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[dlone]

Would this be possible?

I've got a nice track-info plugin that checks to see if a song has lyrics/comment/bios
If a has any of these it will show the buttons for the things it has
And by preference it will show as default lyrics->comment->bios

Unfortunately this conflics with how lyric edit sets 'instrumental' and instead of showing the comment field or bios, it shows [Instrumental]

That leaves me with the option of adding or not adding [Instrumental] to the tracks
If I don't add [Instrumental] they show up in lyric editor as 'not tagged' and it looks like a song with missing lyrics - not good
If I add [Instrumental] they show fine in lyrric editor but give the wrong display in my track info display

I think a better idea would be to make a custom field n the library
Say for example call it 'Instrumental' of type integer and if a track is instrumental set it 1
Check for that tag when you scan the files and mark them as up to date in the display in lyric edtor

That way we would get the benefits of knowing the track was 'final' for lyrics, and any other track-info plugins won't get distracted by lyrics that just show [Instrumental]

I hope that makes some sense

[dcwebman]

I know this isn't what you want, but have you thought about trying to modify the trackinfo?

I like my trackinfo showing Instrumental as it always displays the lyrics, and by the way it also shows the Comments, Keywords, Notes, etc. all at the same time too. Perhaps you can modify your trackinfo to do likewise or ignore Instrumental?

[dlone]

<grin> If I knew as much javascript as I'd like I would, but I'm not very good at it - if I could get it to ignore [Instrumental] I'd be a happy guy

This is what I've used
if ("TrackInfo_IsEmpty(Lyrics)"=="FALSE")
I've not got a clue what to use to ignore empty lyrics or lyrics that only contain '[Instrumental]'

I should really get down to learining java 

[Doof]

I'd have to agree, though, that it makes more sense for you to modify your track info for your specific needs than it is for me to modify the plugin and force everybody else to follow your way of thinking.

Which Track Info is it? I'm sure there's somebody on this board that could modify it for you.

[dcwebman]

dlone,
I know Javascript and even though I haven't really edited a trackinfo, if you let me know which one it is or how I can get it, I'll see what I can do for you.
Jeff

[dlone]

Cheers 

It's a modified version of dreamstate - got a lad at my old job to alter it to use layers and buttons that only show if the data is there
I'm not sure what he used to make the changes though

You can get at ftp:\\dloneranger.dynu.com\Dreamstate1D.zip

Thanks for the help

[dcwebman]

Changes made to what I think you wanted. I coded it to use "[Instrumental]". If by some chance you change your mind to use something else, just change line 80 in index.html.
http://www.copesonline.com/software/Dreamstate1D.zip

Jeff

[dlone]

Thank you so much
I reallly appreciate that

If you ever are in birmingham,uk i'll buy you all the beer you want 

[dcwebman]

That's a long way to go from Houston for a beer, but I'll keep you in mind! Went to the UK years ago for a week and can't wait to go back sometime.

[dlone]

Good grief - I forgot to say that the changes you made were exacatly right -just what I wanted

Sorry about that