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Enable user to use %DATETIME% as variable in filename/file path #55

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3 changes: 3 additions & 0 deletions PdfScribe/App.config
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<!-- This will slow things down because another pass will be made through the postscript file - set it to "False" unless needed -->
<value>True</value>
</setting>
<setting name="DatetimeFormat" serializeAs="String">
<value>yyyy_MM_dd_HH_mm_ss</value>
</setting>
</PdfScribe.Properties.Settings>
</applicationSettings>
</configuration>
18 changes: 17 additions & 1 deletion PdfScribe/Program_2.cs
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private static String GetOutputFilename()
{
String outputFilename = Path.GetFullPath(Environment.ExpandEnvironmentVariables(Properties.Settings.Default.OutputFile));
string rawFilename = Properties.Settings.Default.OutputFile;

if (rawFilename.Contains("%DATETIME%"))
{
string format = Properties.Settings.Default.DatetimeFormat;
if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(format))
{
format = "yyyy_MM_dd_HH_mm_ss"; // Fallback
}

string datetimeString = DateTime.Now.ToString(format);
rawFilename = rawFilename.Replace("%DATETIME%", datetimeString);
}

string outputFilename = Path.GetFullPath(Environment.ExpandEnvironmentVariables(rawFilename));

// Check if there are any % characters -
// even though it's a legal Windows filename character,
// it is a special character to Ghostscript
if (outputFilename.Contains("%"))
throw new ArgumentException("OutputFile setting contains % character.");

return outputFilename;
}

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11 changes: 10 additions & 1 deletion PdfScribe/Properties/Settings.Designer.cs
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3 changes: 3 additions & 0 deletions PdfScribe/Properties/Settings.settings
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<Setting Name="StripNoRedistill" Type="System.Boolean" Scope="Application">
<Value Profile="(Default)">True</Value>
</Setting>
<Setting Name="DatetimeFormat" Type="System.String" Scope="Application">
<Value Profile="(Default)">yyyy_MM_dd_HH_mm_ss</Value>
</Setting>
</Settings>
</SettingsFile>