Re: do searching in IM work for anyone?

> I've also mentioned that I've had very poor results with any of the 
> search functions (on the search window) in IM. The wildcard searches 
> either don't work, or use wildcards characters in a way I can't 
> comprehend - and I've been using computers since before DOS. It seems 
> like most of the search window features really doesn't work. Too bad -
>  IM is great for data entry, not so good for finding the data later. 
> I have had good success with setting up a virtual directory in the 
> categories tab, using formulas to filter results.

Yah, this type of search never worked either. See the Gmane mirror of
the pertinent thread:

http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.graphics.imatch/6412/match=james+search+multiple

One option that has recently worked for others is to export the IMatch
categories as IPTC keywords (there is a built-in script with this
facility) and then utilize Picasa 2's (Google) search engine. Very
fast! I happened to have a few such images back when I was demoing
IMatch and can confirm that this trick works. The main problem is that
Picasa is still in beta and rough around the edges, but it's still a
nice stopgap search solution.

Hope that helps.

James





 
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