[Roy Dennis]

Originally Posted by BradM

Roy Thanks for the reply. The lastest version of Hoster. I was trying to update my home system from the new hoster. So if I understand you I should reverse this process and update from the old to the new. Can I do that with a merge data base function in hoster? say songs on the c drive with new hoster and songs I have added from the older version on my external?

Yes you can update from old version to newer versions. I take it from your post that you have 5.07 and it is working OK so you must have already done that.
From what It sounds like, you are suggesting that all your old files are on an external drive and that if you add any new files to that drive through your 3.xxx version you can just use the merge button in 5.07 and it will only add the new songs. I'd be very reluctant to advise to try this as that is not what the merge function is designed for, it is meant for renumbering duplicate book ids found in your rebuild list, by doing what you suggest may cause lots of duplicated numbers which may renumber lots of your existing book ids that could then affect your printed books if you print books with book IDs.

What I would try is import any new songs into your existing 3.xxx version as normal but make sure that the book root id you use is not already in use in the 5.07 version You can check the last # used in 5.07 in various ways one is from the import cds tracks dialog and press the next button next to book root id and it should return the next available #. Use this number to import into your 3.xxx version.
When you have finished importing the new tracks just copy those new ones using windows explorer and paste them into your kma folder.
Then in 5.07 goto Import Songs/Build Database, highlight the folder you just pasted the extra files in and press Rescan Folder. this will then just add those new files to the data base.
I have not tried this using files from 3.xxx version so if it doesn't work come back.
If you prefer you could just create a new folder to paste your new files in and just add that new folder to the list of folders in the build database dialog, you should then see it build those new songs into the database.