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Can "Copy from items with same name" be made to work?

davidww1
Media Pro includes a script called "Copy from items with same name". Its stated purpose is to copy annotations from one file to another with the same name but a different suffix, so for instance a file named "IMG_1177.JPG" would have all its annotations automatically copied to Media Pro's record of a file named "IMG_1177.CR2".

This works for pairs of files, but the little documentation that exists suggests that you should be able to select all the files in a Media Pro catalogue and have the annotations copied from every file in the catalogue to its respective twin. Am I mis-reading the capabilities of this script? Has anyone succeeded in making it operate in this way?

Thank you for your help.

David
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  • Daniel2
    Is it so difficult to try?
    There is no risk as long as you not save the catalog and does not sync in files.
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  • davidww1
    That I have tried copying annotations across multiple pairs of files and not achieved what I was looking for seems implicit in the request for remedial ideas. I tried, nothing happened.

    Moving right along, what I have so far discovered is that:
    - it copies from the first image in the catalogue, pastes to the second, so if you have a catalogue that is in alphabetical order, which places "IMG_1177.CR2", with no annotations, before "IMG_1177.JPG", which has annotations, you will get two image files with no annotations. Not helpful. To get two files with annotations in this situation, you must invert the sort order.
    - if you select more than one pair of images, the first pair have the annotations copied, while the remainder remain unchanged. I wouldn't mind this if the script could be assigned a key command, but I can't figure out how to do this.
    - if you go back to the last version of IVMP (a copy of which resides on my old PPC laptop, retained as a music server), you get the same result as with the current Media Pro, so the function has never been particularly useful.
    - a fellow named Beardsworth has published a script that performs the desired function, but it's PC-based, not Mac, and so no help.

    Any other thoughts?

    David
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  • Daniel2
    [quote="davidww1" wrote:
    I tried, nothing happened.

    Of course, the script is buggy.
    I am the author of this script, I had offered it to iView, Microsoft has tinkered, P1 has not verified.

    Try this one:
    http://dl.free.fr/vY3zgyznF

    Preferably select items with annotations sources.
    Select all works also.

    PS: Mister P1, don't be autistic, tell if you want help 🙄
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  • davidww1
    Formidable. Works like a charm. Thank you very much.

    Is iView OnLine your site?

    David
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  • NN228802UL
    [quote="Daniel2" wrote:
    [quote="davidww1" wrote:
    I tried, nothing happened.

    Of course, the script is buggy.
    I am the author of this script, I had offered it to iView, Microsoft has tinkered, P1 has not verified.

    Try this one:
    http://dl.free.fr/vY3zgyznF

    Preferably select items with annotations sources.
    Select all works also.

    PS: Mister P1, don't be autistic, tell if you want help 🙄


    I would love to have a copy of this script (it is no more on dl.free.fr).

    Thank You
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  • Daniel2
    New link:
    Copy_from_Items_with_Same_Name.zip
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  • rmoorlag
    On my Win 7 machine with EM2 the original script does only work for small sets of images so i wanted to try this one. However, it seems to be only compatible with Mac?

    Roelof
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  • Daniel2
    Sorry, it is Mac only 😕
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  • rmoorlag
    Ok, thanks.
    EM does work on my macbook pro (maverick) neither...
    Roelof
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  • NN228802UL
    [quote="Daniel2" wrote:
    New link:
    Copy_from_Items_with_Same_Name.zip


    Thank you.
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