Saturday, March 29, 2008

Sorry about the time lag

Ok, Im ready to get back on this project.
Christmas, then having the flu and some othe rprojects kinda got in my way.
If anyone is still interested in beta testing this program, email me and I will send what I have so far.
kenrager@hotmail.com

Tuesday, October 2, 2007

New screenshot

Hid the "ignore list" buttons from all views except "Roms not in list" view..
Added automatically save settings on exit.
This latest screen shot shows the search function.
The box in lower right corner displays messages when testing a rom. Havent decided yet whether or not to leave it.

Saturday, September 29, 2007

Update

I know I havent posted here in quite a while, but I have been very busy on my fourth home arcade machine, called "Clint's Bada Bing Club" (formerly "Clint's Arcade.").
But I have been working on GLManager quite a bit.
Seems like as soon as I get a feature finished, I think of another one to add.
Here is a current snapshot:


I have changed the search function a bit. I have also added a list that shows the roms you have that are not listed in the GLaunch emulator's list.
You can click on the tab called "Roms not in list" and it will show roms that are in your roms folder, but are not on your list.
From here you can test the rom, if it works add it to the list. If it doesnt work, you can add it to an "ignore list", so that the next time you click on the "Roms not in list" tab, the ignored roms will not be shown.
I will also have a button to display the ignored roms list, and a button to add them back to the "Roms not in list"' list. (This is what the buttons on the right of the screenshot above will be for.)
Just want everyone to know that I am still working on this project, and I hope to finish it up next month.
Till then, I appreciate any comments or suggestions you have for me.
Contact me at kenrager@hotmail.com

Sunday, August 26, 2007

Update

I have changed the menu bar around a bit.
Took out the pulldown box and added each emulator to the menu.
I think I like the look better.
Here is a screenshot:
















The box in the lower right corner displays information when the test button is pressed.
I added that to help me in troubleshooting. Havent decided yet whether or not to leave it.

Friday, August 24, 2007

New screenshot, progress update

I have done some work on the "test with different emulator" function. Here is a screenshot:













I have also been working on the "add a new rom" function. (Screen shot later).
I also added the ability to use the rom's extension or not when testing a rom.

Rom's extension is derived by GLManager from the glaunch emulator config file.
I will probably have to ask user input if the rom extension is not listed in the config file.
Here is the line in the config file that identifies the rom's extension:
rom_extension =
If this line in the config file is set to "yes", such as this:
use_rom_file = yes
Then the rom_extension = line can be left blank.
So if it is blank, the user will have to input the extension manually.
The extension will be needed later to move or copy roms between emulators. So this information is necessary for GLManager.
I am thinking of storing this info in the emulator config file itself, so user will only have to input the info once per emulator.
Send any comments or suggestions to kenrager@hotmail.com

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

More screenshots

Changing the description of a ROM:

















Displaying the ROMs with no snaps:

















Displaying the ROMs with no description:

















ToDo List:
Build emulator config manager.
Finish "test with different emulator" function.
Add search function.

--More to follow--

Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Progress update

I have been doing a lot of work on the GLaunch Manager project.
It gets tricky when building a utility program to be used with GLaunch.
GLaunch is very picky.

Here is a screen shot. As always, click on the picture to enlarge, then hit your browsers BACK button to return here.
More screen shots to follow.