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Lurcherjohn
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« on: October 25, 2013, 04:28:43 PM »
I've been playing with the search function and I find it is very useful. It's good the way it makes a new Search Result album that stays in the drop down even when you close.The search is very quick.
There are a couple of things that would improve it. It would be good if you could remove words from the search. At the moment if you change your mind/mistype/alter slightly you have to close the search down and start again with the blue binoculars.
It would be also very useful if search terms could be remembered and used with a drop down box to save using add each time and remind you what on earth you used to label things.
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« Reply #1 on: October 25, 2013, 05:57:05 PM »
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There are a couple of things that would improve it. It would be good if you could remove words from the search. At the moment if you change your mind/mistype/alter slightly you have to close the search down and start again with the blue binoculars.
It would be also very useful if search terms could be remembered and used with a drop down box to save using add each time and remind you what on earth you used to label things.
       John

Hi John.
I can help with one of the issues.
If you want to delete a search work for any reason. typo, or just want to get rid of it, Highlight it and hit the Delete Key on the keyboard.

The other issue; remembering what the heck I used for a keyword.... LOL I have the same problem.
Maybe a drop down of the last 10 used?Huh?
Would that be any good.
I don't know.
What if the one I can't remember was the 11th?

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« Reply #2 on: October 25, 2013, 07:02:49 PM »
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The other issue; remembering what the heck I used for a keyword.... LOL I have the same problem.
So do I  Sad
Soon after I had tagged a number of Folders & images I imported the file C:\ProgramData\ddisoftware\Qimage\db into a spreadsheet, removed unwanted data and got a list of keywords. A utility to automate that would be VERY nice  Wink
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« Reply #3 on: October 26, 2013, 09:21:52 AM »
Fred thanks for that, I keep forgetting to use the keyboard. It's odd though, when you highlight the search word nothing changes when you click on it if it's already highlighted, i.e. it still stays with a blue background but you need to click it for delete to work. If you click an un-highlighted word, it gets a blue background and then the delete works.

Terry In the Q database I found the individual dbr search results files but haven't found a file with with all the words. Do I have to go through them all? Excel also questions the dbr file each but does accept it when I Yes it. I'll find a way to tell it to accept them automatically.

Last ten searches in a drop down box would help.
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« Reply #4 on: October 26, 2013, 09:28:53 AM »
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Last ten searches in a drop down box would help.

The problem is the man that writes Qimage is a young man in his prime.
He cannot embrace the need for a cheat sheet to remember stuff designed for slightly or slightly and a half, or double slightly older people.
I will mention it ...

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« Reply #5 on: October 26, 2013, 09:50:21 AM »
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Terry In the Q database I found the individual dbr search results files but haven't found a file with with all the words. Do I have to go through them all? Excel also questions the dbr file each but does accept it when I Yes it. I'll find a way to tell it to accept them automatically.
I have a spread sheet with all the data from the "db" folder in it but I cannot remember how I did it  Roll Eyes
I'll sort it out and let you know.
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« Reply #6 on: October 26, 2013, 10:10:30 AM »
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I have a spread sheet with all the data from the "db" folder in it but I cannot remember how I did it  Roll Eyes

See! That strengthens the point on how much we older people need that last 10 used list

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« Reply #7 on: October 26, 2013, 10:18:22 AM »
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we older people need that last 10 used list
Not just older people, anyone who wants consistency. For me 10 is not enough, a report of ALL key words is the answer  Shocked
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« Reply #8 on: October 26, 2013, 12:44:54 PM »
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I have a spread sheet with all the data from the "db" folder in it but I cannot remember how I did it  Roll Eyes I'll sort it out and let you know.
What I did was import each line in the DB folder separately and move to the next row in the spreadsheet each time - tedious! I selected "all file types" for the import or I may have made a copy and changes the extension to .txt.
I suppose I could do a macro but I'm rusty on those things now!
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« Reply #9 on: October 26, 2013, 05:12:10 PM »
Terry Thanks, I'll have a go at that before I get too many search words.

John
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