Creating file comments that can be moved to hard disks

[RipIxi]

Hi,

I'm new to XYPlorer, I'm reading about labels, tags, comments. They seem great but, is there a way I can comment a file and then the comment is copyied with the file to e.g. a hard disk for backup?

I use Xplorer² for this and have hundreds of files commented but I definitively want to move to XY and this is the only issue preventing me to do it...

Many thanks for any suggestion!

[serendipity]

Hi,

I'm new to XYPlorer, I'm reading about labels, tags, comments. They seem great but, is there a way I can comment a file and then the comment is copyied with the file to e.g. a hard disk for backup?

I use Xplorer² for this and have hundreds of files commented but I definitively want to move to XY and this is the only issue preventing me to do it...

Many thanks for any suggestion!

Hi,
If you comment a file in XYplorer and copy it to another disk then comments are not copied. While moving files moves comments too.
Comments feature in XYplorer are not the same as Explorer comments. That said, there are ways to import those comments into XYplorer. If Xplorer2's comments are similar to explorer's then you can get them in XY too.

[RipIxi]

Ok, understood. Thank you very much.

I'll check XY documentation to find how WE comments can be imported to XY.

[serendipity]

Ok, understood. I'll check XY documentation to find how WE comments can be imported to XY.

To import comments you need to use scripting which is part of XY Pro.
Here is a script you can use to import comments. Select files and run this script:

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// Retrieve WE comments from a file and insert as XY comment
   focus; //Focus list
   foreach($filename, <get selecteditemsnames |>) {
   sel "[$filename]"; // Select file
   tag property ("DocComments"), , 2; //Read WE property "Comments" and Write to XY comment
   }

[serendipity]

I see that you are new here, so steps to use the below script:
1) Select few files which have comments in them.
2) Copy below script.
3) In XY, go to menu Scripting | Run Script.
4) Paste script and OK.

If you had comments in the selected files those will be copied to XY's comment.
Enable comments column from: Right-click on list white space| Columns | Comment.