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How to I find all images without a category?
IMatch provides a special category formula named “@Unassigned” which returns all images not assigned to a category. By default, IMatch creates a category named 1 Unassigned when you create a database. This category uses the @Unassigned formula to virtually contain … Continue reading
Solving Install and Uninstall Problems
Sometimes I get reports from users who’ve run into errors while installing IMatch or IMatch updates. Windows Installer reports errors like “xzy.msi not found” while trying to repair or reinstall. Or you get messages about a “corrupt installer database”. Strange … Continue reading
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Tagged error, install, know-how, Microsoft, problem, remove, repair, un-install, uninstall, Windows Installer
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WIC Support and Codec Availability
IMatch supports the Windows Imaging Component (WIC) framework supported in Windows XP (SP3), Windows Vista, Windows 7 and later versions of Windows. WIC allows applications like IMatch to work with image formats via so-called codecs provided by camera and other … Continue reading
Using IMatch with Multiple Users
Although IMatch is designed with individual users in mind, it comes with some network support built-in. This article describes how to setup IMatch in a multi-user environment. IMatch is licensed per-user. If you want to use IMatch with multiple users, … Continue reading
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Tagged imatch3, know-how, multi-user, multiuser, network, unc
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Release Notes for IMatch 3.6.0.114
This is a service release which solves a problem with accessing the Microsoft XML component (MSXML) on some computers. If you have IMatch 3.6.0.112 already installed you don’t need to install this update. Click here to download the licensed version … Continue reading
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Scripting: Using Transactions To Increase Performance
IMatch 3.6.0.42 and later versions give you access to the internal transaction processing in the database. This new feature enables you to have an extra layer of security in your scripts and it also may improve the performance of your … Continue reading
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Tagged how-to, imatch3, know-how, performance, script, scripting
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IMatch and NAS Systems (Network-Attached Storage)
What’s a NAS? A NAS unit is a computer connected to your network that only provides file-based data storage services to other computers on the network. There are cheap NAS systems and very expensive ones. Can I keep my IMatch … Continue reading
How to Backup Your IMatch Database
Hard disks are big and cheap these days. This is a good thing, but it also means you’ll lose a lot of data all of a sudden when your hard disk dies. Which, unfortunately, happens often and usually without any … Continue reading
How can I open images in other applications from within IMatch?
IMatch gives you several ways to open images in other applications. Open You can use the Open command (<Ctrl>+<Shift>+<O>) from the Image menu or the context menu of the thumbnail window to open the selected image(s) with their associated applications. … Continue reading
Release Notes for IMatch 3.6.0.112
This release contains a bug fix for a problem with the external matching, and one new feature. Click here to download this release. New: IMatch now supports reading and writing classic IPTC data from and to Nikon NRW files. The … Continue reading