Personal Video Database

Wow, so easy.  Formerly I had tried to make similar entries in the xml-file, but without success. That's why I had asked. Now - with your support - all the lines in the field are automatically visible. Perfect! Once more: thank you, Ivek23.

Only a small detail still does not work as it should: The field name ("Darsteller/innen") is still in the middle instead in the first line (when the contents fills 2 or more lines). This happens although I added the valign="top" on the place you showed me.

If it is easy for you, it would be nice if you could tell me what should additionally be changed (so that it is in the first line). But it is really of no big importance. So please do not spend a lot of time or research work on this. I ask only in case that it is obvious and easy for you to find out what should be modified additionally in the xml-file.

I would like to mention a minor problem:

When performing an advanced search, sometimes (not always) the following error message appears:

Dynamic SQL Error
SQL error code = -104
Token unknown - line 1, column 107
-
Invalid token
Error Code: 249.

(see also the attached picture)

Fortunately, whenever I repeat the (same) search immediately a second time, the message does not appear again and the search takes place as it should.
When starting the next advanced search (with another word or in another field) the same may happen: The first try leads to the error message, the second try works.

In case that it is of importance: About exactly the same error message a thread can be found here:
http://www.videodb.info/forum_en/index.php/topic,1471

The problem there (in the other thread) appeared with Chinese titles - I do not use such titles. Specific in my case is that I perform the Advanced Search in custom fields (as specified in this thread: http://www.videodb.info/forum_en/index.php/topic,4061.0.html). I do not know if the problem could have to do with this fact.

Thanks in advance if anyone can help.

Hello Ivek23!

I am very happy. After a long delay I tried again to create entries without links - following the instructions you gave in this thread. And this time it worked fine and so easily.

Maybe that it is of interest for other users too, so I will describe how I do it now:

A) For adding new entries (movies) without links for names (Actors, Director, Producer etc.) the method is very simple:

- I downloaded the skin pvd_classic_movie (ex) skin, as offered by you in your above posting #23 (25 August 2016) (= http://www.videodb.info/forum_en/index.php/topic,4061.msg19774.html#msg19774) and copied it in the folder mentioned there. (In my case the folder is part of the portable version of PVD).

- I created the memo custom fields as explained and shown by you in your postings #25 and #20 (especially picture sshot-40).

- In essence, that's all. When chosing now your skin, I can create data/names without links. 

It is only of importance to take care that the names of the memo custom items are the same as in the xml file of the skin. (In my case, I decided to use the following [german] names: Darsteller: / Drehbuch: / Musik: / Produzent: / Regie: )

Moreover I modified - also in the xml-file of your pvd_classic_movie (ex) skin - some minor details as font, font size, background colours etc. (adjusting it more or less in the way I had done it in the old skin).

[A few quite unimportant details I was not able to modify until now. Perhaps about them I will ask you at another time in case that you will still be ready to offer your friendly support.]

B) Concerning already existing entries in the database (= entries where the names have links):
I think in order to remove these links you created the script "txtinfo_en (0a).psf" (as offered and described in your above postings). As I have no experience in using scripts I did not know how exactly to handle it. But I made the removing of the links manually which may be more work but it is funny work as you see immediately its success.

- It is important to open an entry (movie) with the old skin (the one which creates the undesired links). When starting the editing you will see there the new custom fields. This was something that first worried me, but now I found out what to do with it: I simply transfer the entries (names) from the field where they have been until now to the corresponding new custom fields at the bottom (with a simple copy and paste) (see the attached image).

- After saving this modification and then changing to the new skin, all entries (names) are at the right place (as it were with the old skin) but now without the links. Perfect!

Ivek23, once more many thanks for all your fantastic work and support. 

That sounds good. 

I tried the new skin but I have a problem with the following:

All custom fields have the same places as the normal fields in PVD for Darsteller, Regie, Drehbuch, Produktion, Musik (for Actors, Director, Writer, Producer, Composer).

When I add a new movie, the fields look like on the attached picture ("New skin"): The fields for Darsteller (Actors), for Regie (Director) etc. are not visible although I can see the appropriate entries in the xml-file you created.

I checked, it's all right as it should be and there are no empty files.

You are right! I use TUGZip to unpack zip-files and obviously this program has a problem with 7z files: It unpacks the 7z file but it shows its contents only as empty files with 0 KB! I tried now to unpack with WinRAR and all worked fine. I was also successful in unpacking with TUGZip the zip file you attached now (the result were no 0 KB files but correct files). So there must be a specific problem between TUGZip and 7z files. Sorry that I (or better: TUGZip) caused this confusion.

I changed now the txtinfo_en (0a).psf via Wordpad to a txt file. But what is to do now?

I do not really understand where I have to put the information (let's say about "Director") now. In the txt file? Where exactly there? And where is the place in the PVD folder where I have to put the txt file and the psf file?

Thanks for your efforts and the information, Ivek23. 

Thanks for your suggestion, Ivek23. Of course I can send you such a Word document (at least an extract, as the orginal has already over 300 pages). But I doubt if this will help, as the "problem" (the automatic creation of links) also exists when I do not copy and paste something from Word. For example, I can also type a name directly in the field "Actors" of PVD and a link will be created for this name.

Hello Ivek23,

thanks for your answer and your support. 

You write:

To better help solve the problem, which plugin or script using and from which pages downloading movie information.

I assume you mean this as a question about how I use the software. In this case the answer is simple: I do not use any plugins or scripts nor do I download any movie information from the Internet. I simply transfer my data about the movies (persons, description, country, year etc.) from a Word document (where I have stored this information until now) by copy and paste. 

Hello!

Of course the first words I have to say are: Many thanks for this excellent software! During the last days I have tried various applications for organizing my movies, and Personal Video Database was by far the best one for me. It is very easy and comfortable to use and the appearance of the data looks great.

In a certain respect PVD offers even too much features for my needs.  Whenever a name is written into fields like "Actors", "Director", "Writer" etc. a link is automatically created. As I do not use these links at all, it would be fine if their creation could be avoided or if at least they could be deleted afterwards (so that the names can be seen in the field simply with their letters). Exists such a possibility?

Thanks in advance for your reply.