Error report for V 5.14

[pohlmannx]

Hello,


I am using ExifTool Gui Version 5.14 and would like to report the following
errors:


General:
I am trying to rename a set of .JPG files with the "ExifTool direct" feature
by using the following command:

-d %Y%m%d_%H%M%%_c.%%e "-FileName<CreateDate"

The following two errors occur:


1.
After the procedure ends, the following error message is displayed:

"Access violation at address 0065BE78 in module 'ExitTollGui.exe'. Read of
address 00000000."



2.
The renaming of a file does not work correctly.

All files are renamed to:
YYYYMMDD_HHMM%_c.JPG

The right name should be
YYYYMMDD_HHMM.JPG

In case there are files with the same name the %c option is working
as desired. The file name then is
YYYYMMDD_HHMM_01.JPG
for example.




If "%_c" is replaced by "%-c" in the above command, i.e.
-d %Y%m%d_%H%M%%-c.%%e "-FileName<CreateDate"
is being used, then the renaming works correctly.

However: copies of file names now are
YYYYMMDD_HHMM-1.JPG
and not
YYYYMMDD_HHMM-01.JPG
as in the '_' case.


I prefer to insert '_' instead of '-' as separator, because
otherwise the lexical order of the generated file names is not correct.




Proposal:

Provide a third option for the file format in the "Rename files" dialog box:
"YYYYMMDD_HHMM Filename"
in addition to the two existing options
"YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS Filename" and "YYYYMMDD Filename"

This would remove the need to use the direct command in case one doesn't want the SS in the file names.




Best regards and many thanks for consideration,
Klaus

[BogdanH]

Hi Klaus,

Yes, I'm aware that renamig files via ETdirect can be tricky.. because GUI tries to (auto)refresh filelist content (selected files) after modification, but these files don't exist anymore (because they were renamed).
Solution is possible, of course, but quite complicated on my side. So, I'll implement your suggestion in next update: third DateTime format in Rename files dialog box.

Thank you for reporting,
Bogdan

[dclecar]

Hello! I also have this problem. But I know, Bogdan you're smart, and solve the problem. И спасибо за вашу мощнейшую программу!