Hi James,
I'd be interested .

best wishes
Rikki

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Hi Guys.

I will send out the beta version in a few hours, just want to tidy up a few things that I had found myself that were not working as expected.

Thank you to those who submitted styles to me. I'm very grateful, but I'd prefer volunteers to help out in populating the program with styles rather than just sending the styles to me.

Kind Regards
James.

i'll give a try. i have tons of styles from different keyboards. do you send a copy of the software to our email? if so,i'll watch for it.

Yep... I'll be sending out emails shortly. Almost done here.

Just finished working on the print out functions. Here's an example of the programs output.
http://www.irishacts.com/style-manager/styles.pdf

Regards
James

Hi Guys.
Just sent out the links to the beta version.

Kind Regards
James

Hi James

What does your new software offer which is not found in the software program I currently use?

I use PSR Style Database from Peter Wierzba: http://www.wierzba.homepage.t-online.de/psd/psdmain.htm

Kind regards
Jørgen

Hello.

That “PSR Style Database” looks like a very nice program, but it's very different from what I'm developing. For starters it's not a database program at all, each time you launch it you have to get it to view the contents of the folders where you keep your styles so it can extract the names from there each time you launch the software. This approach is quick for sure if all your looking for is a list of what styles you have, but it also means the program only works with PSR Styles and it's not designed for any community based file sharing projects. It's more for personal use.

The concept behind my program is very different in that I'm hoping to see this become a universal tool that allows all the different communities to pool their efforts together and file share. It's a single application that everyone can use regardless of what keyboard they own, or what company it's made by. When a style is added to my software the actual file itself is stored within the program including all the information put in by the person who added the style. This in turn means that a single file can contain a users entire collection. Add to that the fact that I can post update patches, then if people submit their files, a single update patch can be issued that can update everyones program to include the content of everyone else.

In short, pooling everyone efforts into a single update that anyone can download and benefit from.

It's not meant to complete with websites already offering large downloads, it's simply meant to be a tool that will allow everyone to pool their efforts together and to create the ultimate collection of styles regardless of make or model.

Regards
James

Hi James

Thanks for the explanation.

I was not able to see from the screenshot that the program was a "community" software.

But I noticed that it can handle styles from more keyboard manufacturers.

Best wishes
Jørgen

Hi Jørgen.

If you click here you can see a copy of the video I sent to the beta testers. It's just an quick crash course to get the beta testers up and running with the software, so nothing fancy.
http://www.irishacts.com/style-manager/beta-intro.htm

The plan right now is to get the program out of beta and released with a certain amount of content already included. The main database folders will be read only to end users, but the other folders will be read & write. People can then start using it to organise their own personal collections of styles while also availing of anything already included in the main database.

Then maybe 8 weeks after the release date I'll activate an FTP for people to submit their databases to. All submitted databases will then be merged into into one single update patch that anyone can download. Running this update patch when then update your main database folder giving you instant access to the combined efforts of everyone who added content to the application and submitted their file.

Batch conversion of the data included will also take place in the future, so styles added in one format will make their way into the database in many different formats.

Regards
James.

Hi James

Thanks for the video. I sure will take a look.

Jørgen