Could EBV ever read date run and run counts on CSVs it has exported?

[Herkules97]

I don't remember what file and what instance of EBV I used..But I believe strongly I was able to read run counts with EBV with either a certain instance or a certain CSV?

I am wondering if there is something that can cause EBV to read the CSV exports fully or is it just a false memory?

This actually came from me not getting why LibreOffice Calc doesn't ignore commas inside of double quotes..Until I was writing the original version of this section and realised the "String delimiter" option has " and ' as default drop-down options..Put it to " and EBV exports load correctly, but other CSVs broke when using it I believe, so I had emptied it and then ignored it as a potentially relevant setting.

[void]

Everything saves and loads your run history to/from %APPDATA%\Everything\Run History.csv

Run History can be exported/imported under Tools -> Run History -> Export/Import.

The csv file can be edited externally (with programs like Excel or Notepad)

The syntax is:

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Filename,Run Count,Last Run Date
"C:\path\to\file.txt",999,134040070842848298

Last Run Date is a windows FILETIME.

To convert FILETIMEs to a date in Excel, please try the following formula:

=((C2-116444736000000000)/864000000000)+DATE(1970,1,1)

(where C2 is the FILETIME)



Is Everything not loading a modified run history.csv for you?

[Herkules97]

Everything saves and loads your run history to/from %APPDATA%\Everything\Run History.csv

Run History can be exported/imported under Tools -> Run History -> Export/Import.

The csv file can be edited externally (with programs like Excel or Notepad)

The syntax is:

Code: Select all

Filename,Run Count,Last Run Date
"C:\path\to\file.txt",999,134040070842848298

Last Run Date is a windows FILETIME.

To convert FILETIMEs to a date in Excel, please try the following formula:

=((C2-116444736000000000)/864000000000)+DATE(1970,1,1)

(where C2 is the FILETIME)



Is Everything not loading a modified run history.csv for you?

I have a deja vu, that I quickly cleared up while writing this..There was already a trick that you told me, add date accessed to an existing line so it loads from an efu or whatever. I guess one could do it for a csv export as well. Add all the date run times to one of the columns EBV does load and it could load them..This isn't a question, just noting it down.

Anyway, it's not the instance's run history I mean. CSV exports have run count and date run inside of them, I don't have much of a use of them so I didn't bother asking if it's possible. One possibility I have since come up with is that I remember EBV being able to read those two properties when it was actually LibreOffice Calc. So I've merged the interface of EBV with the functions of Calc into a false memory. That is probably what has happened.

Hence why this was just post asking..Is it a false memory? And looking at your reply, it seems it is not a supported thing. So the answer is probably yes. It would be great if all my memories were pure. But sadly, sometimes I have false memories from merging parts of multiple pure memories into one fake. Fortunately they're always a question mark. At least I don't think I've ever believed a false memory to be true. But how would I know, if I think a memory is true..It would be just like any other memory I think is true.

I think it being able to load those two columns as they are in the csv export would be nice just to create consistency(other columns load their data), but I'm not sure me personally have any use for it. It would be more convenient for sure, to use EBV for the task instead of proper spreadsheet programs...If you were to want to sort by run count or date run.

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Most likely a false memory.

While Everything can load CSV file lists from File -> Open File List, Date Run and Run Count are not supported.

I might add support for this in a future version.
For now, Date Run and Run Count are tied to a separate database.