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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.

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

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.

duPortugal wrote: Fri Aug 08, 2025 1:36 pm 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?

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

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.

See issue for current status and some details.

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

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

you have now a description field in json export

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.

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

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!