Star
Wars Figure Tracker
v2.3
June
4, 2002
(c)
1997-2002, John S Kinne
All
Rights Reserved
THIS
PROGRAM IS SHAREWARE. IT IS NOT
FREE! PLEASE READ THE SECTION ENTITLED
"PAYING JOHN FOR HIS NOT-SO-HARD WORK"
IF
YOU UPGRADING FROM A PREVIOUS VERSION PLEASE READ THE SECTION ENTITLED
"UPGRADING"
Raison d'être
Star
Wars Figure Tracker (SWFT) came to be because I needed some way to manage my
rapidly growing collection of Star Wars figures. The main feature that I desired in this
program was to be able to print a shopping list showing what figures I need to
reach my target of owning 2 of every figure, including all variations of each
figure. The sheer number of figures
& variations that Kenner/Hasbro has released makes this a daunting task to
complete manually, thus the Star Wars Figure Tracker.
About This Version
This
is the second major revision to the second generation of SWFT (wasn't that
clear?). This release adds the ability
to track information on the new Star Wars Saga (SWS) line. See the Version
History section at the end of this document for a more detailed listing of
the changes. As always, I value your
input and suggestions. Please e-mail all
of your thoughts and feelings to jkinne@anarchydivine.com
How to Use this Thing
The
online help for this version has been vastly improved from prior releases. Press the F1 key from the main SWFT screen to
peruse the help file. All screens with
input fields now have 'What's This?' help as well. Click on the question mark icon on the top
right-hand corner of the screen and then on the field use wish to view help on.
What's in the Database
The
database contains an entry for every variation of every figure that I currently
have. So you can be assured that what
descriptions come preloaded in the database are for figures that actually
exist. I did not attempt to put other
figures or variations that I know of in because of incomplete info on my part,
etc. Make of it what you will. If you have corrections/additions that you
feel should be made, send them along.
See the Adding Items to the Master List help topic for contact info.
The Next Version
See
the FAQ on the WebPage for info on what's planned.
(http://www.anarchydivine.com/swft/swftfaq.html)
Paying John for His Not-So-Hard Work
It
takes time and effort to create software, and I'm not in it for you,
princess. Actually.... Anywise, if you like this program send me
money. If you hate this program, don't
use it. This version has features that are only available to registered users. I hate to have to do this, but only a couple
of people have ponied up, so we'll see if this works. When you send me money or a figure (see
below) I'll send you a registration code that will unlock all of the features
of the program. This code will be good
for all future versions of the program.
You'll also get my undying gratitude and praise. So, to be a good guy and register...
Send
$10 to:
John Kinne
180 Robert Quigley Drive
Scottsville, NY 14546
Or,
I've decided to try something funky. If
you prefer, you may send me one of the figures that I currently need, instead
of sending money to become fully registered.
The only conditions are that the figure must be MIB (mint-in-box) and
shipped in such a way that the figure arrives to me MIB. This deal enables me
to subtract from my "Need 2 Buy" list, and in many cases is cheaper
for you, the consumer, as many of these figures are worth far less than
$10. So everybody ends up happy. Just make sure that you check the list before
sending a figure to make sure that I still need it. (I go shopping quite
often).
To
see the list of what I need, visit:
http://www.anarchydivine.com/swft/whatineed.html
Version History
What's
New in v2.3 (June 4, 2002)
·
New category for the new Star Wars Saga line
·
Registered users can now export some reports to a Palm
device
·
Old bugs fixed, new bugs added
What’s
Changed in v2.2 (March 1, 2001)
·
New category for the new Power of the Jedi Line
·
Prequel category renamed to ‘Episode I’ to more accurately
reflect what it is
·
New import function necessitated by the new upgrade
procedure
·
Of course, bug fixes - with new bugs added
What's
Changed in v2.1 (Unreleased)
·
Many bug fixes (especially for Windows 2000)
·
All references to frontiernet.net changed to anarchydivine.com
What's
Changed in v2.01 (April 1, 1999)
·
Collection statistics now properly excludes deleted records
from calculations
·
Maintain POTF2 vehicles master list now shows proper package
type
·
Having a prequel vehicle in the database no longer causes
program to crash
What's
New in v2.01
·
Nothing
What's
Changed in v2.0 (December 20, 1998)
·
Everything
What's
New in v2.0
·
You can now track vintage figures and vehicles, Prequel
figures and vehicles, and Action Collection items.
·
Items are now tracked individually instead of by item type.
·
You can assign conditions, storage locations, price paid,
and notes to each individual item in the collection.
·
Package types, package colors, and conditions are now
separate tables in the database. This
means that new package types won't necessitate changing the program.
What's
Changed in v1.3 (April 1, 1998)
·
The window size and position is now saved between program
executions.
·
The printer selection window will now pop up the first time
the program is run. This is to avoid a
bug where when the Windows default printer was read FoxPro put it into
all-CAPS, and then printing would fail because the names didn't match.
·
All quantities should now default to 0.
·
"Restore deleted figures" menu option renamed to
"restore deleted records" because it restores both vehicles and
figures.
·
Wave added to figure data.
·
Most reports changed to show monetary values.
·
The red card color has been renamed everywhere to Orange,
because that seems to be the more popular choice.
·
Need to Buy short version is now available to unregistered
users (again).
·
The figures by storage location report now allows you to
select which storage locations you'd like to print.
What's
New in v1.3
The
Maintain Menu
·
POTF2 Vehicles - allows you to track information about the
various vehicles that you've purchased.
The
Report Menu has been split into submenus.
·
Quick Statistics - shows you at a glance how many
figures/vehicles you have, how much you paid, how much they're worth, you get
the idea.
·
POTF2 Figures - contains the various reports that show you
info about your figures.
·
POTF2 Vehicles - contains two reports at this time, more
will be added in the future.
The
Help Menu
·
SWFT Help Topics - SWFT now has a help file. It's pretty weak at the moment, but it'll
improve as the versions roll on.
What's
Changed in v1.21
·
Bug fixed where running maintenance would clear the
holosticker flag for all figures in the database.
·
Maintain Figures screen will now order the figures based on
the description field when you navigate through them.
·
Bug Fix - Default card color is now "No Card" for
upgrade users (as it is for new users).
What's
New in v1.2
The
Report Menu
·
Figures by Storage Location - will print a short-format
figure listing divided into storage locations.
·
Have to Sell (Long & Short) - will print a report
showing what figures you have over a given quantity. Useful if you have a whole lot of figures and
want to know what you may be able to get rid of.
The
Help menu
·
Register - will allow you to enter your registration code to
unlock all of the program's features.
What's
Changed in Version 1.2
·
Maintain figures now allows you to input price paid, book
value, and a flag for a film-slide on the card.
(Note that the price and value currently do not print on the reports).
·
All reports have been updated for the film-slide flag.
·
Storage location now defaults to NONE.
·
Short reports should no longer "lose"
assortment/number/printer's code when one of the values is zero.
·
Need to buy report now allows opened figures to be counted
towards collection target.
·
Maintain data files now reorders the figure database so that
the figures on reports will print sorted by printer's code (after being sorted
by description or assortment+number).
·
The whole darn thing is prettier.
What's
New in v1.1
The
File menu
·
Select a Printer - will allow you to select which printer
your reports are printed on.
The
Edit menu
·
The standard Copy, Cut, Paste functions have been
implemented. Edit functions have also been added to the popup (right-click)
menu on input fields.
The
Report Menu
·
Figures by Description - will print a detailed figure
listing sorted by the description field.
·
Short versions of all reports, which make for a much more
concise printout.
The
Tools menu
·
Maintain Data Files - will reindex and pack tables to
prevent problems. Note that deleted
records are purged during maintenance and you can not restore a deleted record
after maintenance.
·
Restore Deleted Figures - will restore all figures in the
database that are marked as deleted. The
description of the figure will be prefixed with an asterisk (*) so that you may
determine what was restored. Useful if
you accidentally delete a figure or two.
·
Backup Data Files - will make a backup of the storage
location and figure data in case you need to restore such at some later date.
What's
Changed in Version 1.1
·
The "Need to Buy" report is now sorted by the
description field. (I've found this to
be much more convenient when shopping).
·
Input screens work 'better'.
·
Figure sorting by number actually sorts correctly now.
·
The quantity input for your desired collection target is
saved between sessions. (you don't have
to enter it every time you run the need 2 buy report).
Upgrading
From 2.x
Before
installing the new version, copy all files in your SWFT2 directory to a backup
dir
Install the
new version, which will overwrite all data files
From the tools
menu, take the import option and point it to the backup you made in (1)
Now you should
be good to go
From v1.x - Because of
the vast amount of changes in v2.x you cannot move data from v1.x to v2.x. Because of this v2.x's default install
dir is different from v1.x. You should not install v2.x to the same
directory as v1.x. There are good
reasons for this. One is that you can
run both versions side-by-side until you have all of your data in v2.x. The best way to move from v1.0 to v2.x is to
print a short item by description report from v1.x. You can then go through the tables in v2.x
and input your quantity and price paid data.
This goes pretty quick and painlessly.
Other than that, piece of cake.
To remove v1.x
from your system - Once you have all of
your data moved into v2.x and are happy things are running well you can remove
v1.x from your system. To do this:
1) Delete the
SWFT directory (should be C:\Program Files\SWFT unless you changed from the
default when installing).
2) Delete the SWFT program group. (See your Windows documentation for
instructions on how to do this).
-- Below for people who know what they're doing! --
3) If you want
to be really through delete the following files in \WINDOWS\SYSTEM:
vfp5enu.dll, vfp500.dll, and vfpole50.dll.
These are the Visual FoxPro 5 runtime files, and may be needed by some
other application.
4) And if you
want to be really, really through delete the registry key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\AnarchyDivine\SWFT.
Not SWFT2, which is the v2.x reg key.
Adios....
John