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3 questions Comments listed, Song Lyrics, Year of album
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 3 questions Comments listed, Song Lyrics, Year of album
First question. When I open a report, I get the thumbnail with all the songs listed under the picture. This is nice. My question is this, is there a way for me to have the comments or review of album under the thumbnails instead of the song list. If so how, and what is the limitation, in case I have a very large review.
Second question, is the lyrics field open for search? For example if I know only a certain line in the song can I find it through a search, or is that not possible.
Third question, I am listing several albums from the 60's that have no date. When I put the date in i would like to put in say 1965? But the field will not let me out in a question mark. So it ends up looking like this 196. Is there a way to put in the ?
Thanx Dan
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mdb175
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DTM wrote:
First question. When I open a report, I get the thumbnail with all the songs listed under the picture. This is nice. My question is this, is there a way for me to have the comments or review of album under the thumbnails instead of the song list. If so how, and what is the limitation, in case I have a very large review. It is not clear, so I ask you please to explain further...Which report / template / other are you using ?
Anyway, if I'm not misunderstanding, I guess you can create a custom report to accomplish what you need...if you have a very large Text field to print, you can set properly the " Stretch" and " Shift Relative To " options.Second question, is the lyrics field open for search? For example if I know only a certain line in the song can I find it through a search, or is that not possible. Yes. You can use, in example, a "Simple" Search for the " Track | Memo | Lyrics " field, enter your string to search and use the "Contains" operator.Third question, I am listing several albums from the 60's that have no date. When I put the date in i would like to put in say 1965? But the field will not let me out in a question mark. So it ends up looking like this 196. Is there a way to put in the ? I'm afraid it is not possible since Date field are not "text" formatted...
A suggestion...
In my opinion you can do a better work linking to AMG ( http://www.allmusic.com/ ) and retrieving your missing dates for all your items...I think you can find many, and if you miss some dates, you can post a message asking users if they can help you, maybe in the "General Discussion" Forum ?ADDENDUMDan, please note that you should be able to read the Date on a LP by looking at the very internal "smooth" ring, where the phisycal tracks end...they usually printed dates there...try to move the disc's surface under a good light and in backlighting...
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I have looked on my records and there are no dates. My records are religious in nature from indie groups. Many of them did not put their dates on their albums for who knows why. That is why I wanted to put a ? to at least guess at a date.
My report I am using on the new version. I go to reports/albums/cover thumbnail. It shows the thumbnail and songlist. That is where I would like to put in the reviews or comments. I know this sounds awkward, but I am not good at making my own report I have tried but so far no luck. Could you possibly explain to me the steps to set it up so I could utilize the reviews instead of the songlist.
Thanks for all your help.
dan
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Les St Clair
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Re: 3 questions Comments listed, Song Lyrics, Year of album
Hi Dan, I really like your idea  So I figured out how to do it... From the top menu Tools > Explorer Templates Look at Album > Browse Window Click the "..." box at the right This will show you which template is used here The default is "AlbumBrowse.xsl" Now change this to "Album_Memo.xsl" Close and re-open you database to bring the changes into effect. Now you have your comments/reviews under the thumbnails! Cheers, Les
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Les St Clair wrote:
Hi Dan, I really like your idea So I figured out how to do it... From the top menu Tools > Explorer Templates Look at Album > Browse Window Click the "..." box at the right This will show you which template is used here The default is "AlbumBrowse.xsl" Now change this to "Album_Memo.xsl" Close and re-open you database to bring the changes into effect. That's not necessary, it is sufficent pressing the "Refresh" button...Now you have your comments/reviews under the thumbnails! Cheers, Les |
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Ciao Les, that's interesting but isn't Dan trying to modify a REPORT ? Am I misunderstanding ? Oh well, I'm going to post a reply and then he will choose !  Thanks a lot, Les, hope you're fine & take care !! 
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I would just like to add the review field.
Dan
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Ok, Dan, please just let me kiss my children...they must sleep and it's always hard to convince them ! Back as soon as possible !! Ciao :D
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I tried what Les suggested. That is not what I am looking for, plus when I did it my thumbnail disappeared. I am looking for a specific report I can print out and include it in a book or reference. I would appreciate it if you did make me one and then sent it to me. That would be great.
I just went into reports and tried but I couldn't even find the memo section. So thank you and everyone for all you advice and help.
Dan
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Les St Clair
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Re: 3 questions Comments listed, Song Lyrics, Year of album
Thanks Mario, that's quicker...Doh!
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...so, I will post my suggestion soon.