Title Print Out Don't Sort Properly

[Joe Nieves]

I'm trying to use the Hoster Print book option and didn't get the results I was expecting.

In many places on the print the letters was not sorted properly as per Image attached..

Joe...

[Skybird74]

Originally Posted by Joe Nieves

I'm trying to use the Hoster Print book option and didn't get the results I was expecting.

In many places on the print the letters was not sorted properly as per Image attached..

Joe...

Is it possible you have more than 1 version of that song in your database. The songbook only shows Book ID, so you can't tell what disk it came from.

[ddouglass]

That is because the words "The" and "A" are not used for sorting and not store at the beginning of a title in the header. Check the box up top for ",The/A at end and it will appear correct as in "Adventure, The"

[Joe Nieves]

The "A" sorts out properly, but the "The" in the Title don't, they are scattered all over the place in the printout which leave me to believe that it's a programing issue within Hoster then anything else.

If you have the option to print with the "A" & "The" at the beginning of the Title Why doen't it Work that way, and Why only the "A" are the ones that print and sort out properly..??

Joe...

[WaltR]

Originally Posted by Joe Nieves

The "A" sorts out properly, but the "The" in the Title don't, they are scattered all over the place in the printout which leave me to believe that it's a programing issue within Hoster then anything else.

If you have the option to print with the "A" & "The" at the beginning of the Title Why doen't it Work that way, and Why only the "A" are the ones that print and sort out properly..??

Joe...

By the image you attached, you have the wrong box checked if you want the "A and THE" to be at the end. I hope I am understanding what you are asking.

Walt

[WaltR]

Joe, I think I know what you are saying now. Here is the way it works and I believe it has pretty much worked this way in Hoster from the start.

If you check the box "A and The" in the beginning, it will list "A and The" first on the song line or artist but it will still keep it in the same alphabetical order. For example the song, "The Way We Were". Whether or not you have the box checked "A and The" in the beginning" or "A and The" at the end, the song will still fall in the same alphabetical order. In this case if you want the song to show up as "The Way We Were" as apposed to "Way We Were, The", it will still show up under the alphabetical order under "W". If this is what you are trying to say, I apologize. I always check the box to have "A and The" at the end. I suppose MTU could change it so in the example I used above, the song will show up in the alphabetical order using "T". In my case it isn't a issue because I don't use the beginning option. If I am correct in describing what you want I suppose you would have to put it in the wish list for changes and see if everyone is on the same page with you. I don't believe it is a program error but I believe it was done this way on purpose. Hope this helps.

Walt

[ddouglass]

Originally Posted by ddouglass

That is because the words "The" and "A" are not used for sorting...

As I said.... So regardless of whether you set those two words to show at the beginning of the title or at the end it will not effect the sort order of the titles.
The sorting is not done by the Songbook printing function. This is the way the Songs database sorts the listings, as shown in your Edit screen shot.