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* TrackInfo *
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Contents
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1. Copyright notice
2. Using Tracker Info
3. Revision History
4. Upkeep
5. Thanks
1. Copyright
============
This program is ©1994,1995 Matthew Hambley
It is Freeware. This means it may be distributed freely on the
condition that:
a. no money is made from it although a small charge may be made for
duplication and p+p.
b. No files are deleted, altered or added to the !TrackInfo directory
The contents of the directory should be:
!Boot, !Help, !Run, Templates, !Sprites, !RunImage
Tracker Info is supplied as is. Therefore no guarantee is given or
implied as to its fitness for purpose. The author can not be held
responsible for any loss of data, time or money due to the use of Tracker
Info.
2. Tracker Info
===============
!TrackInfo is a desktop application that will display information on a
tracker file when one is dragged into it. I wrote it to help in making a
database of all the tracker files in my disc collection. The information
shown is:
File name - the name of the tracker file.
File size - how big the file is.
Title - the name of the tracker.
Author - The name of the trackers creator. This is not available for
ProTrackers. On the other hand Symphony files have very large
author fields, so only the last 58 characters are shown.
Tracks - the number of tracks a piece of music has.
There are also four icons showing the four recognised formats. These
grey out to leave the format currently under scrutiny.
The author field for Symphony files is large as has already been noted.
A list follows which gives the standard "conversion authors" that I know of:
Converted from Amiga ProTracker using Digital Symphony!
Converted from Archimiedes Tracker using Digital Symphony!
Converted from Maestro using Digital Symphony!
If an author field has any carraige return characters in it they will be
represented with a down arrow character, thus: ⇩
3. Revision History
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V1.00 - The first version. The first WIMP program I have managed to write
in one day. It recognises Tracker and Protracker files.
V1.10 - Program can now recognise digital symphony files. One problem is the
symphony author records are massive. We are talking real "wow that's
big" time. Due to this only the last 32 characters are shown. This
is usually sufficient. A list of standard "conversion authors" is
given in the main text.
V1.20 - A file length icon has been added because its a useful thing to know.
The amount of space for author strings has been increased to 58
characters. This caused a problem with author strings with new line
characters in them. This was also dealt with.
V1.30 - Desktop tracker has been released and I now have a file from it.
New code has been created and an extra icon included so TrackInfo
will now correctly identify these files sometimes. I can't find the
number of tracks though. I will need more examples before that can
be added and the reliability of the routines increased.
V1.31 - Rewriten the Digital Symphony Author detection code as it wasn't
working with some files.
v1.40 (10 Aug 95) - Re write of the Digital Symphony title and author detection
routines after I was given some symphony files that wouln't
work. These routines should be much more reliable now that
I have some more information on the symphony file format.
42.00 (10 Aug 1995) - When making the above amendments I realised what a mess
the program was so I re-wrote it.
4. Upkeep
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If you find any tracker files that don't work or any unusual Symphony
"conversion authors" send them to me and I will do my best to update the
program for you. I particularly need examples of Desktop Tracker files
as I have only ever seen two in my life and one of them has disapeared
so I have not been able to work out where the number of tracks is stored
in the file.
Send any bugs or odd trackers to:
Matthew Hambley,
15, North Roundall,
Limekilns,
Dunfermline,
Fife, KY11 3JY.
or contact me electronicaly through:
ARCade BBS user "Matthew Hambley"
Internet ceemah@caleonia.hw.ac.uk (While I am at university)
mhambley@arcade.demon.co.uk (When I am not)
5. Thanks
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Thanks to Colin Davies for providing the symphony files that gave birth
to version 1.40