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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 4,746 |
| | Posted: | | | | ContribLookupPlusMy old tool ContribLookup was rather buggy, so rather than trying to untangle and fix the old code I decided to rewrite it from start, and hopefully make it more efficient. It looks almost the same:  One of the improvements is that if it is not given a llocality index, it uses the GS1 code (the three first digits if the UPC) to guess the locality. Only if that doesn't get a match will it search all localities. Why I wrote this?Personally I dislike when cast and crew have been copied from another profile. There are too many bad profiles in the online database. Many profiles have data that was mined from IMDb, even though that is not allowed. This is especially true for older profiles. So I like to go back to the contribution notes for the profile that the data was copied from. And quite often I find that it in turn used data copied from yet another profile. It's not uncommon that I have to go back through five profiles to find the original source. And then I want to see if the contributor has specified how he got the cast and crew. If it says that cast and crew came from the credits, I usually accept that. If not, I usually do a full audit of the title in question. So, if you're anal about cast and crew, like me, you may find this useful. Download ContribLookupPlus 1.0 | | | My freeware tools for DVD Profiler users.
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 4,746 |
| | Posted: | | | | ContribLookupPlus 2.0 Here's another major update of a (perhaps) minor tool. As with version 1, the object is to trace the "provenance" of cast/crew that has been copied from another profile. I have tried to make it easier to follow the contribution trail by identifying IDs mentioned in the contribution notes, and adding them as buttons that will open the referenced contribution notes in a new window. If you have a list (a flag set) of IDs whose contribution notes you wish to check, you can load that list and go through it. For those who are really anal about the correctness of their profiles (and haven't actually checked every title themselves), there is even a bonus program that lets you find every profile in your collection where there is an ID mentioned in the contribution notes. It let's you save those to a list that you can then load into the main program.  Also, this version uses WebView2 as a browser, rather than CefSharp. This means a lot smaller footprint. Nowadays that's probably not very important to most people, but if you care, you can delete the old version before installing this new one. Check the help file for more info. | | | My freeware tools for DVD Profiler users.
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| Registered: October 22, 2015 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 288 |
| | Posted: | | | | Is the help file missing in the 2.0.1 release? |
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| Registered: October 22, 2015 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 288 |
| | Posted: | | | | The restored help file in 2.0.2 couldn't help me on the following problem.
When I click the fetch box, I get the following error message:
System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
at ContribLookupPlus.ucContrib.btn_Click(Object sender, RoutedEventArgs e) in C:\Users\gsyre\OneDrive\Documents\Visual Studio Projects\ContribLookupPlus\ContribLookupPlus\ucContrib.xaml.vb:line 58
I am running the program on Windows 11 (24H2). |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 4,746 |
| | Posted: | | | | That doesn't sound good! I'll have to check it out and get back. Maybe I still deserve that Dunce hat?  What was the UPC for the contrib notes that you were looking at? | | | My freeware tools for DVD Profiler users.
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| Registered: October 22, 2015 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 288 |
| | Posted: | | | | UPC was 5055761913002
The help file stated to just copy/paste the UPC, whereas, I manually entered the UPC into the top box and pressed the enter key. |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 4,746 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting ObiKen: Quote:
I manually entered the UPC into the top box and pressed the enter key. Ah! That was the key to finding the problem. I built the basic functions first and tested them. Then I added the advanced functions (list processing) and neglected to re-test everything again. What a rookie error for someone who's been programming for half a century! Thanks for your patience, ObiKen! I hope I can remove my Dunce cap now.  ContribLookupPlus 2.0.3 | | | My freeware tools for DVD Profiler users.
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| Registered: October 22, 2015 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 288 |
| | Posted: | | | | Version 2.0.3 gets an A+ mark from me, so you can safely go back to the front row of the classroom  |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 4,746 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting ObiKen: Quote:
Version 2.0.3 gets an A+ mark from me, so you can safely go back to the front row of the classroom Phew! So glad to hear that.  Thanks ObiKen! | | | My freeware tools for DVD Profiler users.
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