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[Ernie]

But once again, when you rebuild it, will it replace the underscore??? I have been doing mine for the last two weeks, one at a time in Edit songs. There has to be an easier way. I use to do it in access in about five minuetes, but it always comes back when you rebuild.

Thanks,
Ernie

[ddouglass]

Ernie, when you change them in the edit as you have been doing the change is saved to the file header as well as to the songs database, so it is a permanent change and rebuilding will not change it back.

[santojmezzaroba]

I would still like to find out exactly what mindonstrike is refering to in post #17. I have been eliminating the underscores Individually via the Edit Songs screen and I don't see that they are reappearing.
Santo

[laddie]

Originally Posted by santojmezzaroba

I would still like to find out exactly what mindonstrike is refering to in post #17. I have been eliminating the underscores Individually via the Edit Songs screen and I don't see that they are reappearing.
Santo

It took me a few, but I know what he is talking about. He is changing the songs database and then opens the MTU editor, selects the files he changed and hits apply. The editor is reading the info in the database and when you hit apply, it writes the database info to the file header. Sounds like a good idea.

[mindonstrike]

Originally Posted by laddie

It took me a few, but I know what he is talking about. He is changing the songs database and then opens the MTU editor, selects the files he changed and hits apply. The editor is reading the info in the database and when you hit apply, it writes the database info to the file header. Sounds like a good idea.

That's exactly what I'm talking about about.

Sam

[Ernie]

Dale,
Am I missing something? Isn't that what I want, to make it permanent, so everytime I rebuild the underscores are gone?

Thanks,
Ernie

[santojmezzaroba]

Thank for telling me what to do, Please tell me how to do it.
Santo

[ddouglass]

Originally Posted by Ernie

Dale,
Am I missing something? Isn't that what I want, to make it permanent, so everytime I rebuild the underscores are gone?

Thanks,
Ernie

Yes, which is why using edit, slow as it seems is the permanent way to make the changes. Sam's suggestion will work too in you follow what he said. As long as you use Hoster's edit to set the changes into the header of each file then rebuild will not change back to the underscores.

[Ernie]

I'm confused..... bear with me. Are you saying open Songs.mdb, then eliminate the underscores in Songs, close access, open Hoster, Tools, Songs Database, Rebuild?
Then start all over again changing the underscores in Artist??? Or am I way off base?

Thanks,
Ernie

[madjim- with the Lord]

Originally Posted by laddie

opens the MTU editor,

He does it using "Edit Songs" in the Tools menu.

If you rebuild your database before doing this, the charactures will come back because the information in the header hasn't been changed.

Jim

[santojmezzaroba]

From What I Read each file must be done individually. Looks like time for some File remaiming software.
Santo

[ddouglass]

Santo,
1. Open Songs.mdb in Access. Correct the title and artist. Close Access.
2. Open Hoster and go to Edit Songs. Find the same group of Songs in Select Multiple not Select Single. Highlight them all and click on Apply Changes.
3. You don't have to but you can then rebuild and it should not change them back. The only thing you are doing in edit is to Apply the changes you made in Access so it saves that information in the file headers.

[santojmezzaroba]

I am not feeling very smart right about now! Where is Access?
Santo

[Ernie]

When I go into Select Multiple no songs that I've changed come up. It stays blank. When I opened songs mdb I cleaned up 6 songs along with artist. You're not talking about going into Songs mdb and hitting ctrl F and then opening Replace are you? Your only talking about physically correcting the underscors on the actual list one at a time. Is there anything I need to have set on the Select Multiple window?

Thanks again,
Ernie