Here's a couple more suggestions:

1. Related to my bug report above: How about a button to refresh the listing once? Without turning on auto-refresh that is.

2. Is it possible to make it remember the column width settings after editing the tabs?

Thanks again.

KM

Quoting mediadogg:

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Quoting Astrakan:
Yes, I've seen the loop happen, but it didn't go forever - and it was only when both auto-refresh and auto-select are both on.

Yeah, I did have both on. And maybe I should clarify "forever."

I only waited maybe 2 minutes before ctrl-alt-del:ing and shutting down DVD Profiler. If it happens again I'll wait a while longer.

KM

MyTabs Beta 0.83

Might not be compatible with prior version(s), and you may have to redefine your tabs and filters. In any case, please uninstall the prior version(s) by running unins000.exe in the \plugins\MyTabs folder. Start DVDProfiler and if there is a MyTabs window showing, delete it. Then exit DVDPro and install the new version.

New features:

- Filter by Studios. Condition must be Contains or Not Contain. Value must be an exact match to studio name (case sensitive).

- Filter by BoxSet. Condition must be Contains or Not Contain. Value must be an exact match with Profile ID (including locality if present) of included child profiles or the parent profile.

- Memory of column widths across sessions

- Ability to toggle the display of any or all columns in a tab. Remembered across sessions.

- Three custom columns now supported.

At this point I have no plans for any more major functionality. I will upgrade To Release 1.0 after the Betas stabilize.

Still no feedback on custom "Double Click". It will remain unimplemented until / unless somebody makes a case for what the options should be.

BTW can you let me know if your tabs/filters got preserved? My test environement is so complex now that I cannot be sure that I have tested a clean scenario that matches what users are experiencing. It has mostly to do with the incredibly sticky persistence of the Microsoft "settings" feature that I am using to preserve stuff across sessions.

MyTabs Beta 0.86  (Fixed "Equal To" bug in 0.85, also missing "AND NOT" in dropdown)

Removed the redundant Collection Type filter from the supplemental filter

Using the same space on the form, I implemented a crude "any field" search that will search on the text representation of just about every DVDPro field except cast / crew (it could be added).

When I say "crude", it is because (1) it is a totally brute-force text search - roughly equivalent to searching XML strings - but faster where possible.

Also, I have not tailored the search fields to the data type. So, you can select "Between" for a field that normally yields only true or false. So don't do it - use Equal To or Contains instead.

Date fields are not always correctly handled - I will fix this - but there are some nice surprises. For example since production year is just a number, the Between operator works just fine. And the way I've implemented Between, you should get  "less than or equal to" if you only put a high value, and "greater than or equal to" if you only supply a low value.

All that aside, I found that so much of it works, that I would pass it along to you - after all, this is still Beta code, and I don't think there is much use of it anyway. The filter and tabs are now actually very powerful, albeit not speeding bullets.

If anybody sees something they want/need, I can put it in, otherwise I will continue on my own whims.

Some things you can do:

- Run a quick check on whether certain fields are empty (use Is Non-Empty, or AND NOT Is Non-Empty)
- Tabulate the contents of box sets
- Get the disc count for all profiles
- Get all profiles where number of discs = 0  (Equal To)
- Separate Tabs for DVD or HD or Blu-Ray
- Tabs by Rating

If you want to do something that causes an error, incorrect data or is not available, let me know. Edit: already fixed some bugs - use 0.86 instead of 0.85.

I used this plugin for a while but I felt it slowed down the main app too much and uninstalled it. From what I can remember it did what it needed to in terms of functionality, but the speed is the one area where an improvement would definitely be a boon.

KM

Ok, MyTabs 0.90 available

Function
- "Between" operator now works for dates fields such as purchase date

Performance
- some minor tweaks
- changed filter options such that if tab filter is enabled, but the "main" section is disabled, MyTabs filtering starts with the filtered subset of the main collection. This should vastly improve the speed of any search that the main program can handle. Then you just run a little MyTabs filter on top for the bit that you can't do with the main program filters today.

To use the results (print, report, etc.), just use the flag copy menu to copy tab flags back to the main collection.

At the top of the MyTabs window there'll be a button marked "Edit Tabs", that'll open a list of tabs you've created. Click once on the name you want to edit, wait a moment, then click on it again. Don't double-click as that does nothing.
If you do it slowly enough, it should open the name up for editing.

Thanks for the help! Much appreciated. I'm sure I'll be posting again soon as I continue to use this plugin and try to figure it out.

Cheers,
WC