Introduction

The program will show the records in Music Finder Files; ready for editing.

Please notice that
• if a record defines a style which is not found in the selected model; the record will show the style number in brackets; e.g. <3456>.
• when selecting a record the name of the corresponding style in the NetCommon style list will be shown below the style box. If not found this will show the style number in brackets; e.g. <3456>.
• converting Music Finder Files between models is rather complicated to automate as the style naming and numbering systems are somewhat in-consistent.
• records with not found styles can be deleted from the Music Finder Files when saving. Check Menu Options for setting this.

Thanks to Michael P. Bedesem for collecting most of the style data files.

Program Operation - Basics

1. In the Model Menu: Select your Keybord Model.
2. In the File Menu: Create a New Music Finder File - or open an existing Music Finder File.
3. To select a Record: Click the grey area to the left of the first table column.
4. To sort the Records: Click the column header in the column you want to sort.

Program Operation - Menu Items

File Menu
• New File: Creates a new Music Finder File. In menu "Record" click "New" to add a record.
• Open File: Opens an existing Music Finder File.
• Import Tab.Del.File: Imports the records in a Tabulator Delimited Music Finder File
• Append File: Appends the records in a second Music Finder File to the opened file
• Save File: Overwrites an opened Music Finder File when saving.
• Save File As...: Saves the Music Finder File in a new name.
• Import Tab.Del.File: Exports the records to a Tabulator Delimited Music Finder File
• Open File2: Opens another file in the lower table
• Import Tab.Del.File2: Imports a Tabulator Delimited Music Finder File in the lower table

Record Menu
• New: Creates a new record.
• Delete Selected: Deletes the selected record.
• Delete Duplicates: Deletes duplicate records according to the settings in the "Duplicates Check" menu.
• Duplicate Selected: Duplicates the selected record

Model Menu
• Lists the supported keyboards

Duplicates Check Menu
• When performing the "Delete Duplicates" menu all records are checked according to the selections in this menu.
• A record will be deleted if the list already holds a record having identical values in the checked columns.

Example 1: "Check Music" and "Check Style" menus are checked. Record 1: Music: "Yesterday" - Style: "Ballad" Record 2: Music: "Yesterday" - Style: "LoveSong" None of the records will be deleted.

Example 2: Check Music" and "Check Style" menus are checked. Record 1: Music: "Yesterday" - Style: "Ballad" Record 2: Music: "Yesterday" - Style: "Ballad" Record 2 will be deleted.

• The record which will be deleted in the list is the LAST one added to the Main Table.
Notice: If the list has been sorted the last record added might show as the first record in the Main Table.
Therefore if you want to merge an "updated file" and an "original file" - and delete duplicate records - then open the "updated file" in the first place and then add the "original file".

Example 3: "Check Music" and "Check Style" menus are checked. Record 1 (form "updated file"): Music: "Yesterday" - Style: "Ballad" - Tempo: 80 Record 2 (form "original file"): Music: "Yesterday" - Style: "Ballad" - Tempo: 90 Record 2 will be deleted.

Options Menu
• When saving: Delete Records using Styles with Numbers not found in the selected Model
As it says: If a record defines a style which is not found in the selected model, this record will be deleted when the Music Finder File is saved.

Help Menu
• Help, Registration and About information.

Program Operation - Buttons

New (below Genre List)
• Adds a new Genre to the Genre list. Genres can not be deleted while editing; but unused genres will disappear when saving and reopening the file.

New (below Time Signature List)
• Adds a new Time Signature to the Time Signature list. All values from 0/0 to 16/16 are valid.

Save Edited Record
• Saves the settings in the fields below the Main Table to the selected record in this Table.

Unselect Record
• Unselects a selected record.

Add Selected form File2
• Adds the selected record in the lower table to the Main Table.

Legal Stuff

Music Finder File Manager ©2008-2009 Jørgen Sørensen. All Rights Reserved.

You should carefully read the following terms and conditions before using this program.

COPYRIGHT
Copyright laws apply to this program, and the copyright holder retains all rights. The program must NOT be altered or decompiled nor included as part of another system or program without permission from the holder of copyright. Uploading to web sites or file servers or inclusion at cd's, copying to other persons etc. is strictly prohibited.

DISCLAIMER
Users of Music Finder File Manager must accept this disclaimer of warranty: Music Finder File Manager and its related documentation is supplied as is. The author disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, including, without limitation, the warranties of merchantability and fitness for any purpose. The author assumes no liability for damages, direct or consequential, which may result from the use or inability to use Music Finder File Manager.