Detailed instructions for use are in the User's Guide.
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23. [. . . ] Please remember that these are URLs, so any special character and even blanks must be encoded properly, such as %20 for blanks.
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To use them, simply copy them into a browser window, or drag them to the desktop, where they will be saved as "Internet Location" files, which you can then double click to run them. In your CDFinder Extras folder, you can find a folder named Sample URLs with several interesting queries. The "cdfinder://" protocol name will cause the Mac OS to launch your CDFinder, if it isn't running already, and then send it the query string. cdfinder://find/any/&contains&name=Meat%20Loaf This is the same as the Any Text field search. File related parameters: cdfinder://find/file/&contains&name=Supertramp cdfinder://find/file/&size=256 cdfinder://find/file/&smaller&size=256 cdfinder://find/file/&larger&size=256 Song related parameters: cdfinder://find/audio/&album=Crime%20Of%20The%20Century cdfinder://find/audio/&artist=Roger%20Hodgson cdfinder://find/audio/&song=Open%20The%20Door IPTC related parameters: CDFinder Users Guide Revision: January 5, 2009 Page 102
cdfinder://find/iptc/&any=Canada cdfinder://find/iptc/&caption=Cupertino&contains cdfinder://find/iptc/&caption=California Other IPTC commands include "writer", "headline", "objectname", "keyword", "category", "author", "title", "credit", "source", "instructions", "date", "dateanyear", "dateafter", "datebefore", "city", "state", "country", "reference", "copyright", "priority", and "hasiptc". EXIF related parameters: cdfinder://find/exif/&any=Nikon cdfinder://find/exif/&iso=1600 cdfinder://find/exif/&exposure=0. 0166666667&larger cdfinder://find/exif/&exposure=0. 0166666667 cdfinder://find/exif/&exposure=0. 0166666667&smaller cdfinder://find/exif/&exposure=5. 01 cdfinder://find/exif/&fstop=22 cdfinder://find/exif/&fstop=4 cdfinder://find/exif/&fstop=4&larger cdfinder://find/exif/&fstop=4&smaller cdfinder://find/exif/&flash=1 cdfinder://find/exif/&flash=0 cdfinder://find/exif/&hasGPS cdfinder://find/exif/&hasEXIF CDFinder Users Guide Revision: January 5, 2009 Page 103
And, most important, GPS related commands: cdfinder://find/gps/&city=Berlin&distance=12000m cdfinder://find/gps/&city=San%20Francisco (by default in this case, CDFinder will assume a distance of 5000 meter around that point, if you don't provide one. ) cdfinder://find/gps/&city=Golden%20Gate%20Bridge&distance=2000m And where is this, and who has the most photos taken there?cdfinder://find/gps/&lat=37. 331692105787731&long=-122. 03065752499016&distance=20m
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6. View catalog contents
One big advantage of using CDFinder to catalog your digital data is the fact that you can view the contents of your disks inside CDFinder, even though you don't have any of these disks online!One simple way of doing that is to simply select any catalog in the catalog list. CDFinder will then display the content of that selected catalog in the right part of the window:
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Please notice that the divider between the two parts of the window can be dragged to the left and right. If you drag it all the way to the right, it will stick on the right side, even if you resize the window. First, if CDFinder is running, the Dock menu of CDFinder contains an extra entry called "Find. . . ", which will activate CDFinder, and bring the Finder window to front. Also, CDFinder displays a progress bar in the Dock icon during lengthy operations, such as Find. That way, you can switch to another application, but you will still be able to monitor the progress that CDFinder makes. If you have a cool idea, make sure to let me know!
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7. 4 Roxio Toast Titanium Integration
Roxio Toast already contains a small disc cataloging application named DiskCatalogMaker RE. Compared to CDFinder, DiskCatalogMaker RE is rather simple, and has only a fraction of the abilities of CDFinder, so CDFinder 5 now also offers a fully automatic integration into the Toast burning process.
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All you need to do for the full integration of CDFinder into Roxio Toast is to turn on the option "Catalog Disc Contents" in the Recorder Settings of Roxio Toast:
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The next time you burn a disc with Roxio Toast, it will launch CDFinder and pass it a lot of data about that disc. CDFinder will then create a catalog out of that data for you, quickly and automatically!One little thing to notice here is that CDFinder doesn't actually get to see the newly created disc, so it cannot catalog metadata such as photo previews. If you need these, please let CDFinder catalog the disc directly.
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7. 5 FileMaker Pro Integration
With the full and easy AppleScript support in CDFinder, it is easy to integrate CDFinder into complex FIleMaker Pro solutions. The sample database "FileMaker <-> CDFinder Integration. fp7", provided in the Extras folder of CDFinder, will give you a good idea of how that can be done. The core of the integration is contained in an AppleScript that is attached to the Find button in the FileMaker database. Please study that script carefully to see how the integration works.
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7. 6 Additional Workflow Integrations
CDFinder offers a lot more. [. . . ] Simply select a photo in CDFinder that has a geotag (remember that all geotagged photos have the red GeoIcon badged to the thumbnail or icon), and open the context menu. command, and you will be asked for your Locr credentials: CDFinder can save your name and password in the Keychain, and in that case, you won't have to type that information ever again. If you have accidentally entered the wrong name or password, simply hold down the Alt key when you select Upload in the context menu, then you will be able to enter a new password. CDFinder Users Guide Revision: January 5, 2009 Page 194
CDFinder will then ask you for a name, caption, keywords of that photo. [. . . ]