Sample filename error during import

[George in Seattle]

See attached screenshot, it should be self explanatory.  This started failing after the last update. I use this feature a lot because I always like to verify the proposed filename before transferring hundreds, or thousands of shots. It used to show a sample name based on the highlighted shot.  Now, no matter what I do, it is either showing blank, or what you see underlined.  For this template it should show: shootname/YY/Julian/sequence/suffix (specifically BCOA163497819.nef)

[ManiacJoe]

Do all the templates have this display problem, or just your custom template?

[Bob Somrak]

ManiacJoe wrote:

Do all the templates have this display problem, or just your custom template?

I can reproduce this problem.  See my post #2

[George in Seattle]

All the templates exhibit this problem. The "sample" is either blank or "untitled".  I should add that the actual import DOES result in the desired file names --after a leap of faith.  I use this particular naming template a lot.  But this makes it difficult to verify new templates.

[Bob Somrak · Accepted solution]

This problem and another one related to RENAME are discussed here.  Metatags in Filename Template Editor only insert at the end instead of at cursor.      See my post #5 with a link to a post like yours.  Rikk Flohr said he couldn't reproduce this problem In post #6 so you may want to post directly to him in the above linked thread as he seems to be able to get things done and has been very helpful.

[George in Seattle]

Addition to my original post:  This affects only the "sample" name, not my imported result.  In other words if I execute the import, the filename is what I asked for.  The only means of verification is to actually import a single photo first to ensure the template is correct (that's what I'm doing as a workaround).

Also, it is easy for me to reproduce because I cant seem to get it to behave correctly no matter what template I select.