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Title: Fill user field with filename automatically
Post by: EckiH2 on 2019-08-11 18:19:51
Is it possible to fill a user field (for ex. "Dianame") by batch with the file name (for ex. "IMGP4711")? Its useful or necessary to rename the pictures to show them in a meaningful way in other programs than ThumbsPlus. To save the original names I would like to write them in a ThumbsPlus user field.
Title: Re: Fill user field with filename automatically
Post by: Daan van Rooijen on 2019-08-11 20:30:49
Is it possible to fill a user field (for ex. "Dianame") by batch with the file name (for ex. "IMGP4711")? Its useful or necessary to rename the pictures to show them in a meaningful way in other programs than ThumbsPlus. To save the original names I would like to write them in a ThumbsPlus user field.

I think the only way to fill user fields automatically is at thumbnail creation time, when user fields that have exactly the same name as an IPTC or EXIF field, are filled with the contents of that same-named field in the image header. For example, if your database has a userfield named 'Creator' and your image has the value 'Ecki' in its 'Creator' IPTC-field, then 'Ecki' will be copied into the Creator userfield when you make a thumbnail for that image.

In fact, maybe you could use that functionality as a work-around..:


ps: If your images were created by a digital camera, it may already be storing the original filename somewhere in the EXIF data.
Title: Re: Fill user field with filename automatically
Post by: EckiH2 on 2019-08-12 04:47:52
Thank you for this fast and helpful answer!!