Syncline Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 Hi and first off, thanks for all your hard work on this great program and it's predecessor DVD Dec. I've been using ImgBurn since it's inital release to handle the burning of my image files but it's only recently that I've started playing around with the build mode to see if I could use this as my main burning program for doing data backups as well as image files. Now not being a programmer, I'm not sure how hard this suggestion would be to implement (or if you'd see a need to do it in the first place ), but I was wondering if it would be possible to add a button to the labels tab to create the label using the current system date and time so when it comes to cataloguing backups I can distinguish between disks using the label. I realize this is a lazy man's request, but I thought I'd throw out the idea and see where it lands. Thanks again for all the hard work you put into this program. Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIGHTNING UK! Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 That's not at all difficult, except for the fact that there's just not very much room for such things! I could put one on the auto generate volume label window though - the window that comes up when you don't specify a volume label in the main one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syncline Posted November 22, 2006 Author Share Posted November 22, 2006 Seeing as I can only speak for myself, I'd appreciate it.... . Seriously though, I hope other people would find something like that useful to make it worth your while to implement it. Thanks for your reply Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIGHTNING UK! Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 What's the typical format for these things (assuming you've used them before!) ? Using the OS's 'Short Date' format (from the regional settings), is it date first then time, or vice versa? i.e. HHMMSS_DDMMYYYY or DDMMYYYY_HHMMSS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syncline Posted November 22, 2006 Author Share Posted November 22, 2006 The format I started out with are from way back in the early EasyCD Creator days and have just stuck with it because I'm used to it, is YYMMDD_HHMM. I would assume this is the short date format you're talking about. However, I'm not to picky because anyway you decide to do it would come up with a unique label which is mainly what I'm after. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lfcrule1972 Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 Seems like a useful suggestion for those who use ImgBurn to do data backups (which I don't) However if I did YYMMDD would bug the hell out of me, but that's just cos I am used to DDMMYY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pudah Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 This would be a handy feature. Other burning apps I've used set the volume label to YYMMDD_HHMM, though I'd personally prefer YYYYMMDD_HHMM. Perhaps somewhere in the Settings (there seems to be a good amount of room on the Build settings tab) you could ask the user for preferred format from a couple of choices and then use that whenever a volume label is not specified. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinningwheel Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 I think it's a great idea...but in the States it's MMDDYYYY...Now doesn't that dick up things.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syncline Posted November 24, 2006 Author Share Posted November 24, 2006 Following Pudah's line of thought, instead of selecting from a predetermined formats, another way might be to use a system like doing a custom format in a spreadsheet where the user enters his preference. Although this will add to the complexity of implementing this suggestion (to what degree I'm not sure). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIGHTNING UK! Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 lol I can assure you, there's NO room on the build tab now! but yes, I had also been thinking along the lines of letting the user select the format for this text. Maybe just a context menu on the 'insert date' button where it lists the options (and remembers which one you want to use). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pudah Posted November 25, 2006 Share Posted November 25, 2006 lol I can assure you, there's NO room on the build tab now! whoops, looks like I confused the Build settings tab with the General settings tab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
necrocracker Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 I'd personally prefer YYYYMMDD_HHMM. YYYYMMDD_HHMM makes the most sense to me. This makes alphabetizing simpler since your most signigicant time is to the left, and least signigicant is on the right. This is how I normally label folders that contain versions of projects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defenestration Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 I'd personally prefer YYYYMMDD_HHMM. YYYYMMDD_HHMM makes the most sense to me. This makes alphabetizing simpler since your most signigicant time is to the left, and least signigicant is on the right. This is how I normally label folders that contain versions of projects. +2 for YYYMMDD_HHMM, due to the ability to sort on filename column in Explorer. I believe this is also the ISO date format. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkC Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 +2 for YYYMMDD_HHMM, due to the ability to sort on filename column in Explorer. I believe this is also the ISO date format. +3 for this, it means if you catalog the disks they are much easier to sort meaningfully on the label. Thanks, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIGHTNING UK! Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 Implemented as YYYYMMDD_HHMM, case closed You can also now specify [DATETIME], [DATE] and [TIME] in an IBB file for the Volume Label entries and ImgBurn will replace them with the appropriate value. i.e. [DATETIME] = YYYYMMDD_HHMM [DATE] = YYYYMMDD [TIME] = HHMM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkC Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 (edited) You can also now specify ... WE can? , hunts round busily for hidden access to beta version with this enabled..... I presume that meant we *will* be able to, not fair getting my hopes up like that. Hunts some more just in case..... Ok, sits waiting patiently. Mark Hunts a bit more..... Edited November 30, 2006 by MarkC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lfcrule1972 Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 Patience Mark ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheShadowRunner Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 According to the change log, this has been implemented in version 2.2.0.0, Added: A button on the 'volume label' windows to have it insert the current date/time in YYYYMMDD_HHMM format. But i'm now using 2.3.2.0 and I just cannot locate this button (in build mode!) Either in the popup window or the Labels tab on the right. I tried restoring setup defaults, same! Please enlighten me See you! TSR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blutach Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 It's in write mode. Load an ISO. Right click on Label --> Change and click on the calendar icon underneath UDF. Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheShadowRunner Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 Hi blutach, So yeah, it's in Mode> Write, but not Mode > Build, i could always search it in Build mode if it isn't there in the first place hehe... Do you know why it's not there in Build mode? Later, TSR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blutach Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 Not sure, no. Perhaps LUK can answer that one. Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontasciime Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 Works ok for me. This was build mode and image as output [edit] just also tried it in build mode and device as output and it works as it should by clicking calendar icon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheShadowRunner Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 Very odd, how could i have missed it? I just checked and indeed the button is here in all modes. Maybe lack of sleep is the culprit heh. sorry to all of you guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blutach Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 I couldn't find it either - but I had already specified a label (via the DVD-TXT info). Maybe it is only there if the label is not present, but then I thought it took the folder name. Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIGHTNING UK! Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 The box only comes up if the user hasn't entered a name in the main GUI and hasn't told the program to just automatically accept the generated name via the settings. When it does come up though, it always has the little button to insert the date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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