Button bar - Set window title

[petermad]

13.05.22 Added: Button bar: Set window title of the bar to the name of the bar file (without path) (32/64)

Can anybody explain how this is supposed to work - Where am I supposed to see that title?

[Gral]

You can see this e.g. using Task Manager filesystem plugin - http://gral.y0.pl/tc/buttonbartitle.png

P.S. This is what it looks in old versions - http://gral.y0.pl/tc/buttonbartitleold.png

[petermad]

2Gral
Thanks - apart from that - what practical use does it have?

[ghisler(Author)]

Scripting?

[nsp]

Scripting?

Do you plan to provide a lua/vb scripting API ?

[ghisler(Author)]

No, a scripting language limited to just Total Commander would not be very useful. Use a tool like AutoHotkey instead, there are many samples in our Wiki on how to use it with Total Commander:
https://www.ghisler.ch/wiki/index.php?title=AutoHotkey

[Vochomurka]

PowerPro script

[Fla$her]

a scripting language limited to just Total Commander would not be very useful.

And what about the OLE/COM object model for vbs/js/wsf developers, so that they can work in TC window without dll-registration? This is done, for example, in AkelPad and some other programs.

[ghisler(Author)]

Personally I find OLE/COM terrible. There are so many ways to make mistakes, especially the reference counting. Some programs forget to release an interface, causing memory leaks, and others try to release them too many times, causing crashes. The DLL model is much cleaner, as well as the SendMessage model.

[Fla$her]

There are so many ways to make mistakes, especially the reference counting.

What do you mean?

Some programs forget to release an interface, causing memory leaks, and others try to release them too many times, causing crashes.

What programs are you talking about? Windows has only 2 interpreter programs: wscript.exe and cscript.exe. They release memory perfectly after completion.

An important advantage is the frequent absence of the need to use third-party interpreters that take a space. Plus a simple and beginner-friendly syntax.