Problem with "Set Created Date to EXIF"

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(the usability of MS Drive has decreased drastically, but direct download seems still possible)

- the .CR2 presents no problem at all: the Beta sets the Created date to EXIF
- the .dng produces the known error message "Could not retrieve EXIF date."

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Select the DNG file and run this through the XY address bar: echo get("exif", 0x9003); Any return?

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Beta:
I get a window "XYplorer - Scripting"
with
"File: (Internal)
Script: (Untitled)" [light grey]
"1 echo get("exif", 0x9003);"

Regular version: the same thing, in German

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... same text with the .CR2

and with .JPGs:
another window (i) Echo / the real date the foto was taken

[admin]

Hmm, Scripting | Step Mode is ticked? Untick it.

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... is NOT ticked (in regular and Beta)

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...

[admin]

Well, that means no chance for the DNG. Can you even preview/thumbnail it?

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> no chance for the DNG. Can you even preview/thumbnail it?
The preview works
- in the Beta as well in the stable version 24.90.0100
- with .CR2, .dng, .jpg


As it seems, a problem lies in this command:
echo get("exif", 0x9003);

- the results are the same in the Beta (xyplorer_24.90.0137_beta_noinstall.zip) = the latest
AND in the stable version
i.e. with the .CR2 the same window appears as with the .dng; only with .jpg the correct info is displayed as "Echo" box. Error code is also the same for .png and .CR2 : (!) GCBFF:
I discovered the [Continue] button: after clicking it, an empty "Echo" window appears.

... but this would mean "no chance for the CR2" - which as we know is not true ...


With ExifToolGUI, I see the following infos:
in the .CR2 and .jpg:
- in section ---- ExifIFD ----
'CreateDate' and 'DateTimeOriginal' - both correct, the data I am dreaming of

('FileCreateDate' is shown in "---- System ----", this is the wrong data, apparently a FILE property)

in the .dng:
- in section ---- IFD0 ----
only 'DateTimeOriginal'
('FileCreateDate' in "---- System ----")

So you would have to get 'DateTimeOriginal' {ExifToolGUI shows no 0xNNNN}
for .dng in another section: "IFD0" instead of "ExifIFD"

[admin]

Should work a bit better in the next beta.

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with Beta .0138, there is a new error message for the .CR2 and .png:
GCBFF: - Status=2 - <filename with path>
.jpg still work OK

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.dng, not .png ...

[admin]

So I guess it works now?

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> So I guess it works now?
'png' was just a typo - I never tried with .PNG since they contain NO EXIF data ...

Now with Beta 25.00.0000, there is partial success, but in a completely unexpected way:

[echo get("exif", 0x9003);] is now OK with .DNG [Echo DNG.jpg] - but still gives the "new" error message (in the script window) for .CR2

for the actual command 'Set Created date to EXIF' it is the inverse (??!)
- for .CR2, the correct date is set - as in the stable versions; the temporary dysfunction has been cured
- but not for .dng !! [Timestamp DNG 25.00.jpg]
btw same error for 'Set Modified date to EXIF' - 'Set Modified date to Current' works OK

So now the time_date of the .dng is found, but "cannnot" be applied ...

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... + the screenshots ...