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Is there a way to view the games currently in the DB, for a single system, as a text list?

This way we could type in multiple names and figure out what still needs to be added.

This would make it a breeze for batch file tasks to be performed, by users organizing games prior to import. They would be saved from editing names inside LB in order to acquire metadata.

 

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That’s pretty simple as you already have the complete database as .xml file in your LaunchBox directory (Path: LaunchBox\Metadata\Metadata.xml).

You have various options to choose from like simply open the metadata.xml file in a text editor or open it in a dedicated XML viewer/editor.

Personally I would recommend to import the Data into Excel and use all the great filter and search functions it offers. If you search “import xml into excel” you’ll surely get a ton of good tutorials on how to do this.

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7 hours ago, CriticalCid said:

That’s pretty simple as you already have the complete database as .xml file in your LaunchBox directory (Path: LaunchBox\Metadata\Metadata.xml).

Thanks a ton, I thought that was only for games we have on our own system.

7 hours ago, CriticalCid said:

Personally I would recommend to import the Data into Excel

Exactly what I was going to do!

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