Custom Info Panel as Bridge CC 2018 MetaData Panel

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October 22, 2017
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Hi,

in Bridge CC 2017 I had a custom file to add the metadata I want to view in the Metadata Panel.

This file was located at C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Bridge CC 2017\Custom File Info Panels\4.0\custom\MyPanel.xml.

In the same location in Bridge CC 2018 it doesn't work.

In AppData\Roaming\Adobe\XMP\Custom File Info Panels\4.0\custom\panels\MyPanel.xml it doesn't work.

In AppData\Roaming\Adobe\XMP\Custom File Info Panels\4.0\custom\MyPanel.xml it doesn't work.

In AppData\Roaming\Adobe\XMP\Custom File Info Panels\4.0\MyPanel.xml it doesn't work.

In AppData\Roaming\Adobe\XMP\Custom File Info Panels\MyPanel.xml it doesn't work.

So, where should I install this file.

Any comments will be greatly appreciated.

Pierre

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Chuck Uebele

Community Expert

Your file looks like the structure of a custom panel rather than a template, but custom panels contain several files like this:

Did you copy all the folders and files?

P

pdophotoAuthor

Inspiring

The file in question worked perfectly located at C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Bridge CC 2017\Custom File Info Panels\4.0\custom\MyPanel.xml.

It displayed the metadata listed in MyPanel.xml where I have illustrated it in the following picture

Am I right assuming that:

1- The folder "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Bridge CC 2017\Custom File Info Panels\4.0\custom\" and the possibility of adding to the Metadata Panel was cancelled in the new version of Bridge.

2- We now are forced to use the File Info panel existant in Bridge CC 2018 or create an "EXTENSION" to do the work we want.

I think that having all the data in a separate tab of the Metadata Panel is more pracctical then having to search for the File Info Panel after having selected a few files to discover that it isn't the selection needed.

I HOPE I AM WRONG and that there is still a place for the file to work.

Chuck Uebele

Community Expert

I installed your code in the location you mentioned, and it did work in 2017 but not in 2018, as you stated. I tried a few things also like adding a folder 5.0, but that didn't work. Adobe did change Bridge in regards to creating panels and scripting, It is suppose to be able to use extension panels now, but I haven't tried that yet, and some things like what you're trying to do my have gotten broken. The custom file panel that I created showed up in the panel, but the entries I made would not show in the file info panel box, but entries made into the file info panel would show up in the metadata panel. Very odd.