Comments field being corrupted

I am discovering that the comments field for various songs in my iTunes 9.0.3.15 library is being changed to weird values; for example:
00000000 00000210 00000AD4 0000000000C8601C 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
the "dates modified" values for the changed songs are clustered around date blocks, but i'm not aware of anything particular that would cause this. Also, the changed files were in artist groupings, too; that is, 3 or 4 songs from one artist were modified within minutes of each other, and then 3 or 4 songs from another artist were modified minutes later, etc.
any ideas?
Message was edited by: Eric Schurr

Windows Media Player did this to a bunch of my files after I took an update on it. That update reset the options in WMP to get info from the internet. Like your library, this happened on several random days and only affected a few random tracks on random albums. It also nicely put composer info in some of the tags and got rid of the y in track x of y.
It hasn't happened again since I turned off the WMP options to get internet info on tracks, in 3 places:
general tab
library tab
privacy tab
Some folks have also seen the weird 00000s when the itunes preference for sound check (playback tab) was enabled. In my case it was not, and I know it was WMP. I had not even played these tracks in WMP. WMP did it in the background for some reason and itunes is just displaying those changes.

Similar Messages

Hex numbers apppear in comments field, artwork disappears

Other people have posted a similar problem, but I haven't been able to resolve it. In iTunes 7.0.2.16, certain song files, when choosing get info or playing the song, suddenly have a bunch of hex numbers appear in the comments field. For example: 00000000 00000210 0000078C 0000000000720264 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000. The artwork associated with the song disappears, as does part of the track number info (for example, song 6 of 11 will become simply song 6). Under the Playback tab, I unchecked Sound Check. I ran AdAware and SpyWareBot. Problem persists.
Dell Dimension E510 Windows XP iTunes 7.0.2.16

Are my music files being corrupted somehow? I recently defragged the drive they are on, could that have caused problems? If anyone has any ideas on this, I'd be most appreciative. Clean install of iTunes? Quicktime? Both?

How can I make the comments field appear when the operator is debugging a test?

When a test is being written the comments field is being utilized for information relating to what the test is doing and how to solve certain problems that arise. It is basically a quick place for the technician to look at when they are attempting to debug a board. However it appears when you view the sequence files these are off to the right side of the screen but when running the debug engine and the technician sets a break point then these comments are no longer visible to the user off to the right of the screen. Is there any way to have it include the comment in the data displayed when tracing through a test step by step. The technician can double click on each step but it would be alot mor
e user friendly and timly if these could be displayed just to the right of the execution flow column.

Hello John,
I assume you are talking about the sequence editor. Unfortunately, there is currently no way to view the comments associated with a step inside of the execution display window (i.e during run-time). If you are using the operator interface, then you may extract the comment associated with a step and post a custom UI message that contains this information. The operator interface can then be modified to respond to this UIMessage and update its display accordingly.
To post a UIMessage with this data, you must first obtain a PropertyObject reference to the step you are trying to extract the comment from. Then use the "Comment" property of the PropertyObject class to obtain the comment value.
Unfortunately, the Sequence Editor discards all custo
m UIMessages, and you will have no way of viewing the comment using the above method.
Hope this helps.

5.3 Firefighter Security Table "New" Comments Field

Since upgrading from 5.2 to 5.3, I noticed that there are new "comments" and sometimes "decription" fields throughout the different FF tables. I decided to test entering data in these fields. After doing so in the "comments" area of the "Security" section firefighter, I noticed that the encrypted FF password changed to something else (which was also encrypted). I tried to invoke the ID where the password had changed and sure enough I received an error that the passord was incorrect. I changed the password back to what it was supposed to be and it appeared to look just like the other encrypted fields (back to normal). However, now when I use the ID, a message stating that the ID does not exist appears.
Why did entering data in the "comments" field change the password? Why do I now get a message that the ID doesn't exist after setting the correct password back up? Has anyone else seen this and is there a fix?
Greg
After entering this message, IE gave an error message "Mismatched address - The security certificate presented to you by this website was issued for a different websites address. This problem may indicate an attempt to fool you or intercept any data that you send to the server". That's why there are three messages for the same posting.
Edited by: Gregory Cook on Oct 8, 2009 2:58 PM

There is a problem with the site at the moment, the other 2 copies are deleted. The system automatically sends a nasty mail, don't take it personally
Back to the real question...
The reason for this is that the approach to managing the password has changed, but it appears that some misleading error messages are still in the coding.
The password is no longer set once and decrypted to modify the RFC connection on the fly, but rather at each successfull request a new password is generated (albeit using a wrong legacy function module) and used "on the fly" via BAPI_USER_CHANGE and the RFC connection as well.
This makes it look as if the "Comments" field which is immediately before this generation is changing the password hash... but it's not.
This prevents the problem of the admin knowing the password - as you have also stated - and the algorithm being reversed (which is generally possible when using two way encryption / decryption functions, as opposed to one-way-hashes on the server side which are more secure).
The catch is that you now need to set the user's password at each request after successfully generating the password. This procedure in BAPI_USER_CHANGE checks activity '05' of object S_USER_GRP for the FF user's group assignment. If you do not have this authorization yourself, the "on the fly" logon presents a new password to the RFC login screen (the check is remotely disabled so nothing can go wrong...) but the SU01 password has not changed.
The "fix" is to assign this S_USER_GRP authority very carefully and ensure that the requesting user preferably does not have direct access to SU01, SU01_NAV and BAPI_USER_CHANGE themselves. Also make sure that they do not have authority for the debugger (object S_DEVELOP, even is display mode).
Cheers,
Julius

User Comment field available for reporting?

User Comment field available for reporting?
When doing custom reporting against requests with reportable dictionaries we have a user request to also include the user comments. How do I reference / point to the comments field for a request?

If you are referring to the comments which are added in the Comments and History section of a requisition, this information is not migrated to the datamart and is not reportable.
If, on the other hand, you are referring to a comments field that you have included in a dictionary on the service form, that information will be available in the datamart so long as that dictionary has been made reportable.

How to read the comment field of the Leave of absence Workflow.

Hi,
I have attached a custom Workflow template to the
Standard class "CL_HRASR00_WF_PROCESS_OBJECT" and event "TRIGGERED" for my Personal leave of absence approval.
During the Workflow step, once the approval goes to the final approval step and it is there in the Benifit Administrator's inbox (Portal) for approval, the Benift Admin is having an option of Withdrawing the process(Withdraw Process button). After filling the comments field, once he clicks this withdraw button the standard class "CL_HRASR00_WF_PROCESS_OBJECT" event "WITHDRAWN" gets triggered and it calls a separate workflow.
I need to capture this comment in the new Workflow but not able to do the same.
Can anyone let me know how can I do this. The event container does have any parameter to pass this value to the workflow container. And since the Step_Object GUID also changes I am unable to read it in the second workflow.
Looking for some real help as this has become critical for the project.
Thanks is andvace.

Hi All,
Thanks for your reply Trevor, but I guess you misunderstood my question. What I am not looking for is not the absence data. Basically I need to capture the comments put in by the Benifit administrator in the Leave of absence application form (Personal or Maternity/child care ), incase when he goes for withdrawing the Application submitted by the Employee.
To elaborate it functionality step by step...
1. An employee logs on to portal and submits a LOA application with a few mandatory field ( Commencing date,Returning Date, Reason).
This kicks of a Workflow say WF1 attached to
ABAP Class- CL_HRASR00_WF_PROCESS_OBJECT, Event- TRIGGERED.
2. Then after executing a few tasks to retrive data it goes to the Manager for approval. Once the manager appoves it goes to the Benifit Administrator.
3. The Benifit Administrator can approve the application or has an option of withdrawing it.
4. In case the Benifit Administrator goes for Withdrawal, after putting some comments in the form, it triggers the Event-WITHDRAWN of ABAP Class-CL_HRASR00_WF_PROCESS_OBJECT.
5. This event in turn starts a new Workflow WF2.
6. In this Workflow WF2 I need to pull in the comments put in by the Benifit Admin.
How can I pull this comment?

Is there a way to simultaneously add text to Comments field for multiple files?

Is there a way to simultaneously add text to Comments field for multiple files? I know I can use Option+Comman+i to bring up the Inspector window but it doesn't have a Comments field. For example, in iTunes you can select multiple files and change metadata for any field simultaneously and easily yet when it comes to the Comments field in the Finder, this seems to be missing.
In our production environment, Comments field is important because we place notes about what drive the file originated then when it gets transferred to LTO-6 tape via LTFS, we can quickly trace it in the event we needed to recreate the hard drive. Because tape archiving is linear, we can't store all of the files on the same tape.
We've tried using Apple's Automator but it too seems to not have a way to batch change text in the Comments field. Any help is appreciated.

What is "order data"?

Id3 tags notes or comments field

I have MP3 files that contain ID3 tags with Comments fields that contain information. When inserted into iTunes library these show up with a blank Notes field. I don't see a Comments field available, so I assume that Notes is the label given that same field by iTunes. However, the content is not displayed.
By the way, I access those fields by right clicking on the song, picking Get Info, then going to the Info tab.
Any clues as to how to get the Notes/Comments field imported or displayed correctly?

Notes? I don't have a Notes field -- I DO have a Comment field.
iTunes support for Comments fields is spotty. It does not support the short description field according to the ID3 specification; maybe it uses an older spec -- to be honest I'm not familiar will all of the ID3 specs, since there are several versions and they all have differences.

View whole annotations/comments field in Pages 5?

Is it possible to view the whole annotations/comments field in Pages 5? It's so annoying if you have to scroll through the annotations!!

Ditto. This is sad. The app changes and loses features. The old app was pretty nice. The new one is pretty but not nice.
What is even more pretty (as in pretty sad) is that I have to use MS Word now more often because of Pages 5.x) to get things done... minor things like identifying the author of a document.
Hard to have faith in this company and products when they leave you swinging in the breeze with half baked products that have so much potential but like raw cookie dough, can give you an upset stomach after you commit to a plate full.
Put another way, to switch to using my iPad for work I have to be able to rely on Pages on my Mac and my iPad to not leave me swinging in the breeze like this (and this is one example of many many examples).
I really don't mind paying for Pages, even out of my own pocket, but it has to live up to some minimal Pages 4 standard.

Making the comments field Required in the Workitem

Hello,
I have a GP Application wherein the initiator fills out a form which goes to the Approver using Visual Approval Callable Object.........now when the approver opens the workitem he sees the information entered by the initiator and a comments field at the bottom......we want to make this field required for them.......how can we achieve this.....while creation of the Visual Approval Callable Object i see the comments as a output parameter with the 'Is Required' checkbox option....but it is disabled and does not allow you to select it......Please help...
Any help would be highly appreciated...
Regards,
Anil

Hi Anil,
Standard Visual Approval CO doesnt work like that.
Either you can create your own CO.
OR
i can suggest you as follows, but it is making little complicated process.
1. Create one Action with Business Logic callable object, which will check for Comment EQ space or not and have 2 different states.
a. If Comments is blank, Go back to Approval Action
b. If Comments is entered, Proceed for further actions.
2. Set this action as target for Approval Action.
Hope this helps you.
Thanks,
Tejaswini

How to add multi-line text in comments field of song tags in iTunes 12?

Recently upgraded to iTunes 12 and can no longer enter multi-line text in the comments field of a song tag. Used to use option+return (alt+enter) to go to a new line (carriage return). Can it still be done? Any help in this regard would be appreciated.

See my other post for the solution to this problem.

How can I allow the application to line through a field that has been locked after being digitally signed? We have multiple sections on a form with some fields being proposed information and other in another section having the approved information. once

How can I allow the application to line through a field that has been locked after being digitally signed?
We have multiple sections on a form with some fields being proposed information and other in another section having the approved information. once the approved information is entered we line through the proposed field so the data entry clerk won't pick up the wrong information. However we are receiving an error when attempting to enter data in the field which we have this edit. Error property: line through cannot be set because doing so would violate the document permission setting. any idea how we can get around this issue?

You can control which fields are locked down after signing by setting up a collection. Then those that are not locked can be changed after signing. If this is not possible, then the line outs must occur prior to signing.

Problems with the 'Comments' field in iTunes

First, sorry for my english (I'm danish).
I've read a lot of threads here and everywhere else, but can't find a solution for my exact problem. I use Windows Vista and the newest version of iTunes.
Most of my mp3 songs (35.000) are put directly in album folders to the folder 'D:My Music from another computer via a USB drive and the songs already have id3 tag information on them.
I then add the albums to iTunes and most of my tag information is now updated in iTunes. Names, Artists, Genre, Year, everything is okay. By the way the songs have ID3v2.3 tag information. I see that in my Mp3tag v.2.42 application.
But the problem is with the 'Comments' field:
Those tags (originally put to the songs directly in the proberties of the song in Windows Explorer) will simply not transfer to iTunes 'Comments' field. And if I write something in the iTunes 'Comments' field this will not show up in the fields properties in windows Explorer. It looks like the 'Comments' fields in iTunes and in the proberties in the song are not connected at all!?
I then found out, I could let iTunes convert the ID3 codes, but nothing happens except from when using v. 1.0 or 1.1, because then the comments tag are transferres, but unfortunately all the tags will only show 30 characters!!!
And there's also a different story:
A few albums though are put directly on my computer by using iTunes to import the CD. These songs have ID3 v.2.2 tags, so I guess iTunes import files in that format?
And here it's a little different story. If I put comment data directly to the file proberties in Windows Explorer (after the CD's been imported to iTunes), the comments will show up in iTunes, but only as several 0 and 1 digits! On the other hand, if I put information directly in iTunes 'Comments' field it wil show up correctly in the file proberties! But it's only a few songs/albums that are handled that way.
Well, bottom's line, I want to see my comments tags (which are allready there in the song's proberties) when I browse my music in my folders in Windows Explorer and I want to see the exact same comments if I go to browse my music in iTunes. That should not be a problem ... but it is not ...
Can I please get a solution or at least an explanation, and hopefully in not too tecnical terms.

I, too, hope someone will answer this! I am hoping to catalog my entire CD collection in iTunes and I want to include the storage box number somehow, thinking that "comments" would be a good place to do so. If I cannot do that I'll try to find a program other than iTumes to do it. Does anyone have any suggestions on this topic? ...perhaps I need to open a new thread?
THANKS!
Doug

Read versions of comments field using javascript client object model

Hi,
Does someone knows how to Read versions of comments field in 'tasks' list using javascript client object model?
Thanks
Manvir

Hi,
According to your description, I know you want to read versions of comments field.
We can use the
SPServices to achieve it. The below code for your reference:
$().SPServices({
operation: "GetVersionCollection",
async: false,
strlistID: "tester",
strlistItemID: 1,
strFieldName: "comments",
completefunc: function (xData, Status) {
$(xData.responseText).find("Version").each(function(i) {
console.log("Name: " + $(this).attr("Information") + " Modified: " + $(this).attr("Modified"));
More information:
http://spservices.codeplex.com/releases/view/81401
Best Regards,
Dennis Guo

Can you export the date and user to Excel that appears into a Comments field in a tracking list?

Hi everyone,
Can you export the date and user to Excel that appears into a Comments field in a tracking list?
When i export a tracking list with a Comment field in the Content type, the screen where you enter the data for an item, the Comments field just export the text of the comment into the Excel file.
In the Comments field appears also, besides the comment text, the user and date from who and when the comment is added.
Is there a way to export also the user and the date?
Thanks
Wim

create another comment field that doesn't use 'appending', and through SP Designer change workflow keep
updating that field with the new comments (prepend the field with date/username/new comment). Hide the field on all forms, but put it in the view you need to export to Excel.
Please refer few more links: Hope they will help
http://www.nothingbutsharepoint.com/2009/04/16/versioning-append-changes-to-existing-text-view-entries-aspx/
http://sympmarc.com/2011/02/07/showing-all-versions-of-append-changes-to-existing-text-in-a-data-view-web-part-dvwp/comment-page-3/
https://mossipqueen.wordpress.com/2013/03/06/display-all-appending-field-entries-in-a-single-list-view/
http://community.office365.com/en-us/f/154/t/278560.aspx
Please 'propose as answer' if it helped you, also 'vote helpful' if you like this reply.

Comments field being corrupted

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for