bikeking8 Posted November 20, 2015 Author Posted November 20, 2015 I did a search on this forum and could not find this specific problem. Have also submitted a bug report. Version 5.5 on Win 7 x64. After editing the XML, in particular the "Notes" column, I get the following error upon startup followed by a crash to desktop. System.FormatException: String was not recognized as a valid Boolean. at System.Boolean.Parse(String value) at LaunchBox.Data.Game.GetBooleanValue(DataRow row, String column) at LaunchBox.Data.Game.LoadFromDataRow(DataRow row) at LaunchBox.Data.DataManager.Load() at LaunchBox.Data.DataManager..ctor(Boolean bare) at LaunchBox.Program.Main(String[] args) I've stripped the records of carriage returns and characters. Launchbox.xml is not open in any other program. Any ideas? Quote
Jason Carr Posted November 21, 2015 Posted November 21, 2015 Hi @bikeking8, from your email it sounds like you used Excel. Unfortunately Excel is going to be way to destructive to use with LaunchBox.xml. I think the only safe thing you'll be able to use is just a standard text editor, unfortunately. Quote
bikeking8 Posted November 22, 2015 Author Posted November 22, 2015 Yes I forgot to mention that part about Excel... Good news, though, I finally got it to work but for no rhyme or reason. For editing I'm using an XML editor and using its "grid view" that resembles a spreadsheet. I used another website's public API for getting genres and descriptions, as GamesDB seems to still has a lot of growing pains to go through. For example, "Racing Game 1" will have a genre of "Racing/Simulation" and its sequel "Racing Game 2" will have a genre of "Racer Game". Also, the descriptions can sometimes leave a lot to be desired. So far the Excel/XML editor combo has worked for copy/pasting thousands of entries at a time as long as I take out html tags and carriage returns. If there was a way to copy/paste into Launchbox's list view, though.... FEATURE REQUEST! Haha... still enjoying the app very much, keep up the good work. Quote
SentaiBrad Posted November 22, 2015 Posted November 22, 2015 If I need to edit the XML I use Notepad++. Actually I use that for pretty much everything because its super light weight. Quote
DOS76 Posted November 22, 2015 Posted November 22, 2015 Brad turned me on to Notepad++ and I have to say it is leaps and bounds ahead of built in Notepad. Quote
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