Renaming container field file contents

[SlimJim]

I have a container field which contains a reference to a file on the hard disk. I have written a simple script using a custom dialog which will allow me to rename the file on the disk. I would now like to update the container field to point to the renamed file. Is it possible to do this without going through the insert file dialog?

[pietschker]

You can write the refernce into the container field with a normal "Set Field" command (Set Field[ <containerfield>; "image:<filespec>] ), from a script or from a Replace command.

Thus, if you can calculate the new name from the old, no problem. Otherwise, you could build a reference table (old name to new name) and use it to get the new name when running a script.