Separate Shortcut for Each Collection in GameBase?

The Lord of the Flies

Okay, the GameBase frontend has a single shortcut for itself. Since until recently I only had one Collection in it (GameBase 64 v7), I would just double-click the GameBase's short cut and was, by default, taken to the one Collection I had.

Now I have two Collections to run through the frontend. So now whenever I double-click that same shortcut, I'm given a menu in a window from which to choose which Collection I wish to load.

Well how can I make a separate shortcut for each Collection (in my case, two) that will bypass that window/menu and take me right to the Collection that I want load-up?
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Pugsy · Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2011 5:09 pm Post subject:

I suppose you could have a shortcut to a .bat file for each collection that will rename the database file of the ones you are not interested in and make sure that the one you are interested in has the correct database filename.

So for instance if you have the amiga and c64 database you could have this for the C64.bat

K.C. · Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2011 11:09 pm Post subject:

That will work, but this is much easier:

Right click the GameBase shortcut, choose Properties and type the name of the collection you want to start automatically behind the filename, for example:

change:
"C:\Program Files\GameBase\GameBase.exe"

to:
"C:\Program Files\GameBase\GameBase.exe" GBC V07

to start the GameBase64 V07 collection.

Pugsy · Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 12:09 am Post subject:

Doh!

I tried something similar first....but I was trying to pass the file with the mdb extension in it.

Not something I'd ever do myself, currently got >50 gamebase collections and I'm not a big fan of covering my wallpaper with icons that you can never find quickly.
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The Lord of the Flies · Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 4:22 am Post subject:

Excellent! I did that what K.C. said following the contents of each Target field with "GBC_V07" for the GameBase 64 v7 shortcut and "GameBase Amiga" for the GameBase Amiga v1.6 shortcut hehehe

Now all I need to be done is how to get those icons that appear in that window/menu that comes up when you call-up the GameBase v1.3 frontend itself and put them on the shortcuts, then it'll be perfect and done!

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K.C. · Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 2:37 pm Post subject:

Vicman · Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 8:04 am Post subject:

Thanks for the info !
Really nice tool, K.C.

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The Lord of the Flies · Posted: Mon May 09, 2011 3:36 pm Post subject:

Hey, thanks! I did that and it worked! Now I have two new shortcuts by which to load each GameBase Collection separately! hehehe

I even put the shortcuts into my Steam interface. That way, people will know that I play cool C64 games (and Amiga games)! hehehehe

See? ^^^ Hehehehe!
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