Feature Request: User Defined Custom File Naming Convention Support

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jvroom
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Feature Request: User Defined Custom File Naming Convention Support

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This is a feature request.

Issue: I do a lot of PDF file reviewing and renaming. I have to follow a file naming convention during when naming/renaming files (often based on the content of the PDF file).

This caught my attention, but it's not quite right...
https://help.pdf-xchange.com/pdfxe8/macros_ed.html

Here's what I'm imagining:

Save/SaveAs/Rename with Custom file conventions. user-defined and ordered static and dynamic file naming convention options are presented in some way

User can select which naming convention elements are used...

[File Naming Convention Element 1]
For example...Dropdown list with list of values that can be chosen from (Bike, Pogo Stick, Chalk)

[File Naming Convention Element 2]
A dynamic field where a system text box would prompt for a user-defined value to be entered (e.g manually type in a name... Tammy, Kurt, Nik)

[File Naming Convention Element 3]
Pick from YYYY-MM-DD, MM-DD-YY, etc. formatted date values

Etc.

Enable user to create/manage more Naming Convention Elements

Enable user to choose what "element separator value(s) between elements they want (Pick, or type in one or more element separater characters. )

Goal: When user is done picking the options, a properly formatted/concatenated filename that follows the desired naming conventions would be generated.

Using the above examples, the following filename could be generated.
Chalk_Kurt-2020-09-11.pdf

FYI: In my situation, the above solution would need to handle 4-12 file name elements and separator values...so a naming convention adherence solution could really save me a lot of time.

My guess is that others would appreciate having a file naming/naming convention adherence utility built-in to products.

I hope the "Feature Fairy" finds and sprinkles some feature request fairy dust on this :D .
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Re: Feature Request: User Defined Custom File Naming Convention Support

Post by TrackerSupp-Daniel »

Hi, jvroom

Thank you for the feature request, I have brought this to our dev team, and unfortuantely the "feature fairy" will not be stopping by today. This item would not only be excessively complex to implement (it is not as simple as pluggin in a few existing systems and calling it a day), but it would also be very complex as a user to configure and understand.

Without a large following of people demanding such a function, we will not likely be offering anything of the like. If there is enough demand in the future to make it a worthwhile investment, we may reconsider.

Kind regards,
Dan McIntyre - Support Technician
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Re: Feature Request: User Defined Custom File Naming Convention Support

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1. File rename dialog should not block main window. User have to copy 3-4 fragments of text from document, and paste it to new filename.

2. New menu action "Insert current date" should be added in rename dialog box in right mouse button menu.

3. Rename dialog box should be integrated with document info:
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Re: Feature Request: User Defined Custom File Naming Convention Support

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Hi, psztoch

Thank you for the input here. Unfortunately the request is still rejected and will not be seeing any development time assigned to it currently.

Kind regards,
Dan McIntyre - Support Technician
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Re: Feature Request: User Defined Custom File Naming Convention Support

Post by owl99 »

What is the status of this feature? Or do you have an alternative? Perhaps a third-party plugin?
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Re: Feature Request: User Defined Custom File Naming Convention Support

Post by Paul - Tracker Supp »

Hi owl99,

I'm pretty sure the request is not being actively considered.
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Paul O'Rorke
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