[Enhancement]: Commandline parameter to populate "Search Directories" list

03302024 commented 3 months ago

Environment

OS: Windows 11

Describe desired feature

Commandline parameter to populate "Search Directories" list:

If the parameter is a directory, just add it.
If the parameter is a file, add the parent directory.

What issue does it solve?

Can drag-and-drop dirctories/files on "VDF.GUI.exe" file
Can select dirctories/files and use SendTo shortcut to "VDF.GUI.exe" file
Can call "VDF.GUI.exe" from a batch file, like this: VDF.GUI.exe PathToFileOrFolder

Maltragor commented 3 months ago

The VDF settings, including the "Search Directories", are stored in Settings.json in the VDF directory. JSON is a text format and can be easily modified with various scripting languages, so that the functionality could also be realized outside of VDF. (If no interaction with an already running VDF instance is necessary)

One way to get by with Windows board tools is e.g. powershell. The following ps1 script is a proof of concept providing the functionality you mentioned. (The .cmd only has the task to start the powershell script e.g. by drag&drop directories/files on it). Both files are designed to be copied into the VDF.GUI.exe directory.

_vdf_settingsmod.cmd

@echo off
Powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File "%~dp0\vdf_settings_mod.ps1" %*

_vdf_settingsmod.ps1

Write-Host "Addding Path to VDF include list..."

# Check and prepare Arguments
$path_list = @()

foreach ($item in $args) 
{
    if ($item)
    {
        $new_dir = $item.TrimEnd('\')
    }

    if (!$item -or !(Test-Path -Path "$new_dir"))
    {
        Write-Host "Invalid argument ""$new_dir"" (no file or directory)."
        continue
    }

    if (Test-Path -Path "$new_dir" -PathType leaf)
    {
        $new_dir = Split-Path -Parent $new_dir
    }

    $new_dir = Resolve-Path $new_dir
    $path_list += $new_dir
}

# Load settings file
$settings_file = "$PSScriptRoot/Settings.json"
$json = Get-Content $settings_file | ConvertFrom-Json 

# Display content of "Search Directorys"
Write-Host "Includes:"
foreach ($item in $json.Includes) 
{
    Write-Host "  $item"
}

# Add and display new directories
foreach ($item in $path_list) 
{
    if ($json.Includes -notcontains $item)
    {
        Write-Host "+ $item"
        $json.Includes += "$item"
    }
}

# Store modified Settings file
$json | ConvertTo-Json -Compress -depth 32| set-content $settings_file

# Start VDF
Start-Process -FilePath "$PSScriptRoot\VDF.GUI.exe"

03302024 commented 3 months ago

Very good. Thank you for taking the time to write.

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