[For reference if anyone else looks for it, in version 1.8.6 of XnView MP it appears to me that the Import option / button is currently located under Tools>Settings>Catalog, in the lower right hand corner of the dialog window.]michel038 wrote: Tue Mar 29, 2022 8:22 pm - For keywords only (and star ratings and color labels)
XnViewMP provides a tool called "categories" which allows to manage the keywords (iptc or xmp, embedded or sidecar) and a "catalog" (= database).
Settings are in this place : Tools>Settings>Metadata ...
"Export catalog's categories" option must be enabled in order to write categories as iptc or xmp keywords.
Check also other useful options ...
(xmp hierarchical keywords are always used, iptc hierarchical keywords need an option ticked)
("Import" option is designed to update catalog and categories with keywords that were previously written in photos)
Question: If I/we wanted to use the same XnView catalog on multiple computers (e.g. a laptop and a desktop), can we copy/move an existing XnView database from the first computer to a removable drive, and update the location of the catalog in the Settings / Integrations / Path dialog on both computers?
a) Is there anything else that needs to be done, other than ensuring that the removable drive is present when XnView is started?
b) If for some reason the removable drive is not connected or is not working when XnView is started in this scenario (which I suppose might happen occasionally with a removable drive), what sequence is recommended to reconnect to the catalog? Can we just restart XnView after the connection problem has been corrected?
Thanks!
