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Custom Format Dialog

CustomFormats

To open the editor of custom formats, choose the Custom... item at the bottom of the list of formats.

Interface elements of the editor:

1 – List of custom formats.

2 – Remove the selected item.

3 – Create a new format.

4 – Title of the current format. You can edit it here. The title is also displayed in the list (1) with selection.

5 – List of supported data fields. The list contains different items depending on the data you import (song list, file list, etc.).

6 – Output Line Format – template of a single data record.

7 – Line delimiter. To have imported items (file names, for instance) in individual lines, choose Line Break. To place all data in-line, choose in the list any other item as separator.

8 – Exclude repeating values. The option lets avoid identical items in the imported list.
For example, you may have two copies of the same song in the iTunes library. To avoid a duplicate in the imported list, enable the option.

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To create a custom format:

  1. Click the "+" button (item 3 in the picture above) to add a new format.
    To change the name of the current format, use edit box (4).

  2. Choose a data field in list (5) by a click.
    Then click the Add Field button to add the field to the template of a new format (6).
    For adding fields, you can also drag and drop them from the list into the format box.

  3. Click in the format box (6) so that the text cursor appears after the added field. Add a space or another character to separate the current field from the next one. It is not necessary to add any separating character after the last data field (see step 5).

  4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 to add more fields.

  5. The Line Delimiter option controls the appearance of imported data: in-line or column alignment.
    Choose Line Break to have each piece of data placed in a separate line.
    Choose any other option to define a separator for in-line data placement.

  6. Select or deselect the Exclude Repeating Values checkbox. When the option is enabled, the program will import only one line if data has several completely equal lines.

  7. Click OK to apply the changes.
    A new custom format will appear under pre-defined formats in the Format drop-down list on the Source panel.