Filename to Title Script change - removing "-"

[chrisstitch]

Filename to title script is just what I've been looking for to title the 6,000 images on my web site.
They are all named "make-item-code.jpg" though and I would like to replace the "-" with a " ".

As it's my first time playing with JavaScript I'm finding it hard going!
I've tried butchering the script as below but I don't really know what I'm doing.
Can anyone help please?

Chris

for ( var i = 0; i < thumbs.length; i++ )
{ thumb = thumbs;

   md = thumb.synchronousMetadata;

   md.namespace ="http://ns.adobe.com/photoshop/1.0/";

   var thumb2 = thumb.replace(/\-/g," ");


   md.Title = thumb2.name;
   
}

[johnbeardy]

Chris,

This should help. It's a hack of one of the scripts at http://www.beardsworth.co.uk/lightroom/scripts-for-bridge/

In your code, you seem to be pointing to the thumbnail, then trying to parse it directly. In mine I show how I point to the thumb, then pull out its file name, then replace it.

John

Code:

f2xCommand .onSelect = function(m)
{
var getFolderChildren = true  ;
var filesOnly = true ;
var thumbs = app.document.selections;   

for ( var i = 0; i < thumbs.length; i++ )
{ thumb = thumbs[i];
   md = thumb.synchronousMetadata;
   md.namespace ="http://ns.adobe.com/photoshop/1.0/";
   var fileArray = thumb.name.split(".");

str = fileArray[0]
strNew = str.replace("_"," ")
                 md.Title =strNew ; 


}
   Window.alert ("Done " + i + " records");
};

[chrisstitch]

John

The script replaced the first dash and even I could easily hack it to replace all the dashes.

It took me only 15 minutes to alter all the 6k images in their folders rather than a couple of days manually.

Many thanks,

Chris

[amada]

Hello John:  does your script Set Filename to Title work with CS5 Bridge?  I tried to copy and paste it from CS4 and could not make it work. I sent you an email before discovering this thread in DAM FORUMS. Sorry.  Amada