Export categories description

[duPortugal]

Hello all. Congrats for XnView MP. That's the most stable and feature rich photo album I ever used.
Just registered in the forum because I have this question:

When I go to "Categories Management → Export Categories" I get a nice .txt file with all the categories listed alphabetically and in the hierarchical order (category/subcategory), but it don't export the category description. Is there any way to export the categories with the description text for each category? Thanks in advance for any help.

[xnview]

i can add description for json/xml file. For .txt, not sure

[duPortugal]

Would be interesting, thanks. That or a new descript.ion file for category descriptions. Because at this point there is no way to export the text that goes in the category descriptions.

[xnview]

Would be interesting, thanks. That or a new descript.ion file for category descriptions. Because at this point there is no way to export the text that goes in the category descriptions.

it's the description when you edit a category, rights?

[duPortugal]

Yes. it's the text that goes inside description box when editing categories properties.

[duPortugal]

Just found a way to get the list of categories, each of them with descriptions. But it demands some dexterity from the computer user and some steps. Not for the average user, I would say:

1. Make a copy of this file: C:\Users\duPortugal\AppData\Roaming\XnViewMP\XnView.db
2. Open it with the software "DB Browser for SQLite" or equivalent.
3. Select table "Tags" and click on "Browse Data". Select table "Tags" again from the drop-down menu.
4. Export table as a .CSV file.
5. Import it into Excel or equivalent.

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[xnview]

See issue for current status and some details.

[xnview]

This problem is supposed to be fixed in XnView MP 1.9.4. Please check and confirm the bug fix here.

[duPortugal]

Hello friend.

I am now using version 1.9.4 in Windows 11

In the dialog "Categories management..." I don't see the option "export Description". I have only the option to "export Categories" same way it was in version 1.9.3

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[xnview]

you have now a description field in json export

[duPortugal]

In the menu I can go to: File → Catalog → Export

Here I can export a .json file but I can't find anything related with the categories description.

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[user0]

change 'Save as type' from default .txt to .json
in Browser > Categories pane > Categories management > Export Categories...

[duPortugal]

Ok. Now I understood and it is working really fine for my purposes.

In "Categories management → Export Categories..."

I have to pick out the option for export as .json. As .json it exports the Categories and the Category Description, while as .txt it exports the Categories only.

Thanks a lot. Congrats!

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