Importing Charts

jeemo · Post by **jeemo** » 12 Jun 2009 04:03

I just went to open a chart in v4 and have found that I have to go through a process of importing all my charts so that v4 can work with them.
I have over a thousand charts with sub-folders based on the family name.
Is there a simple way to import them in bulk and can I have sub-folders?

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YouTube · Post by **Jane** » 12 Jun 2009 06:47

Subfolders don't work, just tried it, but you could just copy all the chart files in to the chart folder in the project/data/chart folder.

jeemo · Post by **jeemo** » 12 Jun 2009 11:44

Thanks Jane
I realise that but I was looking for a quick way to handle the 1000+ charts I have. I really didn't expect there to be a way but just thought I'd ask.

YouTube · Post by **Jane** » 12 Jun 2009 11:47

I did mean copy in windows explorer, you should just be able to open the folder and drop all your chart files in.

jeemo · Post by **jeemo** » 12 Jun 2009 14:08

No I can't. I have 5 different types of charts each with its own folder and many have the same file name. I'm having to rename each file with a chart type added to the name to avoid clashes. So far I'm up to the surnames beginning with p in the main type which has about 600 charts.

YouTube · Post by **Jane** » 12 Jun 2009 18:45

Grab a copy of Renamer from http://www.den4b.com/projects.php

You can easily do batch renames in a few minutes.

jeemo · Post by **jeemo** » 12 Jun 2009 22:04

Jane

Thanks for that. I'll have a look at it later today

jeemo · Post by **jeemo** » 12 Jun 2009 23:18

Jane

What a gem of a programme. All done thanks to it

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