Reading Extended information before exoprting

[sk2107]

Hello,
I noticed that when exporting a long list I get "Reading Extended information" on the bottom, so I click the mouse to get the message "Cancel Read Extended information?" and I press OK.

Does this have any effect on the export result and why is it happening?

Thank you

Regards

[therube]

Something like you've got a column shown, that is not indexed, & it is gathering the data for that column as it's exporting, I suppose?

And if you abort the gathering of that data, I'd suppose that column would be blank for files it had not yet gotten to?

[sk2107]

I will check the exported file.

Thank you.

Best Regards

[void]

Reading Extended Information is only performed if you have enabled "gather_properties_on_export".

This setting is off by default.

To change this setting:

• In Everything 1.5, from the Tools menu, click Options.
• Click the Advanced tab on the left.
• To the right of Show settings containing, search for:
  export
• Select: gather_properties_on_export
• Set the value.
• Click OK.

When enabled, Everything will automatically gather extended information before exporting.

Everything will still export if you cancel the read extended information.
However, ungathered properties will be missing in your export.



For example:
Say you export *.mp3 with the length column shown.
If you cancel the read extended information at 30%, then only the first 30% of exported results will have the length property.
The length property will appear blank for the rest of the export.



To manually gather extended file information before exporting:

• Select your files.
• From the File menu, click Read extended information....
• Export your results as usual.

[sk2107]

Totally understood and settled.

Thanks a lot and Best Regards