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The information was helpful. TY sir. I also found that I needed to have "Bak" in the name of the file in order for the image of my CP to show. So I actually replaced the file Bak.png that comes with CPWizard with the image of my CP. Everything is good to go now...

I finally have artwork for my CP (yeah!) and I would like to use the artwork as the CP background for CPWizard. When I try to select that PNG file as the background in the Edit --> Properties menu, nothing shows. Does the pic have to have a certain format or certain attributes to be used for that?

Congrats Chazz!

Congrats KRC!

Congratulations null! Ur efforts are greatly appreciated.

Thx KRC. Much appreciated!

So much GameEx goodness in one week. I'm like a kid in a candy store. Thx guys!

Thx Tom. U have been really breaking ur neck on these releases lately. We really appreciate it!

Plz keep us posted on this Tom. Unfortunately, for cheats to work in MESS/MAME/UME, the files have to be named according to the software list. But then as the OP mentioned, they wouldn't show up correctly in GameEx. And then there's the artwork issue to contend with as well. Even though there are better emulators out there for most systems, I have been able to produce the best scanlines in MAME/MESS using the old school scanline artwork. And now with UME which combines MAME and MESS into one, I really only need to worry about updating one emulator instead of dozens. To top it off, all systems can be tweaked using the exact same on-screen menu. I really hope that the devs can get the MESS portion up to speed with some of the better console emulators (BSNES, KEGA Fusion, FCEUltra, etc.) so that it really will be the all-in-one "Swiss Army knife" emulator solution.

Thx Tom!

Plz don't let my wife know about this program that deletes roms and emulators. I think she's been looking for one ever since I finished my cab. LOL! I don't think she realized she had so much competition for my attention. Actually, it sounds like ur Skinny Match is exactly the kind of program I need right now. The names of the artwork from Emumovies tends to be different than the roms I have. I think it's a "No Intro vs. Good" naming convention issue. I've been using a program called "FuzzyRename" to try to match things up. But it's a long, drawn out process. I would be happy to give ur program a go. Just let me know what I need to do to get started...

Tempest, I can prob help test ur new program. What does it do?

Sorry that I sort of "derailed" this thread inadvertently with the ? about programming languages. But I do very much appreciate the feedback. I think I'm going to look a little closer at VB. I know Java is a pain. We have an Oracle program at work that has lots of issues, many of them caused by not always having the correct Java plug-in. And since we're a rather large company (at least > 5k employees), updating all the computers with the plug-in can be a nightmare. I've heard some good things about VB. And if many plug-ins have been written using it, then it sounds like it might b the best way to get started. Anyway, thx again for all the info. Plz feel free to IM me if u have any other thoughts or resources that u think might be useful for my foray into coding. :-)

Adultery: Yes the beginning would b the best place to start. Guess I set myself up for that. Lol! I guess what I need to figure out is the best programming language to start learning. I took a look at Java awhile back. Our new system at work runs on a Java frontend that interfaces with a PL/SQL DB. So I thought it might be cool to check that out. But then I hear about alot of programs being written in C. What r most plugins written in? Tempest: I am very excited that u might continue working on MM. Plz let me know if u need any kind of user testing. I'm ur man for that. Thx!

No worries Tempest. MM is an awesome program that is very simple to use and my digital marquee makes my cabinet 100% cooler than if I didn't have one. That's the first thing ppl notice when they see it. Lol! And soon I will be adding an 8" monitor to the CP. MM will let me use all 3 monitors in tandem which should knock people's socks off. And I am keeping an eye on ur program Adultery. It wouldn't work for my setup in its current state. But assuming u keep working on it, it just might someday. Thk goodness for all u programmers. I really need to learn how to write code so I can develop some of these cool programs. Any advice on where to start???

Any thoughts?

For each system, I have 3 windows that display different images when I'm playing a game for that system. Currently I have it setup so that in the first window, I display the box for the game. In the middle window, I display the name/logo of the system. And in the third window, I display the title screen for the game. Lately, I've been finding different images of the logos for the various systems. I would like to edit the systems so that they will use the new images. When I use the "edit configuration" option, I have to go through the whole process of identifying the images to be used in each window. Is it possible to specify which window I want to edit so that I could maybe update the middle window without changing the other windows? This would also be handy in the event that I might decide to display different images in the other windows like pics of the game cartridges or even a pic of the game system itself. I'm hopeful this is possible and I'm just not figuring out how to do it from the GUI. I suppose I could always specify this information directly in the .ini file. But given the fact that I have like 20 emulators with 3 windows each in the .ini file, sometimes it takes awhile to find the system I want to modify. One other question, is it possible to display videos in a window? For example, if I had an intro vid for a game, would MM support looping that video in the window?

Thx guys. As always ur efforts r greatly appreciated!

It looks like all of your path names have a mix of forward and backslashes. There should only be backslashes ( \ ) in the pathways of your hard drive. That's probably why GameEx can't find the emulator...

Thanks guys!

I see that when multiple emulators/systems are put into an "emulator group", when u select the group it shows all the games from all the emulators/systems as a single list. Is it possible to select the emulator group and then select the individual systems to see the games for each one so that everything will still be organized on a per system basis? As it stands right now, I have all my emulators/systems on the main page and the list is a bit unwieldy. Ideally I would like to have the systems organized by brand (Nintendo, Sega, NEC, Sony, etc.) and then select the brand to see a list of all the systems that fall into that brand (NES, SNES, GB, etc.). When the system is selected, u would have all the games that belong to that system. LMK if this can be done. Thx!

These are awesome naborneo. Thx!

Thx for the update!

Thx Tom!

Congrats Draco! And my thanks go out to u and everyone else who offers help on this forum. It is greatly appreciated.