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The *one thing* that's keeping me from upgrading from 2.5 to 3.x...
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantGrendell
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I store my DVD's in Case Logic slipcases, which accept CD sized jewel case covers, not DVD covers. (I store my original DVD cases in cardboard, packed away.) The main reason for this is I can fit a LOT (a LOT) more DVD's in my storage libraries for easy access.

I use a DVD Profiler skin to print off these jewel cases. It's a modified version of the devoted.to/dvds "jewelz" 3.0 skin:



I heavily rely on this skin... it's how I make my jewel case covers! I'm not really willing to part with its functionality. As I understand it, HTML skins no longer work in the 3.x versions of DVD Profiler.

I'm open to any suggestions!
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Quite the opposite. You can import 2.x skins into 3.0

VIEW -> HTML Windows -> Edit...

FILE -> Import 2.x skin

There may be some modification to make for it to be entirely compatible, but it works.
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Thanks for the tip, I have another computer I can try it out on.
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If that fails, look at this as an opportunity to learn a new skill.
Get the CSVExport and Database Query plug-ins here.
Create fake parent profiles to organize your collection.
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantGrendell
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Well, I tried it out, and it flat out doesn't work. There's just way too much code, tags, variables, etc. in the original skin that doesn't work at all in DVD Profiler 3.x. So I guess I'll have to stick with 2.5 as my main program.
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Well, I tried it out, and it flat out doesn't work. There's just way too much code, tags, variables, etc. in the original skin that doesn't work at all in DVD Profiler 3.x. So I guess I'll have to stick with 2.5 as my main program.

Can you e-mail me the file8s)...? I'll have a look and see what I can do. If it#s not tooo much work, I may try to update it...
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One problem I noticed is that *no* HTML file would work. I tried rebooting, and that seemed to solve that.

However, the Jewelz skin still doesn't work. The problem is all the images (including the cover scans) are "red x'd" out:



This is because this skin needs to load images from subdirectories. I put the skin in a subdirectory called "skins" in the DVD Profiler directory. The subdirectory that contains the images that the skin needs to load is called "TEMP". That's there too.

A "Properties" on any "red x" image shows that the program is trying to load them from "file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Administrator/Application%20Data/DVD%20Profiler/Temp/skins/TEMP/".

The "skins/TEMP/" directory is not in the above folder.

I tried some other HTML skins that use subdirectories; those don't work either.

I wonder if it's possible to fix the program to make it work with these skins?
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Well, I tried it out, and it flat out doesn't work. There's just way too much code, tags, variables, etc. in the original skin that doesn't work at all in DVD Profiler 3.x. So I guess I'll have to stick with 2.5 as my main program.

Can you e-mail me the file8s)...? I'll have a look and see what I can do. If it#s not tooo much work, I may try to update it...


Hey, thanks! I'll be doing that...
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Maybe there is something I don't understand, but if the aim is to make printouts suitable for jewelcases, why use special skin for that purpose?
Isn't a report something which is supposed to be used for that purpose?
It shouldn't be too hard to make a report which printout could be used as a cover in a jewelcase.
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This is because this skin needs to load images from subdirectories. I put the skin in a subdirectory called "skins" in the DVD Profiler directory. The subdirectory that contains the images that the skin needs to load is called "TEMP". That's there too.

deniro(?, I think that was the author) did that, as those images were loaded by several of his skins. As you only need this one, we can place the images right within the skin/layout. ...or we can change the path where there are being looked for using the paths from HEADER_VARS.

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Can you e-mail me the file8s)...? I'll have a look and see what I can do. If it#s not tooo much work, I may try to update it...


Hey, thanks! I'll be doing that...
Looking forward to it. I think I have some time to spare over the weekend.
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This is because this skin needs to load images from subdirectories. I put the skin in a subdirectory called "skins" in the DVD Profiler directory. The subdirectory that contains the images that the skin needs to load is called "TEMP". That's there too.

A "Properties" on any "red x" image shows that the program is trying to load them from "file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Administrator/Application%20Data/DVD%20Profiler/Temp/skins/TEMP/".

The "skins/TEMP/" directory is not in the above folder.



well - just create the folder in this directory then and copy the files there...

All the skins look by default within the Application data folder tree for the files they need.

(just to clarify - the %20 is a space -

so the directory is
C:/Documents and Settings/Administrator/Application Data/DVD Profiler/Temp/skins/TEMP
Paul
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantGrendell
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I tried that already Paul. It didn't work. Also, when DVD Profiler is closed, it deletes the entire contents (including directories) of "file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/[USERNAME]/Application%20Data/DVD%20Profiler/Temp".
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This is because this skin needs to load images from subdirectories. I put the skin in a subdirectory called "skins" in the DVD Profiler directory. The subdirectory that contains the images that the skin needs to load is called "TEMP". That's there too.

deniro(?, I think that was the author) did that, as those images were loaded by several of his skins. As you only need this one, we can place the images right within the skin/layout. ...or we can change the path where there are being looked for using the paths from HEADER_VARS.

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Can you e-mail me the file8s)...? I'll have a look and see what I can do. If it#s not tooo much work, I may try to update it...


Hey, thanks! I'll be doing that...

Looking forward to it. I think I have some time to spare over the weekend.

Looked to me like that path had an extra /temp directory in it.  It is also considered poor form to use temp directories for holding data, since a temp directory is usually considered to be a system directory.  Gotta be something hosed in the path somewhere.
John

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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantGrendell
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It worked fine in 2.4 and 2.5. It's not actually a temp directory, that's just what it's named. I could easily recode it and rename the directory to something like "important_directory_which_holds_data_not_a_temp_directory", but it still wouldn't make it work.

However, DVD Profiler 3.x does seem to use temp directories for holding data for 2.x html skins. (It looks like it's trying to copy files to "file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/[USERNAME]/Application%20Data/DVD%20Profiler/Temp", then read data from there.) That appears to be causing some of these 2.x skins to not work, mainly, the ones that use their own subdirectories for custom images, scripts, and other resources.
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It worked fine in 2.4 and 2.5. It's not actually a temp directory, that's just what it's named. I could easily recode it and rename the directory to something like "important_directory_which_holds_data_not_a_temp_directory", but it still wouldn't make it work.

However, DVD Profiler 3.x does seem to use temp directories for holding data for 2.x html skins. (It looks like it's trying to copy files to "file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/[USERNAME]/Application%20Data/DVD%20Profiler/Temp", then read data from there.) That appears to be causing some of these 2.x skins to not work, mainly, the ones that use their own subdirectories for custom images, scripts, and other resources.



  See, like I said, temp directories!
John

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DVD Profiler (I beleive it is still the same) places all the the content of a Layout (formerly known as Skin) into a Temp directory. Somehow the images from this Skin (used as a layout) aren't found.

I cannot say more unless I look at the file(s).
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