Batch Runner

 

Batch Runner is designed to finish two kinds of operations:

 

 

1. Batch Text Replacement operations:

 

User can open "Replace Dialog" and click "Batch ..." to make a batch text replacement.

 

 

2. Batch Fast Replacement operations:

 

Fast Replacement is introduced to improve replace efficiency and support binary file.

 

 

Advantages of "Fast Replace" than "Normal Replace"

 

1) Fast Replace do not need to load file into pages, improve replace speed

 

2) Fast Replace can support Binary file replace

 

3) Fast Replace support multiple replacement all at once like "replace a with b, replace c with d, ..."

 

 

Advantages of "Normal Replace" than "Fast Replace"

 

1) Support many flexible switches and replace unit/scope, can handle complicate and text conversion replacement

 

2) Support checking and recording the details of each replacement

 

3) Support making and re-using scripts with mulitple operation steps.

 

 

3. Other non-replace batch operations:

 

1) File Renaming

 

2) File Copying

 

3) File Downloading

 

4) File Merging

 

5) File Encoding change

 

 

To make above batch operations, user can click Batch Runner toolbar or Tools->Batch Runner menu:

 

 

 

A Batch Runner Dialog will pop-up:

 

 

 

Batch Runner Dialog can be splitted into 3 parts:

 

1. Batch Files selection --- In the top of the dialog.

 

Providing 3 ways to generate the batch files list:

 

(1) Pick Files from browser

 

(2) Search Files from browser

 

(3) Extract http links from web address

 

see Batch Files Selection part for detail

 

 

2. Batch File list operation --- In the middle of the dialog.

 

After the File list is generated, user can do following operations on it:

 

(1) Sort by each columns, and move each line up and down.

 

(2) Load, save and clear the list

 

(3) Change "output file name", "output directory", "download as type" for one or all items.

 

Please check Batch File List Operations part for detail

 

 

3. Batch Command Runner --- At the bottom of the dialog.

 

(1)If user open the "Batch Runner" dialog from "Replace Dialog" by clicking "Batch..." button, there will be "Search", "Replace" and "Cancel" buttons, which is similar as in "Replace Dialog".

 

(2)If user open the "Batch Runner" dialog directly from Batch Runner toolbar or Tools->Batch Runner menu, there are following buttons:

 

Fast Replace

 

File Rename

 

Copy/Download

 

File Merge

 

Change Encode

 

Show Logs

 

For each operations, please refer to Fast Replace Operations and Non-replace Batch Operations part for detail.