dander53 Registered User
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(12/7/01 2:11 pm) Reply
How to combine two BeBay files (*.bby) ?
I'd like to be able to merge or combine contents of two *.bby files. Is there any direct (or indirect) way to do this ?
I could add a function in the file menu to "merge" a file into the current one; probably this weekend.
The .bby is a text file, and with a little studying you can see that there are 4 or 5 sections, each labelled in square brackets, so it is possible to do it manually, but it is very easy to skip or duplicate blank lines in the data, so I don't recommend it.
Re: How to combine two BeBay files (*.bby) ?
I've added the "merge" function to the file menu.
1) It merges the selected file with the currently open file. You cannot undo, so I suggest creating a new file, then merging the two (or more) files and see what you get.
2) It only merges data in open windows. If the Archive window is not open, the data in the archive will be unaffected. This is for flexibility, so you can choose which data to merge (and so I don't have to create a user interface for that.)
3) The "Master List of Viewed Items" is not merged, and is, in fact, global for all BBY files. If you want separate Master Lists for each BBY file, let me know.
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