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A work in progress - Released
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorGSyren
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And wouldn't you know it 
When I started working with the released version I almost immediately stumbled across a serious bug that hits when an expected date or double value is invalid (mostly just blank) and you try to display it.

So now we have version 1.0.1.
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Just upgraded by following the link to 1.0.1.
Upon running, however, a windows appears, warning that this is version 1.0.0 and that there is a newer version.
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Oops! My bad. I missed updating the version number inside the program. It actually is 1.0.1. But it's fixed now, so if you download it again you won't get the update message.

I apologize for the inconvenience!
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Can't give you enough greenies, Gunnar. This tool is very much appreciated 
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Yeah, well, the downside is that I now find so much info that is missing in my collection that I'm spending as much time updating it as I spent developing the program. I should learn to keep well alone 

Actually, I have to admit that I could have found quite a lot of it just using Database Query. I just like to play with my toy...
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Yeah, well, the downside is that I now find so much info that is missing in my collection that I'm spending as much time updating it as I spent developing the program.

I know exactly what you mean...

I searched for profiles where the color format is not set:


...and I got a couple hundreds!
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Ok, a little background to the latest update.

Initially I thought that it wouldn't matter if I didn't preserve the selection criteria between program runs. I thought one would not be searching for the same thing over again. But then I realized that sometimes I worked a long time with something and I shut down the program, then opened it at a later time, opening the same input file and adding the same selection criteria as before.

So I decided that I should treat selection criteria the same way I treat presentation criteria. Thus the program now saves the selection criteria on exit and restore them on next startup. It also automatically opens the same xml file that worked on last time. However, if you don't want that behavior, you can disable it in the settings.

This also helps me avoid a "mistake" that I seem to do a lot. When you open the xml file, it loads in the background, so you can go on and modify the criteria while it loads. It doesn't take very long to load, but it annoys me when I forget to do it, so when I have set up the criteria I will have to open the xml file. The whole open dialog and file loading only takes maybe 10 seconds for me, but it's still annoying.

So, those are the new features in version 1.1.0.
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I searched for profiles where the color format is not set:


...and I got a couple hundreds!

Thanks a bunch! I just tried that and got 1960 hits 
I'm beginning to think the devil made me write this program. 
For once, I am actually hoping it's a bug! But it doesn't look like it. 
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I just had a bit of an Eureka! moment.

When I got a whole bunch of hits I thought "What a pity that I can't flag all those hits in DVD Profiler."

That's when it dawned on me - when you save a flag set in profiler, it's just a list of UPCs.
So if you only have ID (UPC/EAN/Disk id/Man. id) in your presentation list, and then save the result as whatever.lst in Profiler's flag folder (in Win 7 normally C:\Users\[username]\Documents\DVD Profiler\Flags) then you can load it as a saved flag set!
How's that for integration, huh?
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I just had a bit of an Eureka! moment.

When I got a whole bunch of hits I thought "What a pity that I can't flag all those hits in DVD Profiler."

That's when it dawned on me - when you save a flag set in profiler, it's just a list of UPCs.
So if you only have ID (UPC/EAN/Disk id/Man. id) in your presentation list, and then save the result as whatever.lst in Profiler's flag folder (in Win 7 normally C:\Users\[username]\Documents\DVD Profiler\Flags) then you can load it as a saved flag set!
How's that for integration, huh?

Another testament to Ken's flexible designs. I've pointed out this tip to a number of users over the years. I wonder if it is in the Tips and Hints sections of Support and the Wiki?

Also, FYI the very same list format can be used to in the DVD "Add Multiple" dialogue.
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Well, there is definitely potential for making that integration smoother, but this just worked out great  for something that I hadn't even considered during development. So I guess there's at least one more release coming in the near future.
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Case Type equal to Digipack should be Digipak. Workaround with contains possible.

And I can't seem to find a search criteria for Slip Cover (ticked box).


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New in 1.2.0: Two new menu items have been added under File in the menu:
Save Flag Set – this will save the profiles in the result as a flag set named ProfilerQuery.
Save Flag Set As – this will allow you to specify a name for the flag set. It will default to Profiler's flag set folder. If you change to another folder you cannot open the flag set from Profiler.

@TraunStaa: Thanks, I will change to Digipak, and I'll add Slip Cover unless there is some reason that it didn't make the list that I have forgotten. In the meantime you can still enter Case Type equal to Digipak. The combobox is editable (for just that reason).
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Thanks, Gunnar.

When I enter Review greater then (for example) 4, it just results in movies that I graded 4 or lower. The same output is generated when I search for 5s.

EDIT: The whole Review Movie settings seem to be mixed up in some sort or another.
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Save Flag Set – this will save the profiles in the result as a flag set named ProfilerQuery.

It works like a charm, thanks.

I could not find a search criteria for Count As in the Personal tab. Did I miss it somewhere?
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