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[Bob007]

Hi --

A simple enough question I think...except I can't figure it  ...and a quick search hasn't helped.

I have my music organised into different drives / directories based on the type of music it is i.e I have the following structure at a top level:

M:\[MC - Ripped CDs]\....etc....
M:\[MC - Live Bootlegs]\......etc...
N:\[MC - Studio Bootlegs]\....etc...

etc etc

I'm trying to create a View Scheme for each of these top-level directories but adding various combinations of the expressions FileName, FilePath, Mid into step 4 of the View Creation dialogue box aren't achieving what I want no matter what I try.

It can't be that hard -- any clues anyone?  It must be simple enough.

-- Thanks, Bob 

[Bob007]

No replies but an update: I've worked out what my expression needs to be......but I can't get VIEW SCHEMA to be built at all.

I know that [Mid (FilePath ([Filename]) ,21,4) ] will resolve my FILEPATH to the word "Boot" i.e this is where my bootlegs are stored but if I try and create an expression in the create view dialogue similar to :

[Mid (FilePath ([Filename]) ,21,3) ]=[Boot]

it returns nothing.  I've played around with it - removing brackets etc but can't get it to work.

Any clues anyone?

[marko]

Try:

[=isequal([filename],boot,8)]=1

[Bob007]

Thanks.  A bit of tweaking and that works a treat.

What's the value of '8' for?  It's not on the expressions page.

[marko]

Nice one.
see: http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=32964.msg226899#msg226899

it means: case insensitive substring search.

so if 'boot' appears in the filename field in any way shape or form, it will satisfy the search.
use '7' for case sensitivity.

[Bob007]

Thank you, sir.

Hey, I'm navigating with ease now....