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ernie w.1
7 years agoExplorer | Level 3
Can I sort my files in any other way except alphabetical?
how can i prevent db from sorting everything into alphabetical order, i want to share lists in the order that i put them in NOT aphabetical
- 7 years ago
A simple way of doing that is to prefix the file names with track number, for example:
01 - The First Song.mp3
02 - The Second Song.mp3
03 - The Third Song.mp3
04 - The Fourth Song.mp3
etc...
Heli_Guy
7 years agoCollaborator | Level 8
Can you be more specific?
Is this on the web page or on the computer?
Sharing files shares a bunch of files. The sorting order should not make a difference one way or the other.
If you could further detail your problem it would help understand your issue.
- ernie w.17 years agoExplorer | Level 3
Thanks for the quick reply
i want to share a list of songs in gig order not alphabetically but in the order they are to be played ..db always puts them in this order although i dont enter them in that way
- Heli_Guy7 years agoCollaborator | Level 8
A simple way of doing that is to prefix the file names with track number, for example:
01 - The First Song.mp3
02 - The Second Song.mp3
03 - The Third Song.mp3
04 - The Fourth Song.mp3
etc...
- ernie w.17 years agoExplorer | Level 3
as simple as that ..would never had thought of it thanks very much
- stevied2344 years agoExplorer | Level 3
Guy was right. Go to Internet Explorer and rename your file as A1–the first song, A2–The second song, etc. Then reload them into dropbox. I am unsure as to whether you can rename right in dropbox, but i doubt it. I like starting with the letter A because if there are more than nine songs in a set, then you can go to B–10, B–11, etc.
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