Created function to consolidate comps, initial implementation ready, but I intend to perform more exhaustive checks to compare the comps before replacing.

wc_helper.jsx

@@ -24,22 +24,24 @@
         var fourthButton = "<< test >>";
         var win = (thisObj instanceof Panel)? thisObj : new Window('palette', windowTitle);
             win.spacing = 0;
-            win.margins = 4;
+            win.margins = 1;
             var myArtistGroup = win.add ("group");
-                artistNameLabel= myArtistGroup.add("statictext");
+                var artistNameLabel= myArtistGroup.add("statictext");
-                artistName= myArtistGroup.add("statictext");
+                win.artistName= myArtistGroup.add("statictext");
-                artistRoleLabel= myArtistGroup.add("statictext");
+                var artistRoleLabel= myArtistGroup.add("statictext");
-                artistRole= myArtistGroup.add("dropdownlist",undefined,["Offline","Finishing"])
+                win.artistRole= myArtistGroup.add("dropdownlist",undefined,["Offline","Finishing"])
-                artistRole.selection = 0;
+                win.artistRole.selection = 0;
             artistNameLabel.text = "Artist:";
             artistRoleLabel.text = "Role:";
             //****//
             
-            artistName.text = system.callSystem("whoami");
+            win.artistName.text = system.callSystem("whoami");
             var myButtonGroup = win.add ("group");
                 myButtonGroup.spacing = 4;
                 myButtonGroup.margins = 0;
                 myButtonGroup.orientation = "row";
+                win.checkbox1 = myButtonGroup.add( "checkbox", undefined, "Dupli:")
+                win.checkbox1.value = true;
                 win.button1 = myButtonGroup.add ("button", undefined, firstButton);
                 win.button2 = myButtonGroup.add ("button", undefined, secondButton);
                 win.button3 = myButtonGroup.add ("button", undefined, thirdButton);
@@ -48,17 +50,19 @@
                 myButtonGroup.alignChildren = "center";
 
             win.button1.onClick = function(){
-                versionUpSelectedComps(1);
+                btnPlus1();
+                //versionUpSelectedComps(1);
             }
             win.button2.onClick = function(){
-                versionUpSelectedComps(0);
+                btnOwn();
             }
             win.button3.onClick = function(){
-                renderSelectedToProjectPath();
+                btnRender();
             }
 
              win.button4.onClick = function(){
-                test();
+                btnTest();
+                //alert( getItemByName( getTodayString() ));
             }
 
         win.layout.layout(true);
@@ -76,12 +80,12 @@
     }
 
     /* General functions */
-    function pad(n,i){ //pad n with ceroes up to i places.
+    w.pad = function ( n, i ){ //pad n with zeroes up to i places.
         if (String(n).length>=i){
             return String(n)
         }else{
-            dif = i- (String(n)).length;
+            var dif = i- (String(n)).length;
-            padding = "";
+            var padding = "";
             for (p=0;p<dif;p++){
                 padding = padding+"0"
             }
@@ -106,12 +110,14 @@
         return offlineRevCode.match(regex)[0];
     }
     function getTodayString(){
+
         dt = new Date();
-        y =  String(dt.getFullYear()).substring(2,4);
+
-        m = pad(dt.getMonth()+1,2);
+        var day = w.pad(dt.getDate(),2); //day of month 
-        d =  pad(dt.getDate(),2);
+        var month = w.pad(dt.getMonth()+1,2); //monnth 1-12
-        alert("m:"+m+"d:"+d+"y:"+y);
+        var year = w.pad(dt.getFullYear().toString().substr(2,4),2); //last 2 digits of year
-        todayString = String(m)+"_"+String(d)+"_"+String(y); 
+
+        todayString = String(month)+"_"+String(day)+"_"+String(year); 
         
         return todayString
     }
@@ -128,6 +134,20 @@
 
         return walkBranch
     }
+    function getItemByName( name ){
+        
+        var items = app.project.items;
+        var myItem = null;
+        
+        for ( var i = 1 ; i <= items.length ; i ++ ){
+            
+        var currentItem = items[i];
+             if ( currentItem.name == name ){
+                myItem = currentItem;
+            };
+        }
+        return myItem;
+    }
     /* Project Specific functions */
     function getOfflineRevCode( myComp ){
         
@@ -138,7 +158,7 @@
     }
     function getFinishingRevCode( myComp ){
         
-        var regex = /[0-9]{2}[a-z]{2}FIN/g; //Maixmum rev number 99
+        var regex = /[0-9]{2}[a-z]{2}[FINCHK]{3}/g; //Maixmum rev number 99
         var offlineRevCode = myComp.name.match(regex)[0];        
         return offlineRevCode;
     }
@@ -159,7 +179,7 @@
     function getArtistInitials(){
         
         //mac only for now ?
-        var userName = artistName.text;
+        var userName = w.artistName.text;
         
         //coder's exceptionalism
         if ( userName = "jperez" ){
@@ -181,11 +201,12 @@
 
     }
     function versionUpComp( myComp, inc ){
-        
+        role = w.artistRole;
-        if ( artistRole.selection.index == 0 ){
+
+        if ( role.selection.index == 0 ){
             //offline
             var revCode = getOfflineRevCode( myComp );
-        }else if ( artistRole.selection.index == 1 ){
+        }else if ( role.selection.index == 1 ){
             //finishing
             var revCode = getFinishingRevCode( myComp );
         }
@@ -197,10 +218,12 @@
         //var oldArtistInitials = offlineRevCode.substring(2,5);
 
         var newArtistInitials = getArtistInitials();
-        if ( artistRole.selection.index == 1 ){
+        role = w.artistRole;
+
+        if ( role.selection.index == 1 ){
             newArtistInitials = newArtistInitials+"FIN"
         }
-        myComp.name = splitName[0]+pad(ver+inc,2)+newArtistInitials+splitName[1] ;
+        myComp.name = splitName[0]+w.pad(ver+inc,2)+newArtistInitials+splitName[1] ;
     }
     function getOutputBasePath(){
 
@@ -314,7 +337,7 @@
 			}
 		}
     }
-    function test(){
+    function versiounUpTodaySelectedComps( inc ){
         var my_item = getSelectedProjectItems()[0];
 
         var t = getItemTrunk(my_item);
@@ -323,39 +346,304 @@
 
         var next_n // for folder creation
         var new_folder;
-
+        var date_pos
+        //create new folder under date folder's parent.
         for ( var i = 0 ; i < t.length ; i ++ )
         {   
-
             var date_search = t[i].name.search(date_re);
             
             if ( date_search == 0 )
             {
-                new_folder = t[i].parentFolder.items.addFolder( getTodayString() )               
+                var date_pos = i;
+                var date_string = getTodayString();
+                //Check if a dated folder already exists.
+                new_folder = getItemByName( date_string );
+                if ( new_folder == null ){
+                    new_folder = t[i].parentFolder.items.addFolder( date_string )               
+                }
             };
         }
-
+        //alert(date_search);
-        // for (var i = next_n-1 ; i >= 0 ; i -- ){
+        //create same branch structure as trunk under new date folder.
-        //     //alert( t[i+1].name + "/" + t[i].name )
+        var next_folder = new_folder;
-        //     //alert( new_folder.name );
+        for ( var i = date_pos-1 ; i >= 0 ; i -- )
-        //     if(i == next_n - 1){
+        {
-        //         t[i] = new_folder;
-        //     }
-        //     alert(t[i].name)
-        //         t[i+1].items.addFolder(t[i].name);
-        //     // var next_folder;
-        //     // if(i == next_n - 1){
-        //     //     next_folder = new_folder.items.addFolder( t[i].name );
-        //     // }else{
-        //     //     next_folder = next_folder.parentFolder
-        //     // }
             
-        //     // t[i-1].items.addFolder( t[i].name );
+            next_folder = next_folder.items.addFolder(t[i].name);
             
-            
+        }
-            
+        new_comp = my_item.duplicate();
-        //     //t[i+1].items.addFolder( t[i].name );
+        new_comp.name = my_item.name;
-        // }
+        versionUpComp( new_comp, inc );
+        new_comp.parentFolder = next_folder;
+        //my_item.selected = false;
+        //app.project.activeItem = new_comp;
+        new_comp.selected = true;
     }
 
+    /* UI Buttons */
+    function btnPlus1(){
+        var dupli = w.checkbox1.value == true; 
+        if ( dupli ){
+            versiounUpTodaySelectedComps( 1 );
+        }else{
+            versionUpSelectedComps( 1 );
+        }
+    }
+    function btnOwn(){
+        var dupli = w.checkbox1.value == true; 
+        if ( dupli ){
+            versiounUpTodaySelectedComps( 0 );
+        }else{
+            versionUpSelectedComps( 0 );
+        }
+    }
+
+    function btnRender(){
+        renderSelectedToProjectPath();
+    }
+
+    function btnTest(){
+        CompHerder = new CompHerder();
+        CompHerder.activate();
+        //alert("Nothing to test right now.")
+    }
+
+    ////
+
+
+
+
+function CompHerder()
+{
+    // this.info =
+    // {
+	// name : "CompHerder",
+	// version : 0.1,
+	// stage : "development",
+	// description : "Tool to manage project items.",
+	// url : "yorchnet.com"
+    // };
+    // this.appearence =
+    // {
+	// buttonHeight : 30,
+	// buttonWidth : 126
+    // };
+    // this.resources = 
+    // {
+	// icon : new File('yNet.png'),
+    // };
+    this.methods =
+    {
+	pad : function ( n , pad ) {
+		zeros = "";
+		for ( i = 0 ; i < pad ; i ++ )
+		{
+		    zeros+="0";
+		}
+		n = String(n);
+		padded = zeros.substr( 0, pad - n.length ) + String(n) ;
+		return padded
+	},
+	replace: function( items , string , newString ){
+	    for ( i = 0 ; i < items.length ; i ++ ){
+		var item = items[i];
+		item.name = item.name.replace( string , newString );
+	    }
+	    return true;
+	},
+	getSelectedProjectItems: function  (){
+	    var items = [];
+	    var p = app.project;
+	    for ( var i = 1 ; i <= p.numItems ; i ++ ){
+		var item = p.item(i);
+		if ( item.selected ){
+		    items.push(item);
+		}
+	    }
+	    //items = items.concat( app.project.activeItem.selectedItems );
+	    return items;
+	},
+	suffix: function ( items , suffix ){
+	    for ( i = 0 ; i < items.length ; i ++ ){
+		    var item = items[i];
+		    if ( item.name.search( suffix ) != (item.name.length - suffix.length) ){
+			item.name+= "_"+suffix;
+		    }
+		    
+		}
+		return true;
+	},
+	prefix : function( items , prefix ){
+		for ( i = 0 ; i < items.length ; i ++ )
+		{
+		    var item = items[i];
+		    if ( item.name.search( prefix ) != 0 ){
+			item.name = prefix + "_" + item.name;
+		    }
+		}
+		return true;
+	},
+	rename: function ( items , new_name ){
+	    for ( i = 0 ; i < items.length ; i ++ ){
+		var item = items[i];
+		item.name = new_name + "_" + i;
+	    }
+	
+	}
+	
+    }
+    this.init = function init()
+    {
+        
+	// this.btnLauyout = 
+	// "button\
+	//  {\
+	//     preferredSize: ['" + this.appearence.buttonWidth + "','" + this.appearence.buttonHeight + "'],\
+	//     text:'" + this.info.name + "',\
+	//     helpTip:'" + this.info.description + "'\
+	//  }";
+	
+	// this. res = 
+	//  "window\
+	// {\
+	//     type:'palette',\
+	//     text:'" + this.info.name + ' ' + this.info.ver + ' ' + this.info.stage + "',\
+	//     info: Group \
+	//     {\
+	// 	alignment:['center','bottom'],\
+	// 	icon: Image \
+	// 	{\
+	// 	    icon:'" + this.resources.icon.path + '/' + this.resources.icon.name + "',\
+	// 	    preferredSize: [15, 18]\
+	// 	},\
+	// 	website: StaticText\
+	// 	{\
+	// 	    text:'" + this.info.url + "',\
+	// 	    alignment:['fill','center']\
+	// 	},\
+	//     }\
+	// }";
+    }
+    this.createUI = function createUI( )
+    {
+	var myUI = this;
+	var res = 
+	"window { \
+	    text: 'CompHerder',\
+	    alignment: ['fill','fill'], \
+	    alignChildren: ['center','top'], \
+	    orientation: 'column', \
+	    resizeable: 'true',\
+	    tabs: Panel {\
+		type: 'tabbedpanel',\
+		alignment: ['fill','fill'], \
+		alignChildren: ['center','top'], \
+		search_tab: Panel {\
+		    type: 'tab',\
+		    text: 'Search & Replace',\
+		    orientation: 'column', \
+		    alignChildren: ['center','top'], \
+		    searchGrp: Group {\
+			alignment: ['fill','fill'], \
+			alignChildren: ['center','top'], \
+			orientation: 'column', \
+			searchString: EditText {text:'SEARCH FOR TEXT',alignment: ['fill','center']}, \
+		    },\
+		    replaceGrp: Group {\
+			alignment: ['fill','fill'], \
+			alignChildren: ['center','center'], \
+			orientation: 'column', \
+			replaceString: EditText {text:'REPLACE WITH TEXT',alignment: ['fill','center']}, \
+		    }\
+		    doItBtn: Button {text: 'Replace in selected Comps', alignment: ['center','center']} , \
+		}\
+		suprefix: Panel {\
+		    type: 'tab',\
+		    text: 'Suffix / Prefix',\
+		    orientation: 'column', \
+		    suprefixGrp: Group {\
+			alignment: ['fill','fill'], \
+			alignChildren: ['left','center'], \
+			orientation: 'column', \
+			pre:Group {\
+			    alignment: ['fill','fill'], \
+			    alignChildren: ['left','center'], \
+			    orientation: 'row', \
+			    prefixString: EditText {text:'PREFIX',alignment: ['fill','center']}, \
+			    prefixBtn: Button {text: 'Preffix'} , \
+			},\
+			su:Group{\
+			    alignment: ['fill','fill'], \
+			    alignChildren: ['left','center'], \
+			    orientation: 'row', \
+			    sufixString: EditText {text:'SUFIX',alignment: ['fill','center']}, \
+			    sufixBtn: Button {text: 'Sufix'} , \
+			}\
+		    },\
+		},\
+		rename_tab: Panel {\
+		    type: 'tab',\
+		    text: 'Rename',\
+		    renameGrp: Group {\
+			alignment: ['fill','fill'], \
+			alignChildren: ['left','center'], \
+			orientation: 'row', \
+			renameString: EditText {text:'NEW NAME',alignment: ['fill','center']}, \
+			renameBtn: Button {text: 'Rename'} ,\
+		    }\
+		}\
+	    },\
+	}";
+		
+	myUI.window = new Window( res );
+	myUI.window.layout.layout(true);
+
+	myUI.window.show();
+	
+	myUI.window.layout.onResizing = myUI.window.layout.onResize = function () { myUI.layout.resize();}
+	
+	//EVENT HANDLERS
+	myUI.window.tabs.search_tab.doItBtn.onClick = function(){
+	    var search_str = myUI.window.tabs.search_tab.searchGrp.searchString.text;
+	    var replace_str = myUI.window.tabs.search_tab.replaceGrp.replaceString.text;
+	    myUI.methods.replace( myUI.methods.getSelectedProjectItems() , search_str , replace_str );
+	};
+	
+	myUI.window.tabs.suprefix.suprefixGrp.pre.prefixBtn.onClick = function(){
+	    var pre = myUI.window.tabs.suprefix.suprefixGrp.pre.prefixString.text;
+	    myUI.methods.prefix( myUI.methods.getSelectedProjectItems() , pre );
+	};
+	
+	myUI.window.tabs.suprefix.suprefixGrp.su.sufixBtn.onClick = function(){
+	    var su = myUI.window.tabs.suprefix.suprefixGrp.su.sufixString.text;
+	    myUI.methods.suffix( myUI.methods.getSelectedProjectItems() , su );
+	};
+	
+	myUI.window.tabs.rename_tab.renameGrp.renameBtn.onClick = function(){
+	    var new_name = myUI.window.tabs.rename_tab.renameGrp.renameString.text;
+	    myUI.methods.rename( myUI.methods.getSelectedProjectItems() , new_name );
+	};
+	
+	return(this);
+    }
+    this.replaceInSelectedItems = function(){
+	var search_string = "GFX";
+	var replace_string = "VFX";
+    }
+    
+    this.activate = function activate()
+    {
+	    w = this.createUI();
+    }
+    
+    this.init();
+    return this;
+}
+
+
+
+
+    ////
+
 })(this);