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Merging credit lists
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DVD Profiler Desktop and Mobile Registrantwintermute115
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I've recently submitted child profiles for the first season of Monk (apparently, I was the first person to get thinpaks (each with their own UPC) in a slipcase rather than a digipak), complete with detailed cast and crew from the episode credits.

Now, I want to add these into the parent profile for the season as a whole, but I can't work out a good way to do it. The obvious solution is to type all that information in again, but that seems like effort.

Is there a way to merge different profiles together? I'm pretty sure there's not an obvious way to do it (because I don't think it's something Ken anticipated), but maybe something involving hacking XML files or backup databases?

Basically, I want to submit the data for the good of the community (and because I've decided to only store TV shows at the season level, for consistency) but I'm loathe to duplicate effort I've already put in. If there's a better way to do it, I'd love to know about it...


Thanks guys.
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The only way to do it at this point is to copy the cast and crew from the child profiles and paste them into Notepad, then add them together after doing some further cutting and pasting in Notepad.
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The only way to do it at this point is to copy the cast and crew from the child profiles and paste them into Notepad, then add them together after doing some further cutting and pasting in Notepad.


But then how do I get them back into the parent profile?
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Now, I want to add these into the parent profile for the season as a whole, but I can't work out a good way to do it. The obvious solution is to type all that information in again, but that seems like effort.

"Never type a word when you can copy and paste it!"
See this thread: Adding tv series with dividers
So I simply would copy all the Childprofile-Castlists in an Editor, remove the superfluous End- Starttags and paste that into the parent. In the cast-editor simply rightclick int he window and you see "Copy all cast" and "Paste all cast"

cya, Mithi
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Quoting Behemot:
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The only way to do it at this point is to copy the cast and crew from the child profiles and paste them into Notepad, then add them together after doing some further cutting and pasting in Notepad.


But then how do I get them back into the parent profile?

You highlight the entire text in Notepad and copy it, then paste it back into the parent profile. Make sure, like Mithi said, to remove superfluous end- start-tags, or you won't be able to paste it back in.
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Now, I want to add these into the parent profile for the season as a whole, but I can't work out a good way to do it. The obvious solution is to type all that information in again, but that seems like effort.

"Never type a word when you can copy and paste it!"
See this thread: Adding tv series with dividers
So I simply would copy all the Childprofile-Castlists in an Editor, remove the superfluous End- Starttags and paste that into the parent. In the cast-editor simply rightclick int he window and you see "Copy all cast" and "Paste all cast"

cya, Mithi


By Odin's missing eye, that just might work! I'll try it when I get home.

Just so I'm clear, "copy all the Childprofile-Castlists in an Editor" means just highlight the list and Control-C? Or is there a "copy" button? I mean, it's something that obvious, and doesn't involve hacking the files, right?
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Now, I want to add these into the parent profile for the season as a whole, but I can't work out a good way to do it. The obvious solution is to type all that information in again, but that seems like effort.

"Never type a word when you can copy and paste it!"
See this thread: Adding tv series with dividers
So I simply would copy all the Childprofile-Castlists in an Editor, remove the superfluous End- Starttags and paste that into the parent. In the cast-editor simply rightclick int he window and you see "Copy all cast" and "Paste all cast"

cya, Mithi


By Odin's missing eye, that just might work! I'll try it when I get home.

Just so I'm clear, "copy all the Childprofile-Castlists in an Editor" means just highlight the list and Control-C? Or is there a "copy" button? I mean, it's something that obvious, and doesn't involve hacking the files, right?


You need to go into Edit mode for each separate child profile, one at the time, then right click on the cast list and choose "Copy cast". Same thing for crew. Then you paste the different child cast lists into an editor like Notepad and edit them together, removing the superfluous parts at the beginning and end. After it's completed, Ctrl-A and then Ctrl-C in Notepad. Then go into the Edit mode of the parent profile and right click on the cast list and choose "Paste cast". Needs a little bit of practice, but I'm sure you'll get the hang of it!
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When you are in the Editing mode for each child profile go to the cast section. Right click on the window that has the cast you want to copy and choose "Copy All Cast." You can then paste this into Notepad like everyone else is mentioning. When you want to copy the combined cast into the parent profile, just "Select All' in Notepad and then choose "Copy" open up the parent profile for editing and go to the Cast section and right-click in the empty cast window and choose "Paste All Cast". You will get a dialogue box to confirm that you want to overwrite the cast with the new info all you have to do is choose "Yes" and it will be inserted.
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OK. Thanks for the help.

It sounds easier than I was expecting, so hopefully I'll get that done tonight.
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This is basically how the cast list should look when you've spliced the different episodes together (just a simplified example with 1 actor and bogus episode names):

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<CastInformation>
  <Title>Monk: Season 1</Title>
  <Actors>
  <Divider Caption="1. First Episode"/>
    <Actor FirstName="Tony" MiddleName="" LastName="Shalhoub" BirthYear="0" Role="Monk" CreditedAs="" Voice="False" Uncredited="False"/>
    <Divider Caption="2. Second Episode"/>
    <Actor FirstName="Tony" MiddleName="" LastName="Shalhoub" BirthYear="0" Role="Monk" CreditedAs="" Voice="False" Uncredited="False"/>
</Actors>
</CastInformation>


The finished list must start like this:
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<CastInformation>
  <Title>Monk: Season 1</Title>
  <Actors>


...and end like this:
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</Actors>
</CastInformation>


The easiest way is to paste all the child profiles into Notepad, then use the 1st one as a basis and copy everything EXCEPT the beginning and end sections from the other child cast lists into the 1st child cast list, in the right order of course 

The crew lists look a bit different, but it's the same principle.
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I use Tom Gaines' Cast & Crew Editor for merging/copying cast and crew list. It's a great program...thanks Tom .
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I use Tom Gaines' Cast & Crew Editor for merging/copying cast and crew list. It's a great program...thanks Tom .


Definitely a great tool and very easy to use! If you own MS Excel 2k or newer, you can have a look at this alternative.
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I use Tom Gaines' Cast & Crew Editor for merging/copying cast and crew list. It's a great program...thanks Tom .


Definitely a great tool and very easy to use! If you own MS Excel 2k or newer, you can have a look at this alternative.


I am an OpenOffice man, I'm afraid. But I'm quite comfortable getting my hands dirty with XML, so that is the route I shall take.
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Thanks guys. It worked great. Now go and vote for it
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