Okay, the GameBase frontend has a single shortcut for itself. Since until recently I only had one Collection in it (GameBase 64 v7), I would just double-click the GameBase's short cut and was, by default, taken to the one Collection I had.
Now I have two Collections to run through the frontend. So now whenever I double-click that same shortcut, I'm given a menu in a window from which to choose which Collection I wish to load.
Well how can I make a separate shortcut for each Collection (in my case, two) that will bypass that window/menu and take me right to the Collection that I want load-up?
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Separate Shortcut for Each Collection in GameBase?
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I suppose you could have a shortcut to a .bat file for each collection that will rename the database file of the ones you are not interested in and make sure that the one you are interested in has the correct database filename.
So for instance if you have the amiga and c64 database you could have this for the C64.bat
and this for the Amiga.bat
This should work....but then the shortcuts on the GBToolbox are just so much nicer!
So for instance if you have the amiga and c64 database you could have this for the C64.bat
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rename "D:\GameBase\GameBase Amiga\GameBase Amiga.mdb" "D:\GameBase\GameBase Amiga\DISABLED_GameBase Amiga.mdb"
rename "D:\GameBase\GBC_v07\DISABLED_GBC_v07.mdb" "D:\GameBase\GBC_v07\GBC_v07.mdb"
"D:\GameBase\GameBase.exe"
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rename "D:\GameBase\GameBase Amiga\DISABLED_GameBase Amiga.mdb" "D:\GameBase\GameBase Amiga\GameBase Amiga.mdb"
rename "D:\GameBase\GBC_v07\GBC_v07.mdb" "D:\GameBase\GBC_v07\DISABLED_GBC_v07.mdb"
"D:\GameBase\GameBase.exe"
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That will work, but this is much easier:
Right click the GameBase shortcut, choose Properties and type the name of the collection you want to start automatically behind the filename, for example:
change:
"C:\Program Files\GameBase\GameBase.exe"
to:
"C:\Program Files\GameBase\GameBase.exe" GBC V07
to start the GameBase64 V07 collection.
Right click the GameBase shortcut, choose Properties and type the name of the collection you want to start automatically behind the filename, for example:
change:
"C:\Program Files\GameBase\GameBase.exe"
to:
"C:\Program Files\GameBase\GameBase.exe" GBC V07
to start the GameBase64 V07 collection.
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Doh!
I tried something similar first....but I was trying to pass the file with the mdb extension in it.
Not something I'd ever do myself, currently got >50 gamebase collections and I'm not a big fan of covering my wallpaper with icons that you can never find quickly.
I tried something similar first....but I was trying to pass the file with the mdb extension in it.
Not something I'd ever do myself, currently got >50 gamebase collections and I'm not a big fan of covering my wallpaper with icons that you can never find quickly.
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Excellent! I did that what K.C. said following the contents of each Target field with "GBC_V07" for the GameBase 64 v7 shortcut and "GameBase Amiga" for the GameBase Amiga v1.6 shortcut hehehe
Now all I need to be done is how to get those icons that appear in that window/menu that comes up when you call-up the GameBase v1.3 frontend itself and put them on the shortcuts, then it'll be perfect and done!
Now all I need to be done is how to get those icons that appear in that window/menu that comes up when you call-up the GameBase v1.3 frontend itself and put them on the shortcuts, then it'll be perfect and done!
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So if you have a large amount of GameBase collections, it isn't easy to find the collection you want to start up.
If you want to order your collections in groups, I'd recommend PStart. This is a little tool that displays a small icon in your system tray. By clicking this icon, you can show a little menu with shortcuts to the programs you use frequently. It looks like this:
You can create groups and subgroups, add a hotkey for a program, add seperator lines, schedule a program to start, etc.
And of course, you can create a GameBase launch menu that is ordered in groups:
The only way to use this picture as an icon for a standard Windows shortcut, is to convert the .GIF file to a .ICO file. There are several utilities and online services you can use for this, for example this site.
The Gamebase selector window doesn't support organizing your collections.Pugsy wrote:Not something I'd ever do myself, currently got >50 gamebase collections and I'm not a big fan of covering my wallpaper with icons that you can never find quickly.
So if you have a large amount of GameBase collections, it isn't easy to find the collection you want to start up.
If you want to order your collections in groups, I'd recommend PStart. This is a little tool that displays a small icon in your system tray. By clicking this icon, you can show a little menu with shortcuts to the programs you use frequently. It looks like this:
You can create groups and subgroups, add a hotkey for a program, add seperator lines, schedule a program to start, etc.
And of course, you can create a GameBase launch menu that is ordered in groups:
The icon that shows up in the Gamebase selector window is a .GIF file (Startup_32x32.gif), located in the Gfx folder of your collection(s).The Lord of the Flies wrote:Now all I need to be done is how to get those icons that appear in that window/menu that comes up when you call-up the GameBase v1.3 frontend itself and put them on the shortcuts, then it'll be perfect and done!
The only way to use this picture as an icon for a standard Windows shortcut, is to convert the .GIF file to a .ICO file. There are several utilities and online services you can use for this, for example this site.
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