database issue

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Originally Posted by ddouglass

Your welcome Shaun. Did it bring you total up to the right number (equal to the number of KMA files in the folder)? You can either do another rebuild and see if the count is right or you can open the Songs.mdb in Access and check the total number of records in the table. If not you may have to resort to the Hex editor to correct DiskID-Track numbers in those in the list?
What Hex Editor do you use?

i believe the number of tracks was correct after the merge.

my hex editor is actually my all-purpose editing tool. it's a programming editor called Boxer (www.boxersoftware.com) developed by a guy named david hamel. it's really good. i've purchased every upgrade of it since 1994, when it was a DOS app. if you send it a binary file, boxer automatically opens the file in hex mode. the bookID is almost at the top of the file, so manually changing it isn't difficult at all.

Once you get the Show Display set-up the way you want it (you could help him there) there isn't a whole lot of extra to have to deal with. The marquee is optional and a great way to advertise for the Host and for the venue that you are playing at.The Singer's database is optional to use and great for storing your regular's songs that they sing over and over. Other than that it is pretty much the same. The great thing is it looks much more professional to the singers and audience but is very easy to use.
Maybe you need to try the demo on another computer and show them how easy it is to use.

well, like i said, it's been discussed. they'll probably migrate at some point.