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reference:scripting_reference:scripting_objects:getnewnamedata

If a rename script is implemented using the OnGetNewName method, it receives a GetNewNameData object for each item being renamed.

Property Name Return Type Description

custom

object:CustomFieldData 

Returns a CustomFieldData object which provides the values of any custom fields your script added to the Rename dialog.

item

object:Item

Returns an Item object representing the file or folder being renamed.

newname

string

Returns the proposed new name of the item. This will be the result of the application of any selected standard options in the rename dialog (numbering, capitalization, etc).

newname_ext

string

Returns the file extension of the proposed new name. Does not take multi-part extensions into account (e.g. will return ".rar" rather than ".part1.rar").

newname_ext_m

string

Returns the file extension of the proposed new name, taking multi-part extensions into account (e.g. will return ".part1.rar" rather than ".rar").

newname_field

string

Returns the contents of the New Name field (that is, not the calculated new name after all the options have been applied, but the actual text contents of the field as entered by the user).

newname_stem

string

Returns the file stem of the proposed new name. Does not take multi-part extensions into account (e.g. will return "catpictures.part1" rather than "catpictures").

newname_stem_m 

string

Returns the file stem of the proposed new name, taking multi-part extensions into account (e.g. will return "catpictures" rather than "catpictures.part1").

oldname_field

string

Returns the "old name" pattern as entered by the user in the rename dialog.

preview

bool

Returns True if the script is being called to generate a preview for the rename dialog, False if the file is being renamed for real.

tab

object:Tab

Returns a Tab object representing the tab the rename operation is taking place in. If there is no tab, returns False instead.