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#432647 10/07/17 03:40 AM
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The help manual needs revising to match the new style BIAB image, this would help new BIAB users.

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JEasyWeaver,

I'm not sure I'm following your wishlist request.

An updated Band-in-a-Box user manual is included with each update as a pdf file.

Windows 7, 8, 8.1 and 10 do not recognize the older help files that use the CHM suffix. Microsoft released a free file viewer that will open and view CHM files included with older software. The viewer works with Windows 7 but may not work with Windows 8, 8.1 or 10.

Please clarify your wishlist request.


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Right, a new features manual is released with the new version, and then after a month or so, the full huge manual in PDF follows.

But I think perhaps this request is referring mostly to the new GUI introduced last December with version 2017?


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That was my take on the topic also, Matt.
However, I thought the new user interface was reasonably well covered in the PDF manual.


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Originally Posted By: Matt Finley
Right, a new features manual is released with the new version, and then after a month or so, the full huge manual in PDF follows.

But I think perhaps this request is referring mostly to the new GUI introduced last December with version 2017?


Don't know. That's why I hope the requester will clarify. Clarification is much better than guessing.


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The images are outdated with the old version.

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Ok. Could we figure out what we are talking about here, please?

In the /BB folder, there are two help-related files:
Band-in-a-Box 2017 Manual.pdf
Band-in-a-Box 2017 Upgrade Manual.pdf


Both can be read directly or accessed through the Help, Program Manuals menu in BIAB.

Both show examples of the new December 2016 GUI for BIAB version 2017.

Can you give some examples where something is wrong?


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You can just drag bbv.chm into http://www.extrachm.com/ it will decompile it to an html help. You can update the info and images while your at it.
Though BB18 is about to be released might not be worth the trouble.

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Originally Posted By: Pipeline
Though BB18 is about to be released might not be worth the trouble.

You know a secret you want to share? wink


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What would Sargent Schultz say ?

No I don't just hoping and praying it's cross platform 64 finally.
But ReWire would be a good step allowing connectivity to a DAW or another instance of BB.

You could of edited the BB17 help early this year, but if I go and update it all now with new pics and info they will just go and release BB18, so best to wait until BB18 is released then suss out the help.

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