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Originally posted by Wayne White
I have several current copies of my Songs DB on different computers & also burned to a disc. I can't think of any reason why I would ever want to re-build my songlist using the header data. Besides the " problem. Very many of the songs Titles & Artists are wrong in my header data, but, have been corrected in my Songs DB....Wayne
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Wayne and all others who edit your Songs.mdb file... Hoster 2.100 is close at hand for releasing. It contains a new BUCKET.mdb database that has the " removed, the artists fixed (for example -
Beatles, The will now appear under B, but print as
The Beatles), and another 66,000 songs have been added, bringing it current to October, 2003 for most USA songs.
Also.......... we have added a new (yet old) command:
Update KMA File Headers command. It will allow you to take your modified Songs database and modify each KMA file header to equal its edited entry in the Songs database, and do all in one operation... yep, fully automated! We wrote this as a Utility program last year, and it was used by everyone to update their database and kma files. After using it, rebuilding your Songs database should rebuild it identically to what it was before.
NOTICE! When using any powerful command that edits many files, ALWAYS backup all files that can be affected BEFORE you run the command. We don't want to hear any complaints that your KMA files have been damaged. As we all know, Microsoft can do very weird and unexplainable things to the applications programs it is supposed to only run. 
nreel, you point about the Songs and Artist lookup not finding duplicates is correct. We intend on overhauling the entire
Add CD Track command, placing the fields on the Playlist Screen at the bottom right. The Songname and Artist buttons will disappear, and we will add what one of you suggested some months ago... a
Find button that allows you to use wildcards to locate any string or partial string, display the results in a separate window, allow selecting the song you want from that window and add it to the Play list. Adding the Singers and Keychange will be done in a popup window that appears before the song appears in the Playlist.
