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Subject: Re: Either ChessBase Will Solve this or I'll break its Neck!! [Complaint

Author: David Mitchell

Date: 20:04:44 01/06/06

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On January 06, 2006 at 14:22:01, Henrik Dinesen wrote:

>On January 06, 2006 at 12:38:49, Rolf Tueschen wrote:
>
>>On January 06, 2006 at 10:44:59, David Mitchell wrote:
>>
>>>Rolf,
>>>
>>>If you can make a few examples of EXACTLY what you want pasted, and how, I could
>>>code you up a little "super paster", to save your info inside the game, itself.
>>>Yes, a program.
>>>
>>>Be explicit though in your examples, Rolf. I just would need a small few games
>>>with your notes to be moved, for testing, and full understanding of how you want
>>>the notes saved, in the game.
>>>
>>>Dave
>>
>>
>>It's a huge problem:
>>
>>1) think about the headers in CB. you have name header, tournament name,
>>tournament sites, sources, commentaries etc. years ago that was different: CB
>>hadnt different data bases (files) for these parameters or variables bt they had
>>a fixed header that looked like this: a fixed number in the database for the
>>game, then the two players whirte and black and then a second line with the
>>whole tournament, site and seperated by a semikolon the source. The time came
>>when CB changed their format and also INFORMATOR changed his by just pasting the
>>number of INF and number of game - like 45/544 - into the notation itself before
>>the first move as a comment so to speak. At the time they had sort of routine
>>that this could be pasted. I forgot the details. You know, this is forced by the
>>new format where a particular tournament has one single name say INTEL or so
>>with the site Tilburg. Now in my old tournament line I have this: Tilburg 45/544
>>for a particular single game with these numbers. That means in the end for over
>>200 games I have the same number of tournaments. Tilburg with that number. This
>>is what I want to be corrected. As I said it is possible to delete all these
>>numbers in seconds but then I lose the nice numbers to quote from INF. INF is
>>the highest possible game commentary available. So that I want to keep the
>>numbers to be able to make quotations. Well, tongue in cheek, in general. Not
>>that I absolutely needed it. :)
>>
>>2) Now the even worse problem. CB has a nice feature called ripping databases of
>>games you dont have yet. That goes automatically. Yes, if you have correct naked
>>tournament names. I with my 200 names have all these seperate pseudo tournament
>>for a single event and my ripping cant detect if it's a real double because I
>>assume that CB works with the tournament lines in the first place for a fast
>>ripping of million bases. - Since you cant know the CB code I see no possibility
>>how you want to write a routine to clean up the tournament and then past the
>>content into the first commentary line in the notation. Famous Nunn once had
>>such features that substituted CB programs in important extents. Suddenly you
>>could change names and tournaments at once - all on DOS level... Nunn always
>>wrote that he had done that for himself... Ok, fine, if you can do it for
>>yourself and then give it to the community in person of Rolf, fine! Thanks! :)
>>
>>3) I would say I give 15 € for such a nice tool. - Or just let me be your
>>manager and I negotiate with CB and we two become millionaires and then could
>>marry Marilyn Monroe. How's that?
>
>
>My guess here would be, that David would work with the pgn format. When the base
>is corverted in CB9 the info is kept, also with reverse conversion.
>Well, just my guess, since that's how I do "things" to bases that I can't do in
>the DB-programs.
>
>Regards
>Henrik

I'm not as anxious to meet Marilyn Monroe, now that's she's been dead for a
number of years, as you might think. :) :)

This may sound odd to you, Rolf, but I don't care anything about the CB format,
nor do I own the program. I just enjoy programming, and playing.

If you can show me what you have in a small sample, and what you want, we can
proceed.

Henrik's guess is a good one, but I can't be sure of anything until I see the
sample, and what you want.

Dave



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