PURPOSE
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CompilationMaker is software to plan and document your music compilations. It is an add-on product for CATraxx (software to catalogue and manage your music collection, made by FNProgramvare, www.fnprg.com). If you are a CATraxx user, who compiles his/her favourites to a CD-R, a MiniDisc or to any other recording media then you might be interested in CompilationMaker. It helps you to compile, manage and document your "Best Of" media. Instead of entering tracks, you connect to an existing CATraxx database and select the tracks, you want to add to a new compilation.

Features:
Create/Open a separate compilation database. Compilation overview and details. Browse and search capabilities. For each media you can enter a compilation title, length, media format ("MD", "CD-R", etc.), manufacturer, recording date, location, annotations and a cover text.
Connect to a CATraxx database and CompilationMaker will display all available tracks. The application provides many options to change and adapt this view: concatenated filter criteria, sorting fields, search each field for a string, use an explorer like tree view window for navigation. Copy tracks from the CATraxx database to the CompilationMaker database. You will be notified about previous recordings of a track. Rearrange the tracks on a compilation: drag and drop a single track or use the sort option. CD-R inlay, MiniDisc cover. Report and recording protocol for the selected compilation. List of all tracks sorted by Performer and Album (on which compilation do I have this song?). Export to PDF file format.

REQUIREMENTS
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- Either CATraxx 98 or CATraxx 2000 are installed.
- Visual Basic 6 runtime files

INSTALLATION
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- Download and install the Visual Basic 6 runtime files:
  Download from /pub/simtelnet/win95/dll/simvb6-5.zip
  Unzip the file simvb6-5.zip and run setup.exe
  (maybe yo have to restart windows)
  
- Unzip the file cmpmk10.zip and run setup.exe
  This installs the CompilationMaker application.

STATUS
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Shareware. Fully functional. Protection: 30 day time limit.

DISTRIBUTION STATUS
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Freely distributable.

HOW TO CONTACT THE AUTHOR
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Urs Naef
compilationmaker@bluewin.ch
http://www129.pair.com/cmpmaker/
