DISCLAIMER: Use at your own risk! The author accepts no responsibility for any problems or losses that may result from the use or misuse of this software.
Purpose
Extension Chopper's purpose is to remove unwanted endings from file names.
Such as: copy .txt .GIF and others (see Extension Info below.)
You can also enter up to five of your own extensions.
Extension Chopper only renames the file, it is otherwise untouched.
Setting preferences
Open Extension Chopper without dropping any files on it.
A preferences file will be created in the system preferences folder and a dialog box for setting preferences will appear.
Help button opens a box with help and information on Extension Chopper.
All button marks all boxes.
None button unmarks all boxes.
Save button saves your settings to a preference file.
Cancel button leaves settings as they were.
Mark which file name extensions to chop off using the checkboxes.
Enter your own custom extensions in the Other extensions fields.
The text that you enter in the field will be searched for only at the ends
of any file names that are dropped on Extension Chopper.
If found and if the checked box for that field is marked in the
preferences box, the text and any trailing spaces will be removed from the file name.
Remember to put a space, period or other character (,-/* etc.) in front
of your extensions if needed as a separator from the rest of the file name.
Default extension Examples
My Report.txt is renamed My Report
To Do List Copy is renamed To Do List
Vacation Snapshot.pict is renamed Vacation Snapshot
Other extension Examples
If you enter draft preceded with a space in an Other extensions field,
Extension Chopper will change the file name:
Quarterly Report draft to Quarterly Report
But, the file name:
Overdraft will remain unchanged.
However if draft is entered without a space in front.
Overdraft will be renamed to Over
Entering *abc in an Other extensions field
Will cause MyFile*abc to be renamed MyFile
But, MyFile abc or MyFile.abc will be unchanged
Entering for January
Will cause Sales Chart for January to be renamed Sales Chart
Using Extension Chopper
Drag and drop files (up to 50 at a time) onto the application icon.
The original file will be renamed if an Alias is dropped on the icon.
Case is ignored when checking file names ( .txt same as .TXT)
Extension Chopper will list the file names as they are being processed
and the new file name or "No Change" if the file was not renamed.
Command period aborts the program.
Extension Chopper will beep and alert you if a name change would conflict with an existing file name.
Enter another name then hit return or click the Change button.
Click on Skip to skip the file and continue checking the remaining file names.
Click on Stop to halt the program which will leave all file names not already processed unchanged.
If you make a mistake entering a new name, clicking on Reset Name will restore the intitial new name entry.
Extension Info
.jpg JPEG graphics file.
Developed by the Joint Photographics Experts Group (JPEG)
.gif Graphics Interchange Format™ graphics file.
Trademark of Compuserve Inc.
.pict Macintosh graphics file.
.bmp Bitmapped graphics file format common to PC standard computers.
.txt Text file.
.etx Text file in setext enhanced text format.
.doc Generic documentation file
.wav Microsoft Windows™ sound file.
.mid Midi music file.
.mov Quicktime™ movie file. Apple Computer
.cpt Compactor compressed file.
.sit Stuffit™ compressed file. Trademark of Aladdin Systems.
.sea Self Extracting Archive.
A file which contains a small program to decompress itself.
.zip File compression format common to PC standard computers.
copy Duplicate file.
Possible Future Enhancements
Support for Apple Events.
Support undo in entry fields.
Drag and Drop folders and disks.
More default and other file name extensions.
Select extensions from list instead of check boxes.
More search options.
Muliple search (i.e. My Report.txt.sit to My Report)
Tack on ending (possibly a separate utility Extension Tacker !)
