Searching Photos JPG by Keywords help

admsupport · Post by **admsupport** » 2009 Jan 08, 06:12

In "My Pictures" folder
A photos set named: OP 01.jpg to OP 15.jpg
On the "Summary" tab of the photo properties (F12) "Keywords" field: Olivier; Polin; Osaka; 2005
View: Thumbnails

When I search from the photos by file name:OP = instant result.
When I create an aditional rule to search only by keywords:

No matter the keyword (Olivier or Polin or 2005) the search result is empty.

Post by **nikos** » 2009 Jan 08, 07:25

it works for me!
try clearing all filter first then just set rules on keywords and see how it goes. Don't put any spaces around your search terms

to troubleshoot filter problems, in a scrap windown use Tools > Search status to see what is the total filter xplorer2 last used

admsupport · Post by **admsupport** » 2009 Jan 08, 08:39

Have followed your instructions.
I have selected 2 new photos (sample1.jpg and sample2.jpg)
s1.jpg > Keywords field "Rara" (my first bird's name)
s2.jpg > Comment field "Ruru" (my second bird's name)

Search within: D:\My Documents\My Pictures\[SentTo]
Parameters: Subfolders, Depth first
FILTER DETAILS
Matching items: Folders, Files
[AND] Keywords contains "Rara"
----------------
FOLDERS SEARCHED
----------------
D:\My Documents\My Pictures\[SentTo]
D:\My Documents\My Pictures\[SentTo]\[Originals]
D:\My Documents\My Pictures\[SentTo]\SBS Rip
D:\My Documents\My Pictures\[SentTo]\Ru and Ra
D:\My Documents\My Pictures\[SentTo]\Ru and Ra\[Originals]
D:\My Documents\My Pictures\[SentTo]\Ru and Ra\Batch
D:\My Documents\My Pictures\[SentTo]\Kayo
7 folder(s) searched in total

Search complete

Result: No iteam match the specified rule

Search within: D:\My Documents\My Pictures\[SentTo]
Parameters: Subfolders, Depth first
FILTER DETAILS
Matching items: Folders, Files
[AND] Comments contains "Ruru"
----------------
FOLDERS SEARCHED
----------------
D:\My Documents\My Pictures\[SentTo]
D:\My Documents\My Pictures\[SentTo]\[Originals]
D:\My Documents\My Pictures\[SentTo]\SBS Rip
D:\My Documents\My Pictures\[SentTo]\Ru and Ra
D:\My Documents\My Pictures\[SentTo]\Ru and Ra\[Originals]
D:\My Documents\My Pictures\[SentTo]\Ru and Ra\Batch
D:\My Documents\My Pictures\[SentTo]\Kayo
7 folder(s) searched in total

Search complete
Ready (Sample2.jpg shows up)

Same result with a text file in a different directory: Keywords "Tokyo", Comment: "Osaka" on the same file.

Search within: D:\My Documents\A [Folder]\New Folder
Parameters: Subfolders, Depth first
FILTER DETAILS
Matching items: Folders, Files
[AND] Keywords contains "Tokyo"
----------------
FOLDERS SEARCHED
----------------
D:\My Documents\A [Folder]\New Folder
1 folder(s) searched in total

Search complete
No result.

Search within: D:\My Documents\A [Folder]\New Folder
Parameters: Subfolders, Depth first
FILTER DETAILS
Matching items: Folders, Files
[AND] Comments contains "Osaka"
----------------
FOLDERS SEARCHED
----------------
D:\My Documents\A [Folder]\New Folder
1 folder(s) searched in total

Search complete
The Text file is found

admsupport · Post by **admsupport** » 2009 Jan 08, 09:14

One more try and same result!!

Searching for your blogs

Search within: D:\My Documents\E Soft
Parameters: Subfolders, Depth first
FILTER DETAILS
Matching items: Folders, Files
[AND] Author contains "Nikos Bozinis"

returned all the saved blogs

However (again) searching the same blogs by Keywords

Search within: D:\My Documents\E Soft
Parameters: Subfolders, Depth first
FILTER DETAILS
Matching items: Folders, Files
[AND] Keywords contains "2007"

Search returned nothing

Why? Why? Why? I cannot use Keywords in my seach string

Post by **nikos** » 2009 Jan 08, 09:15

so you can search in comments but not in keywords, weird!
anybody else can see this?
how are you adding keywords, with the property page?
send me one of these pictures so i can test it on my computer
thanks

admsupport · Post by **admsupport** » 2009 Jan 08, 09:25

nikos wrote:so you can search in comments but not in keywords, weird!
anybody else can see this?
how are you adding keywords, with the property page?
send me one of these pictures so i can test it on my computer
thanks

Yes, properties window. I did another try, from Windows Explorer (Alt+Enter) for one photo and from X2 (F12) for the other, make no difference. When I search for Keywords: no result.

Where do I send the photos?

admsupport · Post by **admsupport** » 2009 Jan 08, 09:42

I have searched everywhere on the board, but I don't find where I can send you files in attachment? By messenger?

Post by **nikos** » 2009 Jan 08, 09:56

use the address from your registration email

admsupport · Post by **admsupport** » 2009 Jan 08, 10:49

nikos wrote:use the address from your registration email

Done

Post by **nikos** » 2009 Jan 08, 13:48

thanks for the pics (nice birds, look like origami

)
the weird thing is that i can find keywords in your pics!?

admsupport · Post by **admsupport** » 2009 Jan 08, 22:49

nikos wrote:thanks for the pics (nice birds, look like origami )
the weird thing is that i can find keywords in your pics!?

Thanks, they are Japanese buncho (Java sparrow in English).

Q. when we send direct attachments by email is the ads preserved?

Your answer gave me a hint

and I checked in Explorer: Keywords column does not appear (the same keyword entries appear on the X2 keywords column

, but search from keywords return a negative result)

Web search with the same issue: No solution but several posts:
Post 1
Post 2

Do we have a similar config: XPPro, sp2?

I send back the pics in a .rar archive with "save data stream" option. Can you see the Keywords?

Re-confirm if you can search any type of files from their KEYWORDS with a positive result on your side.
If so, I am bad

I don't think re-installing X2 will change a thing.
Only re-installing XP would

Any idea if either of these two features could be involved (I doubt it thoug)?

a. Split Stream in X2
b. Streams.exe from sysinternal

admsupport · Post by **admsupport** » 2009 Jan 08, 23:58

New INFO:

I have just tried with my JP roommate's prehistorical desktop (xp pro JAPANESE version, sp2) it is outside my LAN, Explorer only, just a regular PC.

Created several files (.txt, .jpg) with keywords
Set details view, keyword column added to the view
On screen: Keywords column = No Show

All the other fields: author, comment, subject, etc. are visible but the keywords column???
Could it be a curse from my evil landlord?

Post by **nikos** » 2009 Jan 09, 10:47

look, in the end of the day, keywords or comments, it doesn't make a difference. If you set a comment and that works, then case closed. Probably there's a bug with japanese windows somewhere

admsupport · Post by **admsupport** » 2009 Jan 09, 23:46

I came to the same conclusion. I am using another filed instead Keywords.

BTW could you see the keywords on the photo this time or same result?

Post by **nikos** » 2009 Jan 10, 07:35

i think i have the answer for you, i can see the keywords only with the [S]tock column in xplorer2