PC98 Lookup

1

The program window. The program MUST exist on writeable media as it creates a folder called "Files". If you have Windows UAC giving you trouble, I suggest either turning it down or setting the program to run as administrator.

You can drop files and folders onto this window.

2

The Top Section where dropped files are processed.

3

The Bottom Section where you can paste text and search. The Top and the Bottom sections operate independently of each other ie: you can have a different search in each.

4, 10

The name of what you dropped.

5

Select if you want to search on the English or the Japanese name.

6

The file name with (most) bracketing removed.

7

The list of what is found. If the icon is green, an exact match has been found. If yellow, files have been found with names starting with the search name. If orange, names have been found that contain the search name. Please exercise care here!

The program does some searches to determine if you have the file. Firstly, it searches the Files folder for a folder, or for a file with the English or the Japanese name with an extension .7Z, .zip, .rar, or .lzh. If not found, it looks for a sub-folder of the Files folder beginning with the first letter of the English name and searches in there for a folder or for a file with an extension .7Z, .zip, .rar, or .lzh. It does a final search for a sub-folder of the Files folder called "#", where you can put files starting with numbers or whatever you like. If found, the item gets a "Y" in the Found column. I understand that this structure won't suit everyone, and might look into a better method in the future.

Select an item in this list to activate the renaming buttons at 11.

8, 9

The English and Japanese names of what you have selected in the list. You can select and copy these to the clipboard.

11

Pushbuttons to rename the file/folder you dropped to what you have selected on the list. I suggest using this only if you have an exact (green) match, or you are really sure.

12

The SQL used to look up on the database. For debugging.

13

There is no 13. ;)

14, 15

Paste text here then press "Search" to find it. If you have copied some text to the clipboard, press Paste + Search to do so.

16

The English name with the Japanese name in brackets of what you have selected in the list. You can copy this to the clipboard.

17

The list of what is found. If the icon is green, an exact match has been found, but be careful if you are not doing a search on the full name. If yellow, files have been found with names starting with the search name. If orange, names have been found that contain the search name. Please exercise care here!

Select an item on the list to populate the text boxes 16, 18 and 19.

The same search rules apply as for 7.

18, 19

The English and Japanese names - you can copy these to the clipboard.

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Please let me know of bugs. I am particularly prone to "NilObject Exceptions", and try to describe to me how to repeat problems.

Please be careful - this is very new software.