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Subject: Re: [TMG] Again -- When Version 5
Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2001 20:09:46 EST
In a message dated 11/30/2001 1:39:18 PM Pacific Standard Time,
writes:
> As just one example, I have been waiting years to be able to add my exhibits
> to TMG but have been stymied by the 8-bit name problem. I have 100s of
> family images on my hard drive, and they have stringent naming rules to sort
> them in a way that I can find the image. For instance, one image file is
> named 'ZORKOs 1906 Leopold 1880 Frances 1875.tif'. This is a picture of the
> Zorko family taken in 1906 of Leopold born 1880 and Frances born 1875. In
> TMG's exhibit window, this appears ZORKOs~1. Since I have 12 images
> beginning ZORKOs, the problem is obvious. Not only that, but TMG sorts the
> files in a different order than Windows Explorer so I can't just count and
> say it's the 3rd files down.
>
Mike,
Why don't you use tag's instead of attaching the exhibit. I had waited as you
did because I didn't want to have to change the exhibits path if I moved the
file and also my laptop and my desktop have differnt drives for the CD, etc.
etc. etc.
It was suggested by someone (bless them) to create a photo tag. In the tag I
enter a description of the photo and put the the path of the file. I put the
the entire memo in "< >" so I can search on it with my word processor and
determine if I want that photo. If I know the date of the photo I enter that
if not I use a sort date to enter about where I think it should be. I don't
really have to worry about a path name change because the subdirectory for
the photo will be the same even if the main directory doesn't. e.g. I just
scanned my mother's black photo album and all the photos are in a
/graphic/graphics/black_album/ directory. I plan to move them to a CD but
they will still be in a black_album directory. But in your case it sounds
like the name is really all you need.
I guess the downside is you can't view the photo in TMG. That's not something
I would do IAC so it's no problem for me.
Patt Ricketts
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