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Help adding "Production Year" to EPG

I've been using WebGrabPlus V3.3 in Windows 10 and everything works fine.
When I upgraded to v 5.3, I lost "Production Year" in my EPG? The REX file posted below lists production year in ver 3.3, but does not work in ver 5.3. I read through the installation instructions for ver. 5+ but not sure how to adapt the changes regarding production year. Any help will be much appreciated.

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I checked and you are correct, something is wrong, will notify Jan

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That problem is caused by missing separators. Version 5.x.x use a so called 'section separator' . That is the separator between the elements to expand in the rex config line . In the example that are 'description' and 'productiondate' . The section separator is in most cases the separator used for the first element, here 'description' . But because there is no separator specified, the default | is used. That is the reason why production date will be expanded in a new description element.
The easiest way to solve this is to add 'dummy' separators () .. (or any other separator value) :
{'description()'}{\n\t¤ YEAR: 'productiondate()'. }
Note: Also a separator is needed for the second element 'productiondate' .
In general it is recommended to add a 'dummy' separator always for each element even if no separator is needed. Without it, the default | is created by the program.
So this has nothing to do with a missing 'productiondate'

If I have time I will add the full section separator issue to the documented rex config or the AP-line.examples.text

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WGMaker wrote:

...The easiest way to solve this is to add 'dummy' separators () .. (or any other separator value) :
{'description()'}{\n\t¤ YEAR: 'productiondate()'. }

Thank you for the helpful information!!
Problem solved :-)

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One last question, how do I change the the 24 hour pull data parameter? In other words, Say I pull guide data for one day. I start pulling at 10 pm Eastern, it will end the next day at 7 pm Eastern. How to I make the 24 hour pull to end at 10 pm Eastern the next day? ( I used to know the answer, but I forgot.)
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May be allowlastdayoverflow in site line?

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Which siteini are you referring to. Or are you making one yourself ? In that case , upload it. Anyhow , this is normally solved in the siteini.

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WGMaker wrote:

Which siteini are you referring to..

International (TV Guide) and UK (Sky.com). That's it.
Not a big deal. I'm just trying to learn. Thanks

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MAT8861 gave the correct answer. You can check if the siteini's you mentioned have that setting. It should be in the last line that is not encrypted starting with 'site { -- }

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Thank you to MAT8861, and WGMaker. That worked. (I won't forget again :-) Thanks for the quick responses. I appreciate it.

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