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ExifTool => The "exiftool" Application => Topic started by: Gordon on October 14, 2012, 02:29:40 PM

Title: unable to add comments to the comment field.
Post by: Gordon on October 14, 2012, 02:29:40 PM
Hi,

I looked here:
http://www.exiftool.org/faq.html
And this didn't work, no error message:  exiftool "-comment<=file.txt" image.jpg

This works:
exiftool(-copyright='©  ME.COM' -P -overwrite_original).exe "-XPcomment<=comment.txt" *.jpg

I've tried this and it works, however, if the sentence is long it'll the sentence does not line wrap, instead the sentence gets truncated with elipses like this: "this image is licensed to shirley..."  If i double click on the comments field in XP then and only then it would show the whole sentence. Is there anyway to make it so that xp will obey the line wrap?  Is there another coment field?

Thanks,
Gordon
Title: Re: unable to add comments to the comment field.
Post by: Phil Harvey on October 14, 2012, 05:39:53 PM
Hi Gordon,

Quote from: Gordon on October 14, 2012, 02:29:40 PM
this didn't work, no error message:  exiftool "-comment<=file.txt" image.jpg

Try adding -v or -v2 to the command to see what is happing.  Without more information I can't tell you why this doesn't work.

QuoteThis works:
exiftool(-copyright='©  ME.COM' -P -overwrite_original).exe "-XPcomment<=comment.txt" *.jpg

I've tried this and it works, however, if the sentence is long it'll the sentence does not line wrap, instead the sentence gets truncated with elipses like this: "this image is licensed to shirley..."  If i double click on the comments field in XP then and only then it would show the whole sentence. Is there anyway to make it so that xp will obey the line wrap?  Is there another coment field?

The sentence is truncated where?  When extracting using ExifTool?  I think this is unlikely, so maybe you are talking about viewing this with some Windows softare.  If so, I don't know if I can help.

- Phil