DigitalVolcano Software Support

QUESTION:

Can you format the way DCP formats the Folder names when choosing to create a folders and subdirectories at the destination when moving or copying files after scanning?

I have a specific need because the way you name folders affect the way the computer sorts your folders.

I am working with PHOTOS and it makes a BIG DIFFERENCE

For example:

If I name a folder for all the photos taken in the month of January like this 2004_01_24_bob birthday party vs. 2004-01-24-bob birthday party it will not sort correctly.

The Hyphens in-between the year, month and day SORT DIFFERENT than the underscores between the YEAR, month and days.

Thus if you mix hyphens with underscores in your naming convention your FOLDERS will not sort correctly and you will have a big mess to fix.

So, rather than face this issue, I thought I would ask if it is possible to SET the naming preference to use UNDERSCORES?

Are you using the 'metadata' setting for creating output folders? This currently replaces all invalid characters (e.g. the / in a date) with an underscore. You can't currently change this but it is an option I can look at adding.

Where is the 'metadata' setting for creating output folders? I cannot find it. Please advise.

YES.

If you could add the feature of predetermining the FORMAT of FOLDER and FILE NAMES it would be extremely helpful.

In fact, if you could PREVENT the FOLDER and FILE NAMES from CO-MINGLING hyphens with underscores being used as separators it would FIX the problem completely.


For example:

Make a feature in DCP 5 that FORCES the choice of using underscores (2001_01_24_bobs Bday) vs. use hyphens (2001-01-24-bobs Bday) but NOT BOTH. REMEMBER, these two formats SORT differently in PCs when viewing in Windows Explorer THUS creating a PROBLEM.

EXAMPLE image below



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