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#41

Tips and Tricks / [Tip] Search for text in the c...

Last post by Paul (Lead Developer) - May 27, 2026, 10:00:31 PM

Sometimes you are looking at an image (or folder/window) that has a lot of text, and you need to know if certain text is in it. For documents, you'd normally use the search function with the document's app, but for viewed images or a folder/window this isn't possible. This action, when bound to a hotkey, will search the current folder, image or window for the text you specify. Just press the hotkey when the item is active, and enter the text to find. You will then be told if the text is present or not (the action can't highlight or select the text for you).

Note: This action uses Windows OCR, so any failure to find the text is due to Windows (the OS) and not AlomWare Toolbox.

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HOW TO USE: Copy from Start to End, and then paste into an action.
REFERENCE : See an example of pasting at alomware.com/paste.png
0001 Alert: Ask for a line of text "Search for this text:"
0002 Window: Assign active ""
0003 Window: Set windoc$ variable ""
0004 Action: Do this block if "windoc$<>blank$"
0005  Image: Assign "windoc$"
0006  Data: Assign "image"
0007 Action: End of block ""
0008 Action: Do this block if "windoc$=blank$"
0009  Image: Assign "window"
0010  Data: Assign "window"
0011 Action: End of block ""
0012 Action: Match case "0"
0013 String: Assign from assigned image ""
0014 Action: Do next step if "string$?alert$"
0015  String: Assign "The data$ DOES contain "alert$"."
0016 Action: Do next step if "string$!alert$"
0017  String: Assign "The data$ does NOT contain "alert$"."
0018 Alert: Show a message "string$"
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#42

Tips and Tricks / Re: [Tip] Find image file in a...

Last post by Paul (Lead Developer) - May 27, 2026, 09:55:55 PM

I just added step 15 to the action in my original post. It pops up a message when the search is complete.

#43

Tips and Tricks / Re: [Tip] Find image file in a...

Last post by Xoannon - May 27, 2026, 07:31:00 PM

Very nice. Sometimes it takes a while with hundreds of images, which I know you said. But if there's no match then I don't know when the action has finished. Can we be notified when the search is done?

#44

Bug Reports / Re: [Fixed] File rename bug

Last post by Xoannon - May 27, 2026, 07:27:38 PM

Thx. Fix confirmed as working.

#45

Tips and Tricks / [Tip] Find image in a folder t...

Last post by Paul (Lead Developer) - May 26, 2026, 11:13:03 PM

Sometimes you may have a folder full of images and you need to find one that has specific text in it. This action, when bound to a hotkey, will search the text in all images of a folder (but not sub-folders) and open the first image it finds with the specified text. Just press the hotkey when a folder is active to start. Be aware that a lot of very large images in a folder can make this take a while to resolve.

Note: This action uses Windows OCR, so any failure to find the text is due to Windows (the OS) and not AlomWare Toolbox.

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HOW TO USE: Copy from Start to End, and then paste into an action.
REFERENCE : See an example of pasting at alomware.com/paste.png
0001 Folder: Assign active ""
0002 Action: Continue if "folder$<>blank$"
0003 Action: Allow failure messages "0"
0004 Action: Match case "0"
0005 Alert: Ask for a line of text "Open all images containing this text:"
0006 Folder: Set file processing filter ".bmp,.gif,.ico,.jpg,.jpeg,.pcx,.png,.psd,.psp,.tga,.tif,.tiff"
0007 Folder: Start of file processing ""
0008   Image: Assign "folder$name$"
0009   String: Assign from assigned image ""
0010   Action: Do this block if "string$?alert$"
0011   Computer: App launch "folder$name$"
0012   Action: Finish ""
0013   Action: End of block ""
0014 Folder: End of file processing ""
0015 Alert: Show a message "Image search is complete and no matches were found."
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#46

General Discussion / Re: Thinking of buying

Last post by Paul (Lead Developer) - May 23, 2026, 05:17:02 PM

Any hints on what's on the roadmap?

Missed this question in your post (sorry!). Just released v8.0.0.2, so see the "Changes" link at the home page.

#47

Bug Reports / Re: File rename bug

Last post by Paul (Lead Developer) - May 23, 2026, 05:15:11 PM

Fixed, and v8.0.0.2 has just been released.

#48

Bug Reports / [Fixed] File rename bug

Last post by Xoannon - May 23, 2026, 03:54:29 PM

I'm using the file rename mod for numbering up some files but they're stuck in single digits which results in a clash. Can you test it and see?

#49

Tips and Tricks / Re: [Tip] Auto-move the "Run" ...

Last post by Paul (Lead Developer) - May 22, 2026, 09:48:37 PM

Phew! I'm just glad it's not a bug that I needed to investigate.

#50

Tips and Tricks / Re: [Tip] Auto-move the "Run" ...

Last post by oblivion - May 22, 2026, 05:57:53 PM

So you know the option is "type these keys?"

I was using the "dos command" option.

Sorry. It works as advertised. It's ME who doesn't.