# Export and numbering actions
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-and-numbering-actions/14188
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [December 2, 2012, 2:11pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-and-numbering-actions/14188 "2012-12-02T14:11:12Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@aax](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/aax)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2012, 2:11pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-and-numbering-actions/14188/1 "2012-12-02T14:11:12Z")
Is it possible to create actions that would do what Export button and Autonumbering Wizard do?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2012, 2:18pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-and-numbering-actions/14188/2 "2012-12-02T14:18:19Z")
> [@aax](#):
>
> Is it possible to create actions that would do what ... Autonumbering Wizard ...
If you do not rely on the resetting to zero for each directory, you can do it with a format Tag-field action for %\_counter%.
Format tag-Field TRACK with
$num(%\_counter%,2)
Also there is an action called "Export" where you can specify the template and the name of the output.
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### Author:  [@aax](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/aax)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2012, 3:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-and-numbering-actions/14188/3 "2012-12-02T15:26:13Z")
Thanks, I completely missed the Export action.
As for the numbering, is there a string to number tracks in the form of track/totaltracks?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2012, 3:55pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-and-numbering-actions/14188/4 "2012-12-02T15:55:43Z")
I am afraid not.
MP3tag does not know how many tracks will come when it carries out an action. It only looks at one file at the time.
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### Author:  [@aax](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/aax)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2012, 4:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-and-numbering-actions/14188/5 "2012-12-02T16:04:59Z")
And how about another action that would add the number of files that are open in Mp3Tag to track field? Is something like that possible?
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### Author:  [@aax](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/aax)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2012, 5:42pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-and-numbering-actions/14188/6 "2012-12-02T17:42:48Z")
After some experimenting I've found a way, using Information Fields and "total\_files".
Since I usually work on one album at a time I don't need Autonumbering Wizards's "reset counter for each directory" function.
Action: Format value
Field: TRACK
Format string: %\_counter%/%\_total\_files% _(I don't use zero padding in track fields)_
Now, am I wrong in thinking that **%\_max\_counter%** should have the same effect if I put it instead of **%\_total\_files%**? Because when I do that, I don't get any value after **/**.
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### Author:  [@DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DetlevD)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2012, 5:44pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-and-numbering-actions/14188/7 "2012-12-02T17:44:04Z")
> [@aax](#):
>
> ... add the number of files that are open in Mp3Tag to track field? ...
Action: Format value
Tag-Field: TRACK
Format string:
**$num(%TRACK%,$ifgreater($len(%\_total\_files%),2,$len(%\_total\_files%),2))'/'$num(%\_total\_files%,$ifgreater($len(%\_total\_files%),2,$len(%\_total\_files%),2))**
... or ...
**$num($add(1,%\_counter%),$ifgreater($len(%\_total\_files%),2,$len(%\_total\_files%),2))'/'$num(%\_total\_files%,$ifgreater($len(%\_total\_files%),2,$len(%\_total\_files%),2))**
Example 1
Files loaded in Mp3tag: 8
Selected files: 8
TRACK=01/08 ... TRACK=08/08
Example 2
Files loaded in Mp3tag: 1083
Selected files: 1024
TRACK=0001/1024 ... TRACK=1024/1024
DD.20121202.1950.CET
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### Author:  [@aax](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/aax)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2012, 6:22pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-and-numbering-actions/14188/8 "2012-12-02T18:22:54Z")
Thanks Detlev, but I don't need such a complicated string. The action I posted in post #6 is good enough for me considering I mostly work with one album at a time.
But my question from that post still remains. Shouldn't the **%\_max\_counter%** work the same in the place of **%\_total\_files%** in the action from that post?
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### Author:  [@dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dano)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2012, 8:34pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-and-numbering-actions/14188/9 "2012-12-02T20:34:19Z")
No, %\_max\_counter% is only designed for the export tool.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-and-numbering-actions/14188/10 "2026-02-09T12:24:12Z")