cannot update value in "custom" tag(s)

[riha]

Hi.

We have an system from Xinet that writes their own tags in files.
I have tried multiple times now to update the info in those tags using exiftool but without success.
I have even tried to generate config files for exiftool, but i only get warnings such as the tag not being found of image not updated or similar.-

I have attached an screenshot of the namespace and tags, it is the xwnv tags that i would like to be able to update or write using exiftool.

Could someone please help me with advices or sample of how i should construct an proper exiftool config file to be able to write them?



//Rickard Hansson

[Phil Harvey]

Hi Rickard,

Try this config file:

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%Image::ExifTool::UserDefined = (
    'Image::ExifTool::XMP::Main' => {
        xwnv => {
            SubDirectory => {
                TagTable => 'Image::ExifTool::UserDefined::xwnv',
            },
        },
    },
);

%Image::ExifTool::UserDefined::xwnv = (
    GROUPS        => { 0 => 'XMP', 1 => 'XMP-xwnv', 2 => 'Image' },
    NAMESPACE     => { 'xwnv' => 'http://ns.xinet.com/ns/xinetschema#' },
    WRITABLE      => 'string',
    AM_ImageType  => { },
    AM_Status     => { },
    usage_locked  => { Writable => 'boolean' },
    LastMetadataChange => {
        Writable => 'date',
        Shift => 'Time',
        PrintConv => '$self->ConvertDateTime($val)',
        PrintConvInv => '$self->InverseDateTime($val,undef,1)',
    },
);

1;  #end

And a command like this:

exiftool -config CONFIG_FILE_NAME -am_imagetype=Product -am_status="2 Vald LL" -lastmetadatachange=now -usage_locked=false FILE

- Phil

[riha]

Thanks.
I will give it a try.

I can see that your config file differs slightly from the one i tested to create.

[riha]

I can verify that it works as it should.

Thank you very much for the help.
I can now see the parts that i wrote and tested myself and where i failed and this config is a good template for possible future usage/modifications.