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HaQue · Member Joined: 10 May 2008 Posts: 3

Hi again,
The path thing happens on 2 seperate computers, only on the GBC console. The path in the database seems to be ok, as all the cosoles source paths aren't stored with a trailing backslash, and only the gbc has this issue. The reporting 1 ROM when none are present also happens on both machines, but on all consoles, and I remember when I first installed it, and had not yet put any ROMs in, it did report I had 1 ROM..

I will download a fresh copy of your prog and the updates and clean my folders up abit to make sure I havent introduced these myself somehow. I will do some more proper testing as I have found another strange thing.

While mucking about with some .gbc ROMs, somehow all the renamed ROMs got deleted, though the program reports they are there... "you have 17 ROMs out of 1245 known" (renamed folder is empty.) rescans don't fix it.

As for the folder choosing, I do most of my testing and work on the desktop, but I doubt it is an issue spending time on for the masses..

Let you know how I go with re-testing and I will provide some better details re the results.

EDIT:
well the re-install seems to have cleared up both issues, though while setting up all the paths for the consoles, it did report I had 1 ROM for one of the them, but a resetting of the lists fixed that.

Sorry, I think the fact that I had the same errors on 2 different machines made me believe there were bugs..

LAST EDIT:

The error '53' showed up again and I did some more thorough testing and have now found the problem, though not the solution! Smile

I noticed that the program searches for any ROM named *.gb, *.gbc, *.sgb, *.cgb, *.boy and *.zip.

The only one that causes problems is when it is file.gb. I grabbed a ROM from the "renamed" folder and watched what happens when I rename the same, valid ROM to each extension. file.gb fails, it seems any .gb fails, unknown or known.

Its a bit hard to show using the forum, but if you look at the fourth line of the last block of code

Raffles · Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 8:49 am Post subject:

Hi mate,

All this info is fantastic. I'll have a look at the .gb problem - I suspect it's to do with the fact that's it only 2 characters long - so I'll start there.

As for the 'deletions' - this is a tricky one. If you simply move the ROMs back from the 'renamed' directory to the 'source' one and then do a full scan - it will delete them if you have 'delete dupes' ticked (on by default). This is because the renamer doesn't know you've moved things - unless you tell it (I can't program psychic abilities in yet Wink

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The way around this is to either uncheck 'delete dupes', reset your have/miss lists or do a quick scan.

I'll also check the .sgb/.gbc thing while I'm in the .gb code.

Thanks again for such a detailed log Very Happy

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cheers
Raffles
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HaQue · Member Joined: 10 May 2008 Posts: 3

I am guessing that the deletions happened exactly as you mentioned as I was moving things back and forth for the testing. They were safely backed up anyway, so no harm done Smile

Would it work to check the "renamed" folder first, update the database and then process "Source"? Im not sure if assuming anything that passed thru "Renamed" exists is a good idea... though I just got back from a 1,000Km trip in the Semi, so Im not sure of much right now Wink

Cheers,

HaQue

zzzzzz.....

Raffles · Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 7:21 am Post subject:

I've fixed the trailing slash problem - it was the .gb problem that was causing it. Give it another go (after downloading the update).

As for 'checking the renamed folder first - that's what 'Quick Scan' is for. If I did a 'Quick Scan' automatically it would slow down the scanning - and not everyone zips their ROMs.

If you un-check the 'delete dupes' bit - then the renamer will simply move them to the 'dupes' folder.

Thanks again for your input.
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koganei · Member Joined: 29 Apr 2007 Posts: 13

Hey Raffles,
Can you add a feature that allows us to tell the program we have/don't have ROMs?
E.g., I have some ROMs on CD, I'm too lazy to scan them, so I just wanna tell the program I already have them so that it moves them to the have list.

Thanks.

Koganei

Raffles · Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 3:03 pm Post subject:

That's sort of already in there. Point the 'renamed' directory to your CD drive and click the 'Quick Scan' button.

That should sort that one out Very Happy

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In case anyone else is wondering - I am still working on this - just been extremely busy with paid work. Hopefully, I will be able to get a bit more of the to-do list sorted real soon.

Thanks
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Champion · Member Joined: 13 Feb 2007 Posts: 45 Location: Austria

Hi Raffle; as you unsticked the other Topic I have to post here only for "Notify me when a reply is posted"...............

thanks in the meantime!

Raffles · Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2008 6:13 am Post subject:

I never thought about that bit - but at least you noticed Wink

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It just made sense to keep everything in the same place - rather than have it all split in 2.

cheers
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koganei · Member Joined: 29 Apr 2007 Posts: 13

Raffles,
Quick scan doesn't seem to be working on my DVDs.
The files were previously scanned and zipped with your ROM-Renamer.

Koganei

Raffles · Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2008 4:38 pm Post subject:

Strange - it works for me.

Did you change your 'Renamed ROMs:' directory to your DVD - not the 'source' one?

What format are your ROMs in?

Failing all that - zip up your .../Database/mdbLCLi.mdb file and e-mail it over for me to check.

Ta
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koganei · Member Joined: 29 Apr 2007 Posts: 13

Oh, the renamed ROMs directory. Hahaha, I changed the source, as you predicted.
Something weird happened though, I changed the source to my DVD ROM drive, did a quick scan, and it scanned my renamed directory. Then I clicked on full scan, and it did a quick scan on my DVD ROM drive. O_o

Koganei

Raffles · Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2008 7:41 am Post subject:

Remember, when you do a quick scan - it adds your known roms to the have list.

Doing a full scan on a read-only drive will do a similar thing (if your source dir is the same as the renamed one).

Glad you got it sorted.

cheers
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koganei · Member Joined: 29 Apr 2007 Posts: 13

Raffles,
Going back to my request to be able to edit the have/miss lists.
I've scanned all my discs, but now I wanna remove something from my have list. I wanna remove the "Nuke" entries because I delete those ROMs.

Cheers.

Koganei

Raffles · Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 12:38 pm Post subject:

Then simply go in the settings - un-tick 'nuked' and click full-scan.

This will miss the nukes out and update you lists.

Note - you don't actually have to do a complete rescan - as the have/miss lists will simply get rebuilt regardless.
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koganei · Member Joined: 29 Apr 2007 Posts: 13

Excellent.
You save my day once again, Raffles. =P