a 'version text'.
- Then you can safely continue working with the original draft version.
- If you want to work again with the secured version, you could unlock it, or leave
it locked and create a new, writable copy in your 'working' folder.  

The tool window:
- The date modified, shown at the top of the window, is extracted from the Windows
file system.
- The 'File Info Comments' frame shows the comment section of the 'File Info' from
the input file.  
- The actions that you select in the 'Actions' frame are not accomplished until you
click one of the buttons 'Save changes' or 'Save copy'.

 

  • Installation:
  • Since the script is written in the Python programming language, it can't be run directly in the NWC Tools environment, so I have build an executable file from it (file_organization.exe) and a Windows installation file. The file attached is the zipped installation file. After you have downloaded that file, you can unpack and run it. It will install the tool as a Windows application. It will suggest a folder, but you can change that. Copy that folder name.
    The next step is the installation in NWC:
    - Open the User Tools window (via Tools/User Tool...)
    - Click 'New...' and fill in the dialog box:
      - Choose e group and a name
      - In the command line, paste the folder name where the tool is installed, followed by '\file_organization.exe' (without the quotes)
       - Choose 'File Text' as Input Type
       - In the Options section: leave 'Compress Input' unchecked and chek the other ones.
    - Click 'OK'

    If you save a copy of the input file, you can add one or more suffixes:
    - #m, followed by the date modified
    - #c, followed by the creation date of the copy
    - #v, followed by a self chosen text
    (Remark: Any suffixes of the input file are not retained in the name of the copy.)
    Via a popup window you can choose the folder for the copy. (Remark: If the folder
    doesn't exist, you'll be ask if it should be created.)

THE DOWNLOAD LINK IS ONLY VISIBLE WHEN YOU ARE LOGGED IN.

History: 

28/07/2020: version 1.1 added:

- correction of a bug when reading 'localrepeatclose' bar from the inputfile.

- Added possibility to change the default location of the 'print object' via arguments in the command line of the User Tool Description window.
 * Arguments (with the dashes, without the quotes, case sensitive): '-XLoc', '-YLoc', '-X', '-Y', each followed by the desired value.
* Leave a space between the argument names and the values, use no commas.
*Valid values:
   -XLoc: Left, Center, Right (default = Left)
   -YLoc: Top, Bottom (default = Top)
   -X and -Y: horizontal and vertical offset (default = 0)
* Example: With the arguments "-XLoc Left -Yloc Bottom -Y 10", the date modified will be printed at the bottom left of the page, with a vertical offset of 20.

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