@Wolfgang I had re-used some test images and that meant they were known to the database so I cleared the database, cleaned up the directories and re-ran the test., just to be on the safe side!
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Located the data in XnViewMP and set the ‘Rating’ of all images in two directories (“Bill” and “Ben”) to 5.
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Found the entries using a search in XnViewMP and sent the combined group of 4 images to PL831
- Selected all 4 images and exported them to the following destination
The contents of the database shows the following after this export and has all the data in the ‘Folders’ Table to put the exports in the correct location(the same will be true if all the images are then put in a Project and exported- see further below for the result)
- Created a ‘Project’ from the ‘External Selection’ images and exported them to a new directory
The results after both the “External Selection” and the “Projects” exports are
Edits:- I then deleted both the ‘Projects’ and ‘External Selection’ entries and did a search on 5and got the following result
Because the original entries and both sets of exports are still in the database
The exports do not carry over the “5*” rating of the original is that as it should be !?