GB Enterprise in jGameBase ?

Vicman · Last edited by Vicman on Wed Mar 09, 2011 6:09 am; edited 1 time in total

Hi,

a "friend" want to use my GB EP in jGameBase, but he has no luck with it.......

Does anyone use the jGameBase, and can give some infos ?

Maybe it's because the GB EP was wriiten for GBv1.3 ?

It seems he has problems to read the *.mdb file

Is there a way to convert the *.mdb to "GBv1.2 standard" (if this is the trick, to run the GB EP in jgamebase)

btw.
i think my friend use linux, so he can't use GBv1.3
And i use widows only, so i can't test jgamebase.

p.s.
the "friend" is Attus !
(Enterprise Enthusiast and converter of many Games from ZX Spectrum to EP

)
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.mad. · Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2011 6:08 am Post subject:

well the basic gamebase could be converted to v1.2
games, screens, covers

but all the EXTRA gamebase v1.3 stuff would be missing...
send keys to emulator
info bar (on the left)
web links

so it would mean typing the load and run command for each game.

Vicman · Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2011 6:15 am Post subject:

hi mad,
have you ever used jgamebase ?
do you know, if this would be the trick, to run the GB EP (and other GB's) in jgamebase ?
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Vicman · Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2011 3:50 am Post subject:

*push*

can someone try this on linux or similar

@mad :
How to convert the *.mdb back to GB v1.2 ?
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.mad. · Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2011 11:03 pm Post subject:

sorry i missed the previous post.

to convert it back to Gamebase v1.2, you will need Microsoft Access installed.
Then you can just copy and paste the columns into a v1.2 mdb file.

i haven't used J-Gamebase.
But if any v1.2 Gamebases work in it, this should also work.

the new v1.3 features would be missing, and the script would probably need altering.
and maybe a few other minor tweaks.??

it's just a case of creating it, then seeing if it works on you friends PC.

i will convert it for you if you like.
email me.

Vicman · Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2011 4:05 pm Post subject:

thanks mad, i'll email you

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WiNeOS · New Member Joined: 09 Oct 2005 Posts: 2 GB64-Points: 2

Is not necessary to convert to 1.2, latest jGameBase is V0.49DEV2010-12-23 and supports 1.3 schema.

Download from sourceforge.

Vicman · Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 1:53 pm Post subject:

Thanks for this Info, WiNeOS

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