Setting the Database Options

You can adjust settings in the Options dialog box to display reminders, control database information, and specify a location on your hard drive where you want to store your database files and cached thumbnails.

To Set the Database Options:

  1. In any mode, click Tools | Options...
  2. In the Options dialog, click Database.
  3. On the Database page, set or change the options as described below.
  4. Click OK to apply your changes and return to ACDSee.

Database Options

Database file

Displays the location on your hard drive where the ACDSee Professional database is stored.

Display backup reminder

Automatically reminds you to back up your ACDSee Professional database. Click the Every drop-down list and select how often you would like to be reminded.

Manage excluded folders

Opens the Excluded Folders List dialog box, where you can specify which folders you want to exclude from the ACDSee Professional database.

Display embed ACDSee Metadata reminder

Displays a reminder to embed ACDSee Metadata. Click the Every drop-down list and select how often you would like to be reminded.

Set database date to EXIF date

Automatically adds the EXIF date to the ACDSee Professional database when you catalog the contents of a folder.

Note: if the database date is changed, the Embed Pending icon does not show up.

Metadata

Import EXIF and IPTC metadata from cataloged files

Automatically imports EXIF and IPTC information into the ACDSee Professional database whenever you catalog the contents of a folder.

If this option is not selected, ACDSee Professional does not import the EXIF and IPTC information, but does set aside space within the database records. To remove the empty records, be sure to optimize your database frequently.

Set "Embed Pending" when tagging files

Displays a database overlay icon on thumbnails if the file has been tagged, but this metadata has not yet been written to the file. This icon indicates that the file and the database are out of sync. When this option is disabled, tagged images will not show up under Embed Pending in the Special Items section of the Catalog pane.

IPTC conflicts

Show separator conflict dialog for IPTC keywords

Displays the IPTC Keywords dialog box when a separator conflict occurs. You can specify a method of handling conflicts within the dialog and select not to display it again. Select this option to change or adjust those settings the next time a separator conflict occurs.

Show separator conflict dialog for IPTC supplemental categories

Displays the IPTC Supplemental Categories dialog box when a separator conflict occurs. You can specify a method of handling conflicts within the dialog and elect not to display it again. Select this option to change or adjust those settings the next time a separator conflict occurs.

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