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I didn't realize the data was actually saved; however, a text file might be better (but I'm no expert) because of three things I can think of:

It seems like the program wouldn't have to step through as much data to find the correct information.
Also, the formatting could be done in the text file, leaving only the task of displaying the text for the program to handle.
It would also make it easier for people to manually edit the text if they wanted to.

Anyway, my main point is that you should be able to tell it to search for a selected file on imdb, rather than having to type it in yourself...

For example,

-Read in the filename
-Cut off the extension
-Change non-alphanumeric spaces to characters (to avoid searching problems)
-Search by title
-If there isn't an exact match, show a list of partial matches
-If there is an exact match, show the exact matches (there could potentially be more than one), and then below that either show the partial matches, or hide partial matches unless full list is requested
-When a match is chosen, apply it to the file (either by text file or database)

So it could work out. Maybe not.

<blockquote data-quote="LastMar" data-source="post: 10184" data-attributes="member: 10501">I didn't realize the data was actually saved; however, a text file might be better (but I'm no expert) because of three things I can think of:It seems like the program wouldn't have to step through as much data to find the correct information. Also, the formatting could be done in the text file, leaving only the task of displaying the text for the program to handle. It would also make it easier for people to manually edit the text if they wanted to.Anyway, my main point is that you should be able to tell it to search for a selected file on imdb, rather than having to type it in yourself...For example,-Read in the filename-Cut off the extension-Change non-alphanumeric spaces to characters (to avoid searching problems)-Search by title-If there isn't an exact match, show a list of partial matches-If there is an exact match, show the exact matches (there could potentially be more than one), and then below that either show the partial matches, or hide partial matches unless full list is requested-When a match is chosen, apply it to the file (either by text file or database)So it could work out. Maybe not.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="LastMar, post: 10184, member: 10501"] I didn't realize the data was actually saved; however, a text file might be better (but I'm no expert) because of three things I can think of: It seems like the program wouldn't have to step through as much data to find the correct information. Also, the formatting could be done in the text file, leaving only the task of displaying the text for the program to handle. It would also make it easier for people to manually edit the text if they wanted to. Anyway, my main point is that you should be able to tell it to search for a selected file on imdb, rather than having to type it in yourself... For example, -Read in the filename -Cut off the extension -Change non-alphanumeric spaces to characters (to avoid searching problems) -Search by title -If there isn't an exact match, show a list of partial matches -If there is an exact match, show the exact matches (there could potentially be more than one), and then below that either show the partial matches, or hide partial matches unless full list is requested -When a match is chosen, apply it to the file (either by text file or database) So it could work out. Maybe not. [/QUOTE]