AboutBox1.cs

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ namespace PDF_Merge
                         return titleAttribute.Title;
                     }
                 }
-                return System.IO.Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().CodeBase);
+                return Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().CodeBase);
             }
         }
 

App.config

@@ -7,5 +7,7 @@
 		<add key ="PDF-Extension" value=".pdf"/>
 		<add key="overwrite" value="true"/>
 		<add key="appendDate" value="false"/>
+		<add key ="dateFormat" value="yyyy-MM-dd"/>
+		<add key="dateIndex" value="0"/>
 	</appSettings>
 </configuration>

ConfForm.Designer.cs

@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ namespace PDF_Merge
         /// </summary>
         private void InitializeComponent()
         {
-            saveBtn = new Button();
-            cancelBtn = new Button();
+            SaveBtn = new Button();
+            CancelBtn = new Button();
             sourceBox = new TextBox();
             outputBox = new TextBox();
             folderBrowserDialog1 = new FolderBrowserDialog();
@@ -44,27 +44,28 @@ namespace PDF_Merge
             FileNameBox = new TextBox();
             fileExtlabel = new Label();
             appendDatecheckBox = new CheckBox();
+            dateFormatOpts = new ComboBox();
             SuspendLayout();
             // 
-            // saveBtn
+            // SaveBtn
             // 
-            saveBtn.Location = new Point(327, 227);
-            saveBtn.Name = "saveBtn";
-            saveBtn.Size = new Size(112, 34);
-            saveBtn.TabIndex = 0;
-            saveBtn.Text = "Save";
-            saveBtn.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
-            saveBtn.Click += saveBtn_Click;
+            SaveBtn.Location = new Point(327, 227);
+            SaveBtn.Name = "SaveBtn";
+            SaveBtn.Size = new Size(112, 34);
+            SaveBtn.TabIndex = 0;
+            SaveBtn.Text = "Save";
+            SaveBtn.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
+            SaveBtn.Click += SaveBtn_Click;
             // 
-            // cancelBtn
+            // CancelBtn
             // 
-            cancelBtn.Location = new Point(193, 227);
-            cancelBtn.Name = "cancelBtn";
-            cancelBtn.Size = new Size(112, 34);
-            cancelBtn.TabIndex = 1;
-            cancelBtn.Text = "Cancel";
-            cancelBtn.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
-            cancelBtn.Click += cancelBtn_Click;
+            CancelBtn.Location = new Point(193, 227);
+            CancelBtn.Name = "CancelBtn";
+            CancelBtn.Size = new Size(112, 34);
+            CancelBtn.TabIndex = 1;
+            CancelBtn.Text = "Cancel";
+            CancelBtn.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
+            CancelBtn.Click += CancelBtn_Click;
             // 
             // sourceBox
             // 
@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@ namespace PDF_Merge
             sourceDirBtn.TabIndex = 7;
             sourceDirBtn.Text = "...";
             sourceDirBtn.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
-            sourceDirBtn.Click += sourceDirBtn_Click;
+            sourceDirBtn.Click += SourceDirBtn_Click;
             // 
             // outPathBtn
             // 
@@ -128,7 +129,7 @@ namespace PDF_Merge
             outPathBtn.TabIndex = 8;
             outPathBtn.Text = "...";
             outPathBtn.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
-            outPathBtn.Click += outPathBtn_Click;
+            outPathBtn.Click += OutPathBtn_Click;
             // 
             // FileLable
             // 
@@ -164,12 +165,23 @@ namespace PDF_Merge
             appendDatecheckBox.TabIndex = 12;
             appendDatecheckBox.Text = "Append Date";
             appendDatecheckBox.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
+            appendDatecheckBox.CheckedChanged += AppendDatecheckBox_CheckedChanged;
+            // 
+            // dateFormatOpts
+            // 
+            dateFormatOpts.FormattingEnabled = true;
+            dateFormatOpts.Items.AddRange(new object[] { "yyyy-MM-dd", "MM-dd-yyyy" });
+            dateFormatOpts.Location = new Point(321, 188);
+            dateFormatOpts.Name = "dateFormatOpts";
+            dateFormatOpts.Size = new Size(182, 33);
+            dateFormatOpts.TabIndex = 13;
             // 
             // ConfForm
             // 
             AutoScaleDimensions = new SizeF(10F, 25F);
             AutoScaleMode = AutoScaleMode.Font;
-            ClientSize = new Size(500, 282);
+            ClientSize = new Size(546, 282);
+            Controls.Add(dateFormatOpts);
             Controls.Add(appendDatecheckBox);
             Controls.Add(fileExtlabel);
             Controls.Add(FileNameBox);
@@ -181,8 +193,8 @@ namespace PDF_Merge
             Controls.Add(sourceLabel);
             Controls.Add(outputBox);
             Controls.Add(sourceBox);
-            Controls.Add(cancelBtn);
-            Controls.Add(saveBtn);
+            Controls.Add(CancelBtn);
+            Controls.Add(SaveBtn);
             Name = "ConfForm";
             Text = "Configure";
             ResumeLayout(false);
@@ -191,8 +203,8 @@ namespace PDF_Merge
 
         #endregion
 
-        private Button saveBtn;
-        private Button cancelBtn;
+        private Button SaveBtn;
+        private Button CancelBtn;
         private TextBox sourceBox;
         private TextBox outputBox;
         private FolderBrowserDialog folderBrowserDialog1;
@@ -205,5 +217,6 @@ namespace PDF_Merge
         private TextBox FileNameBox;
         private Label fileExtlabel;
         private CheckBox appendDatecheckBox;
+        private ComboBox dateFormatOpts;
     }
 }

ConfForm.cs

@@ -21,12 +21,24 @@ namespace PDF_Merge
             string outputPath = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["PDF-Output"];
             string outputName = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["PDF-Name"];
             string outputExt = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["PDF-Extension"];
+            string dateIndex = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["dateIndex"];
+
+            int dateIndexValue;
+
+            bool indexSet = int.TryParse(dateIndex, out dateIndexValue);
+            if (indexSet)
+            {
+                dateFormatOpts.SelectedIndex = dateIndexValue;
+            } else
+            {
+                dateFormatOpts.SelectedIndex = 0;
+            }
 
             sourceBox.Text = sourcePath;
             outputBox.Text = outputPath;
             FileNameBox.Text = outputName;
             fileExtlabel.Text = outputExt;
-
+            
             if (ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["overwrite"] == true.ToString())
             {
                 overrideCBox.Checked = true;
@@ -35,21 +47,23 @@ namespace PDF_Merge
             {
                 overrideCBox.Checked = false;
             }
-            if (ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["appendDate"] == true.ToString() )
+            if (ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["appendDate"] == true.ToString())
             {
                 appendDatecheckBox.Checked = true;
-            } else
+            }
+            else
             {
                 appendDatecheckBox.Checked = false;
             }
+            CheckAppend();
         }
 
-        private void cancelBtn_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
+        private void CancelBtn_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
         {
             this.Close();
         }
 
-        private void saveBtn_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
+        private void SaveBtn_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
         {
             Configuration appConfig = ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration(ConfigurationUserLevel.None);
             AppSettingsSection appSettings = appConfig.AppSettings;
@@ -79,12 +93,14 @@ namespace PDF_Merge
             }
             appSettings.Settings["overwrite"].Value = overrideCBox.Checked.ToString();
             appSettings.Settings["appendDate"].Value = appendDatecheckBox.Checked.ToString();
+            appSettings.Settings["dateFormat"].Value = dateFormatOpts.SelectedItem.ToString();
+            appSettings.Settings["dateIndex"].Value = dateFormatOpts.SelectedIndex.ToString();
             appConfig.Save(ConfigurationSaveMode.Modified);
             ConfigurationManager.RefreshSection("appSettings");
             this.Close();
         }
 
-        private void sourceDirBtn_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
+        private void SourceDirBtn_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
         {
             using (var SourceDirPicker = new FolderBrowserDialog())
             {
@@ -105,7 +121,7 @@ namespace PDF_Merge
             }
         }
 
-        private void outPathBtn_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
+        private void OutPathBtn_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
         {
             using (var OutPathPicker = new FolderBrowserDialog())
             {
@@ -117,5 +133,21 @@ namespace PDF_Merge
                 }
             }
         }
+
+        private void AppendDatecheckBox_CheckedChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
+        {
+            CheckAppend();
+        }
+        private void CheckAppend()
+        {
+            if (appendDatecheckBox.Checked)
+            {
+                dateFormatOpts.Visible = true;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                dateFormatOpts.Visible = false;
+            }
+        }
     }
 }

MergePDFs.cs

@@ -81,7 +81,8 @@
         public static string GetDate()
         {
             DateTime date = DateTime.Now;
-            return date.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd");
+            string dateFormat = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["dateFormat"];
+            return date.ToString(dateFormat);
         }
     }
    

PDF-Merge.csproj

@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="PDFsharp" Version="6.1.1" />
-    <PackageReference Include="QuestPDF" Version="2024.7.1" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>