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#91

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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#92

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.

#93

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.

#94

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?

#95

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.

#96

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.

[{back}]

#97

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

Last post by Paul (Lead Developer) - May 22, 2026, 11:22:09 AM

Hi Oblivion. Does it work with any other keys, like {back} instead of {delete}? Can you also try {clear} to see if it clears the Run box's field? Or maybe it works with this combo: {ctrldown}a{ctrlup}{delete}.

[cmd]

#98

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

Last post by oblivion - May 22, 2026, 03:21:12 AM

I like the idea of this, it never occurred to me that I might want the Run box to be somewhere other than the default but now I wonder why it never occurred to me to consider it!

However -- sorry! -- the {delete} thing doesn't work for me. I tried the extra delay option and I also tried putting {z200} before the {delete} in case that'd be actioned, but doesn't work.

If I do Win-R and press Delete, it clears the current selection as expected, so it certainly should work.

I should probably say that I don't particularly need this element to work, I was just playing with it! (Although 9 times out of 10, if I hit Win-R the next thing is going to be cmd so a halfway house where I had a run box with cmd typed and ready for me to hit enter is now in my head!)

GrahamB -- this happens. I ask Paul something, he gives me a solution and before I know it I'm bouncing cheerfully down a rabbithole and ending up with Useful Stuff I never envisaged at the outset. It's all Paul's fault, naturally.

#99

Help and Support / Re: Kill and restart a hung ap...

Last post by Paul (Lead Developer) - May 21, 2026, 11:10:20 PM

You can do it with a hotkey set to an action like this:

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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 Computer: Terminate process "firefox.exe"
0002 Wait: For milliseconds to pass "500"
0003 Computer: App launch "firefox.exe"
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Which looks like this in the "Automation" tab for the action:



Note that in step 3 of the action, the path to the process ("firefox.exe") isn't needed because Firefox is officially installed. So with portable apps, or apps that aren't installed via a "Setup.exe" file, you will need to include the path to the exe in step 3 as well.

#100

Help and Support / Kill and restart a hung app

Last post by GrahamB - May 21, 2026, 04:40:56 PM

Sometimes Firefox on my PC locks up with YouTube and I'd like a quick way to kill and restart it. Is there an easy way to do it without opening Task Manager or right clicking its task bar button?