List all Notepad++ documents

[scriptor2016]

Hi, I'm wondering if anyone knows if it's possible to get a list of all documents (tabs) loaded into Notepad++?


I have some code that allows me to get a list of all Photoshop documents using COM, and was hoping I could just adjust the code to do the same in Notepad++, but so far I haven't found any way to interact with Notepad++ via COM.

Without COM, does anyone know if there's another way to get a list?

[Odlanir]

Try this:

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;~ FileRead, xml, C:\Documents and Settings\%A_UserName%\Application Data	; for Win XP
FileRead, xml, C:\Users\%A_UserName%\AppData\Roaming\Notepad++\session.xml	; for Win 7
while RegExMatch(xml, "m`aiO)(?<=filename="")(.*)(?=""\s+back*)", num, A_Index = 1 ? 1 : num.Pos + num.Len)
	str .= num.value "`n"
msgbox % str

[scriptor2016]

the messagebox is blank - but I see where this code is going.


This is very close...

[Odlanir]

Maybe if you manually open the xml file you can see the format and accomodate the regex to suit your needs.
This is my xml file which gave me the expected result.

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<NotepadPlus>
    <Session activeView="0">
        <mainView activeIndex="2">
            <File firstVisibleLine="0" xOffset="0" scrollWidth="870" startPos="108" endPos="108" selMode="0" lang="AutoHotkey" encoding="-1" filename="D:\Sorgenti\AutoHotKey\Scripts\Capslock_NEW.ahk" backupFilePath="C:\Users\Me\AppData\Roaming\Notepad++\backup\Capslock_NEW.ahk@2018-02-24_133123" originalFileLastModifTimestamp="1519463408" mapFirstVisibleDisplayLine="-1" mapFirstVisibleDocLine="-1" mapLastVisibleDocLine="-1" mapNbLine="-1" mapHigherPos="-1" mapWidth="-1" mapHeight="-1" mapKByteInDoc="6881280" mapWrapIndentMode="-1" mapIsWrap="no" />
            <File firstVisibleLine="3" xOffset="0" scrollWidth="28530" startPos="0" endPos="0" selMode="0" lang="XML" encoding="-1" filename="C:\Program Files\Notepad++\userDefineLang_AHK.xml" backupFilePath="" originalFileLastModifTimestamp="1519470161" mapFirstVisibleDisplayLine="-1" mapFirstVisibleDocLine="-1" mapLastVisibleDocLine="-1" mapNbLine="-1" mapHigherPos="-1" mapWidth="-1" mapHeight="-1" mapKByteInDoc="16776960" mapWrapIndentMode="-1" mapIsWrap="no" />
            <File firstVisibleLine="8299" xOffset="0" scrollWidth="72891" startPos="809198" endPos="809198" selMode="0" lang="Testo normale" encoding="-1" filename="D:\Sorgenti\AutoHotKey\Scripts\TraceBytes.exe" backupFilePath="" originalFileLastModifTimestamp="1321636664" mapFirstVisibleDisplayLine="-1" mapFirstVisibleDocLine="-1" mapLastVisibleDocLine="-1" mapNbLine="-1" mapHigherPos="-1" mapWidth="-1" mapHeight="-1" mapKByteInDoc="9812" mapWrapIndentMode="-1" mapIsWrap="no" />
        </mainView>
        <subView activeIndex="0" />
    </Session>
</NotepadPlus>

[scriptor2016]

thanks... let me look into this. My xml is very similar, it does indeed show the tabs which are open upon the most recent launching of Notepad++. I should be able to adjust the regex to get the titles.

I'm looking to build a listview which will show all of the tabs currently loaded into Notepad++, and then activate a particular tab when its corresponding title is clicked on inside the listview. I think this is probably a tall order but like I said, I have a Photoshop script which does just that, so I'm hoping to borrow from it to make this happen.

Don't know about you, but I hate the left-to-right tab titles at the top of a Notepad++ document, especially when say, 20 or more are loaded - which then requires you to click those small left/right arrow buttons to scroll that list horizontally - totally annoying. There should be a built in vertical list instead of those horizontal tab buttons. I know you can go to File/%documenttitle%, but I find that tedious as well - and, it doesn't show all titles if your current screen mode in Notepad++ is split horizontally (a few documents on the left pane, and a few more on the right pane)

[Guest]

There should be a built in vertical list instead of those horizontal tab buttons.

Actually, there is:
Menu: Settings > Preferences > General tab : Enable Show Document List Panel
If the document list is not visible, drag the left border of the Notepad++ window to the right.
After selecting your document, you can drag to the left to hide it again.

[Eureka]

There should be a built in vertical list instead of those horizontal tab buttons.

Actually, there is:
Menu: Settings > Preferences > General tab : Enable Show Document List Panel
If the document list is not visible, drag the left border of the Notepad++ window to the right.
After selecting your document, you can drag to the left to hide it again.

Sorry, forgot to log in ..

[scriptor2016]

oh man, thank-you Eureka!! That's exactly what I need!! Wasn't aware it was there

[JiazeFelipeX]

Try this:

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;~ FileRead, xml, C:\Documents and Settings\%A_UserName%\Application Data	; for Win XP
FileRead, xml, C:\Users\%A_UserName%\AppData\Roaming\Notepad++\session.xml	; for Win 7
while RegExMatch(xml, "m`aiO)(?<=filename="")(.*)(?=""\s+back*)", num, A_Index = 1 ? 1 : num.Pos + num.Len)
	str .= num.value "`n"
msgbox % str

The answer was correct, but there was a small mistake as the ternary operator in the while loop should read:

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A_Index == 1 ? 1 : num.Pos + num.Len

In other words, you forgot to use the equality operator, as you have used the assignment operator.