eLibrary

Hi, thanks for this great tool! When is new version coming? I would love, even beta version, especially if it contains anything from the list below :) I miss only few things: 1. As already requested it should be possible to choose folder from which (and all its subfolders) books should be added. It's a must feature! 2. I would very much appreciate to have an option to rename files using for example: Title (Author)(Num)(ISDN). Num should be filled only if there are multiple files (with the same extension, when there would be a name repetition). In this way it's more clear and one can easily tell author from the title. 3. If during the import a book is repeated there should be an option to by default add the next file to the book description. 4. If possible I would like to see for each tag the number of books in it 5. I miss some kind of rating, or stars that would work independently of tags. For example if I have a tag "chess" I should be able to rank (at least choose my favorites) in some visible way the books for this category. It would be nice to have a possibility to see all favorites from all tags. After some thinking I believe that a boolean value: favorite/normal should do. with a possibility to show only favs and to sort showing favs first. Now something more difficult (I can live without it): 6. I keep my books in a quite extensive folder structure - folders represent tags - it's not perfect as only 1 tag is possible, but it's relatively easy to keep some order on my hdd. It would be nice to: - use this information to automatically tag files while importing - make it possible to move files between folders according to tags How I think it could be done: there could be (in setup) a possibility to map 1-1 some tags with folders. This would help in setting tag during import. to allow moving books a notion of primary tag could be introduced - this would be a tag representing the folder where a book is stored. If this is changed the book (all its files) should be moved to the new folder. I would use it mainly for new books that go to let's say "new" folder (tag) and are given some other tag manually.

Hi, First, thanks for the kind words. A test version was just released today, with some cool features. 1. Automatic adding of books by selecting folders to be added to the library. 2. You can filter by the auto-tags, folders and some the usual things. 3. As for multi-files for the same book, currently it is still a problem. I think i`ll go on the XBMC solution where certain file naming convention relates files to the same book (like my renamer does). In the beta there will be an easier way of merging files to the same book (after it was added to the library). 4. As for rating, i thought about it a lot. I added the "Custom Values", where you can any kind of property you want for books. I think it can be good enough for those who want rating. Tell me what u think. The reordering is something i don't plan to support in the mean time. You should add this as a feature request. and I'll look into it later on. However, I do encourage u to try add the feature yourself if u can, and I'll incorporate it into the release. Regards Amir

Hi Amir, I am not able to run the test version under Windows 7 pro 64. The error description is: Beschreibung: Stopped working Problemsignatur: Problemereignisname: CLR20r3 Problemsignatur 01: elibrary.exe Problemsignatur 02: 3.0.0.0 Problemsignatur 03: 4d279900 Problemsignatur 04: System.Data.SQLite Problemsignatur 05: 1.0.65.0 Problemsignatur 06: 4a6cf6f2 Problemsignatur 07: 1d1 Problemsignatur 08: 1e5 Problemsignatur 09: System.Data.SQLite.SQLite Betriebsystemversion: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.48 Gebietsschema-ID: 2055 Can you help? Sincerely, Tyco

Hi, first, seems i placed the wrong binary in the last release, and some reference dlls where missing from it. (oops) so i just released a new test version. (in case u ran it from ur main computer, delete the book3.db from the eLibrary folder) second, there is a log file under %USERPROFILE%/eLibrary/ where any exceptions that occur are registered. so if you can check that file it will be very helpful thanks, amir

I tried the new test and it crashes my machine when I try to add new books, the log says: eLibrary session Starting NotificationViewModel () (58577354) Finalized NotificationViewModel () (54025633) Finalized NotificationViewModel () (47063234) Finalized NotificationViewModel () (60665573) Finalized NotificationViewModel () (20915929) Finalized NotificationViewModel () (16468652) Finalized RegistrationDialogViewModel () (9119245) Finalized NotificationViewModel () (14000148) Finalized I also tried to compile the source I got from svn, but the compiled exe crashes just when I try to execute it. I also got some errors while compiling and I had to manually remove some parts of the code (I don't remember now, but some references were missing, etc.). It would be great if you could post somewhere code of the fully working version, even if it's a bit outdated (2.5.13 would be great as it is almost perfect for me).

Hi Amir, thank you for the new version. It starts and does not crash my PC. However, it does not do anything. The log file shows that the program is not able to write to disk even if I start it as "Administrator". Here an exerpt of the log file: eLibrary session Starting Ein Teil des Pfades "C:\Users\VR\eLibrary\Thumbs\\1.jpg" konnte nicht gefunden werden.Ein Teil des Pfades "C:\Users\VR\eLibrary\Thumbs\\1.jpg" konnte nicht gefunden werden. System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException: Ein Teil des Pfades "C:\Users\VR\eLibrary\Thumbs\\1.jpg" konnte nicht gefunden werden. bei System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath) bei System.IO.File.InternalCopy(String sourceFileName, String destFileName, Boolean overwrite) bei System.IO.File.Copy(String sourceFileName, String destFileName, Boolean overwrite) bei eDataAccessLayer.Concrete.BooksRepository.SaveChanges(Book book) bei eDataAccessLayer.Concrete.BooksRepository.CreateNewBook(Book newBook) bei eBookHarvester.DirectoryMonitor.ScanFolderForFiles(String folderPath) bei eBookHarvester.DirectoryMonitor.FolderScanner() Ein Teil des Pfades "C:\Users\VR\eLibrary\Thumbs\\1.jpg" konnte nicht gefunden werden.Ein Teil des Pfades "C:\Users\VR\eLibrary\Thumbs\\1.jpg" konnte nicht gefunden werden. System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException: Ein Teil des Pfades "C:\Users\VR\eLibrary\Thumbs\\1.jpg" konnte nicht gefunden werden. bei System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath) bei System.IO.File.InternalCopy(String sourceFileName, String destFileName, Boolean overwrite) bei System.IO.File.Copy(String sourceFileName, String destFileName, Boolean overwrite) bei eDataAccessLayer.Concrete.BooksRepository.SaveChanges(Book book) bei eDataAccessLayer.Concrete.BooksRepository.CreateNewBook(Book newBook) bei eBookHarvester.DirectoryMonitor.ScanFolderForFiles(String folderPath) bei eBookHarvester.DirectoryMonitor.FolderScanner() Ein Teil des Pfades "C:\Users\VR\eLibrary\Thumbs\\1.jpg" konnte nicht gefunden werden.Ein Teil des Pfades "C:\Users\VR\eLibrary\Thumbs\\1.jpg" konnte nicht gefunden werden. Thanks for help. Tyco

OK, I downloaded the sources, compiled (I just had to comment a part with autocomplete component) and it works. I really like the changes, it looks nice and simple, yet it does what is needed (well, some things are still missing I guess, like file renaming). There is a great potential in this tool! I hope to see new version coming soon :)

Hi Tyco, Seems strange that this bug occurred, That directory was supposed to be created when u run the app. Can u please check if the directory "C:\Users\VR\eLibrary\Thumbs\\" exists? and if not create it and rerun the application? Thanks Amir

Hi yeellow, Actually file renaming exists, i just haven't finished documenting how to use it. You can see it under the File->Settings->File Renaming Regards, Amir