This article describes how photo and video the file names for video clips, photos and PDF-reports can be customized inside a WinCanVX project for the current as well as for future WinCanVX projects using a predefined field combination.

Instructions

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File renaming for video clips (e.g. AssetID_Date_Time)

• Go to Home>Settings>MediaRenaming

• Select a predefined renaming pattern (e.g.

  CH-

  Australia, Gold Coast City Council; Switzerland, CH Interlis (

  1

  Number); UK,

  Madrid

  WRC,

  WC4 Thames Water

  ThamesWater etc.)

  : these combinations strictly follow the official naming standard which are mainly used in your country or region.

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• Select the list entry Custom if you want to have photo/video files renamed applying a field combination that you defined yourself.
• Check the option Always trigger when new media file is created.
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• Click on

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• If the result doesn’t satisfy the end customer, continue with the next steps.

• Select the renaming pattern Custom instead:

• Hit the gear wheel icon right

  to each media file group (i.e.

  to the text box linked to Sec/Lat video

  , Sec/Lat picture, Node video, Node picture).
• Double-click on the desired database field from the list on the RIGHT side of the panel to move it into the list box on the LEFT.
• Repeat this step, until all fields needed for creation of a sensible file name will be listed inside the field on the LEFT.
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• Use the arrow buttons Move Up or Move Down (1) to re-order the fields
• Click on the green OK button to confirm the customized name for the previously selected media file group
• Launch the renaming process for the corresponding media file group hitting the command Tools > MiscTools > Project MediaFiles Renaming > SectionAsset (or Lateral/NodeAsset respectively)

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• The result may look as follows:

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• Browse for each field needed to build up the file name from the list box to right (1): OBJ_Key (for AssetID), INS_StartDate (for Date), INS_StartTime (for Time)

• Double click on the highlighted field. This is going to copy the desired field to the text box at the left (2)

• Grab the field FreeText and enter the character “_” (3)

• Use the arrow buttons in case you need to change the field order (4)

• Check the renaming pattern in the preview field (5)

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• If the renaming is not done completely re-open the media renaming dialogue and add the field Sequence at the end of the name to make sure the file names will be unique:

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• Confirm these settings

• Run the command Tools>MiscTools>Project media files renaming>SectionAsset: this is going to apply the renaming pattern to the existing section videos:

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• Open the project sub-folder \Video\Sec and check the new file names

File renaming for PDF documents (e.g. AssetID_Date_Time)

• Go to Printing>Printing Panel and hit the gear wheel icon left to the printing button (1):

• Check the option Execute document renaming (2)

• Either select the renaming preset Gold Coast City Council, Australia (3) or de-activate this preset and define your own renaming settings

• Hit the button Edit preset (4)

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• Select the category Section insp. PDF and click on the gear wheel icon to the right (1):

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• Define the renaming pattern the same way you already did for the media file names.

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• Confirm the settings, save the pattern and activate the option Document per inspection to have the PDF files renamed and printed accordingly:

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