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ReadMe for MIDI Genie 0.99f copyright ⌐ 1997 by Jonathan Hsiao-Liang Yen
Purpose of MIDI Genie 0.99f
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MIDI Genie 0.99f is a Windows 95 program for playing MIDI files, Wave audio
files and Video for Windows files sequentially like albums.
(Can anyone out there test it on Windows NT and tell me the result?)
Features of MIDI Genie
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* CD player like control playing buttons: play, pause, stop, next, previous,
forward, reverse.
* Sequential playing of multiple MIDI, Wav and AVI files.
* Click buttons or drag-and-drop to add or insert files from file box to the
play list.
* Rearrange and sort the order of files in the play list with either mouse
click or drag-and-drop.
* Remove, delete or rename files in play list with mouse click or key press.
* Save the path and name of files in the play list to Media Play List File
(.mpl) and retrieve this thereafter to play files in the same order.
* Four playing modes: Auto, Repeat, Loop and Random, can be toggled in drop
down menu or directly on label.
* 2 time counter display modes: Elapsed time and remaining time.
* Flexible display: showing components fully or partly, can stay-on-top of the
screen.
* Save options to store your prefer playing modes and display. Your favorite
list could be auto loaded, then play from the last file you played once
you start MIDI Genie.
Improvements of v.0.99f since v.0.99c
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* Enabled 'Play Control' under 'Options' to adjust skipping time when forward
and reverse, and waiting time between file playing.
* Register file type '.mpl' as 'MIDI Genie Play List File', from now on you
can lauch a play list by double click a MPL file icon.
* Enabled 'File Types Registration', you can lauch AVI, wav and mid file with
MG by double click an icon, if you have registerd these file types with MG.
* Play list auto-scroll when dragging to the item at top or bottom of the box.
(Just like Bookmark Edit Window of your WEB browser)
* Highlight the insert point when dragging over the play list.
* Warning message box to remind user the overwriting of existing play list file
and saving of incorrect file extension for media play list file.
* Better looking 3D style drive, directory and file boxes. Fixed bugs in Rename and Kill this file commands.
* Fixed bugs in 'Kill this file!', 'Rename' commands and many others.
* A setup program functions as both installer and uninstaller. Now I know why
Installshield can become so prosper - it's not as easy as you thought.
System Requirement
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Windows 95
A Pentium equivalent or better CPU
A soundcard (Wave table is much better than FM)
Installed MIDI driver (shoud have shipped with every soundcard)
Installation
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Unzip 'MIDIG99e.zip', then run 'setup.exe'. After installation, don't delete
the zip file that soon, at least keep 'setup.exe' so you may remove MIDI Genie
from you system if you wish.
User of MIDI Genie 0.99e can also use 'setup.exe' to delete the registry key
written by v.0.99e.
User of MIDI Genie before version 0.99c can uninstall these version of MG from
Control Panel - Add/Remove Program.
Sample MIDI
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This version of MG also installed a MIDI file 'Waiter and Reaper' in the
target directory. Well, it's an amateur work created by me. If it does not
sound too good to you, don't complain, I already comprehended that!
Cost
----
This version of MIDI Genie is free for you to trial. This means you may use it
with no charge, not even one cent!
Beware: This program is not, and will never be a Public Domain. The author
plans to release a version 1.0 shareware with full bug fix and more features.
However, if you feel happy in using this program, you're welcome to help the
author in any following ways:
Distribute it to your friends, FTP sites, WEB sites, BBS, the more the better.
Submit a bug report via E-mail or post.
Submit a link to good Web page associated with MIDI, Soundcards, etc.
Suggest improvements and new features.
Teach me a few tricks in programming. (DOS, Windows, C++ Builder, Visual Basic...)
Correct my spelling and grammatical mistakes.
Help me to get a job. (It's really sad to be unemployed!)
Any small amount of donation...one cent? :-)
etc, etc...
How to Contact the Author?
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mailto:jyen@tig.com.au
WEB Page: http://homepages.tig.com.au/~jyen/
My postal address
Jonathan Hsiao-Liang Yen
PO Box 230 Kensington
NSW 2033
Australia
Help
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Sorry, no help file is available at the moment. Here are some tips:
* You may keep the mouse pointer over the same position for a while, then
you'll see some hint text.
* You may click right mouse button on the file box, list box or control
buttons, you'll find three different popup menus.
* You may double click at the label of play modes besides the counter to toggle
they on or off.
* Double click the middle : between Minute and Second switch counter display
between Elapsed time and Remaining time.
* Try to drag file from file box to play list box. You can drag multiple files
if you shift-click or ctrl-click somes files before you drag.
* Try to drag file in the play list box to change their orders.
* You can trigger rename command by alt-click the file you want to rename.
* You can remove items in the play list box very quickly by pressing 'delete'
button on the keyboard. If you feel confused about this with the 'Kill the
file!' function, don't worry, whenver it's really deleting a file forever,
there will always be a warning message for the protection of your files.
* About play modes: Repeat always override Random and Loop, Random always override
Loop. Auto is compatible with them in any case.
Bugs
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If you save your options when the window is stay-on-top. Then next time you
activate MIDI Genie but do not click on MIDI Genie window instead switch to
another application immediately, stay-on-top function is not going to work.
You may change the dislay a bit, then stay-on-top is going to work again.
Other bugs? I hate them, but they like me. So please submit bug report to me.
Thanks List
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Thanks to people in Borland C++ Builder Newsgroups:
Kent Reisdorph, Michael McDonough and many more...
Thanks to Ylian Saint-Hilaire for his free sharing of Digitbox component.
Thanks to Alan GARNY for his free sharing of Threaded Timer component.
Alan GARNY <alan.garny@physiol.ox.ac.uk>
Disclaimer
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I've tested this program for many times on my Cyrix 686-166 with 32 MB RAM and
MAUI Soundcard. It never caused any problem to my software and hardware. It
shoud be preety safe because the Media Play List file (.mpl) including only
normal file and path name in plain text. But I still have to insist here:
I will not be responsible for any damages caused by this program, no matter to
anything or any life form. You run your own risk in using this program.
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