Export selection then launch...

[meteorquake]

I bet I've asked ages ago but can someone remind me how to assign a key that exports the entire selection (and/or whole results list) to a file then launches a program with that file as a parameter...!

[therube]

If the files are selected then either call said program directly (assuming it simply accepts the list of file names as parameters to the program) or call a batch file that then calls said program.

Two pairs of settings you'll want.

(for the hotkey part)
Tools | Options | Keyboard -> File | Custom Open
(& assign the hotkey you want for the associated custom_open_command)
&
(for the command part)
Options | Advanced | custom_open_command##


custom_open_command01=$exec("C:\WLIB\PLAYERS\mpv.net\mpvnet.exe" %*) + Alt+M
custom_open_command02=$exec("C:\BIN\XXhash64.BAT" %*)
custom_open_command03=$exec("C:\BIN\MI_COMPARE.BAT" %*) + Alt+I
custom_open_command04=$exec("C:\BIN\HEX.exe" %*) + Alt+H
custom_open_command05=$exec(C:\BIN\win32pad.exe K:\xfeRRRRRRR\DONE\DONEX\delme.from.K\new.txt")
custom_open_command06=$exec("C:\BIN\chk.4.EVERYTHING.exe" %*) + Alt+X

custom_open_command04=$exec("C:\BIN\I_View-THUMBS.bat" %*)

custom_open_command03=$exec("C:\DEV\WinMerge\WinMergeU.exe" %*)


MEDIAINFO_COMPARE.BAT

I_View-THUMBS.bat:

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:: /thumbs must come AFTER the file names !!!


if [%1]==[] goto allfiles:

:: SendTo, drag&drop ...
i_view32.exe %* /thumbs

goto end:


:load_a_filelist
dir /b  *  >  irfanview_file_list.TXT
i_view32.exe /filelist=irfanview_file_list.TXT  /thumbs

goto end:


:allfiles (current directory)
:: . = .., .\ = . (don't ask me why?)
:: i_view32.exe     .\   /filepattern=*  /thumbs
i_view32.exe        .\                   /thumbs

goto end:


:end

[void]

One way to do this in Everything is with a bookmark:

Set the bookmark search to:

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/export -selection-only -txt c:\myprog\myfilelist.txt 
/run "c:\myprog\myprog.exe" -filelist "c:\myprog\myfilelist.txt"

/export -txt <filename> requires Everything 1.5.0.1401a or later.
/export -txt <filename> requires enabling all search commands.
/run requires enabling all search commands.


/export
/run