Batch Strategy Guide Importer 1.0.0

Strategy Guide Importer & Manager

A plugin to automatically batch-match and attach PDF strategy guides to your LaunchBox games, complete with a management tab to safely bulk-remove them.

⚠️ IMPORTANT: Requires LaunchBox Version 13.25 or newer.

✨ Key Features

• Smart Matching: Ignores special characters and perfectly matches your PDFs to your LaunchBox database (e.g., Spider-Man Web of Fire.pdf matches Spider-Man: Web of Fire).

• Auto-Brand Extraction: Automatically tags the publisher in LaunchBox if formatted correctly (e.g., names it Strategy Guide (BradyGames)).

• Built-in Deduplication: Skips PDFs that are already attached to prevent menu clutter.

• Safe Bulk Removal: A dedicated tab to scan for and unlink attached guides. (Note: This only removes the database entry; it never deletes your actual .pdf files).

📥 Installation

1. Create a folder named Strategy_Guide_Importer inside your LaunchBox\Plugins\ folder.

2. Drop the plugin .dll file inside.

3. (Optional) Right-click the .dll, select Properties, and check Unblock if Windows blocked it.

4. Restart LaunchBox.

📖 How to Use

1. Open LaunchBox, go to Tools, and select Strategy Guide Importer.

2. To Import: Use Tab 1 to select your PDF folder, review the matched platforms/games, and click Save.

3. To Remove: Use Tab 2 to scan your library for currently attached guides, check the ones you want to unlink, and click Remove.

🛠️ File Naming Best Practice

For the best automatic matching and brand extraction, name your PDFs like this: Game Title - Guide Publisher.pdf (Example: Final Fantasy VII - Prima.pdf)