Please, take a look at the list of Frequently Asked Questions on MyMovies moderated by our support team based on your questions.
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1. What is MyMovies?
2. What makes MyMovies so great?
3. What are system requirements?
4. How can I import files from excel?
5. How can I search for movies?
6. How can I see only loaned (or not loaned) movies?
7. How can I add many movies at once?
8. When I take MyMovies file from my friend there are movies without picture and data. What to do?
9. How can I transfer complete movie
information from my friend/office?
10. I have Star Trek 1,2,3,...11 entered in my movie list. 12th sequel is out and I want to insert it in list right after 11th. Can I do that?
11. How to backup MyMovies files?
12. Can I use same sharing account on multiple computers?
13. How can I change my sharing password?
14. How can I invite friend of my friend?
15. How can I find people in my neighborhood?
16. How to find who has the movie "..."?
1. What is MyMovies?
MyMovies is movie organizer application. All you
have to do is to type the movie title and MyMovies
will download all information you may need: director,
cast, summary, movie picture (cover)... and display
the list in nice looking and changeable style. It
will help in tracking loans, searching, printing,
export to HTML and much more.
2. What makes MyMovies so great?
Its power features and nice looking, easy to use
user interface.
MyMovies is available in three different editions:
* MyMovies Standard Edition
* MyMovies Box Edition is ideal gift for every movie
fan.
* MyMovies Friend Card is ideal way to save money.
3. What are system requirements?
Window 98 and higher (Me/2000/XP). It can run on
Window 95 OSR2 with installed Internet Explorer 4
or higher. Internet connection for automatic information
retrieval. About 1Mb of hard-disk space.
4. How can I import files from excel?
MyMovies version 1.30 and higher supports Excel import through Import Wizard. For earlier versions you can use this procedure:
First of all, you should save excel document as text file. Select File, Save As, and in 'Save as Type' filed select 'Text (Tab delimited)'. Close Excel. If you open saved file in 'Notepad' it looks like this:
1 Tarzan 1 k1lw 1999
2 Traffic 2 zzef 2000
3 Dinosaur 1 2000
4 Training Day 2 41t 2001
The first column is CD number. The second is movie title, third represents number of CD-s, fourth is some stupid code and the last column is movies release year.
Open MyMovies, select File-Import and select saved file. Check 'Title', 'CD number', 'Number of CDs', 'Year' and 'Ignore'. Now you should place fields according their order in file: click on 'CD number' and than click and hold up arrow until 'CD number' positions on the top of the list. Now, scroll down to 'Ignore', click it and press up arrow until it positions itself between 'Number of CDs' and 'Year'. Order of fields in this box is now same as in file, except 'Alt. Title' field which is not checked, so it can be left there as it will be ignored in import process.
Look at delimiters section of a dialog. As Excel saved file as 'Text (Tab delimited)', 'Tab' delimiter should be checked and all other left unchecked. Text qualifier can be set to 'none' but double quote will do the work. Click on 'Import' and the list is imported. Now you can double-click on every movie item and enter other movie details or simply click on 'Get From Net' button to automatically fill movie data.
5. How can I search for movies?
Open the search bar (F2 key) and click on desired criteria (or more of them). A edit box will show up where you can enter search request.
For numeric fields (CD#, Year, Runtime and Ratio) you can enter ranges separated with commas. For example, click on 'Year' and enter:
-1984, 1986, 1990-1992, 1998- shows movies released before year 1984, in year 1986 or years 1990,91,92 and all from 1998.
For other fields you can use any part of text. Also, you can precede your searches with + (must have), * or - (must not have) and / or | (may have) and combine them. For example, click on 'Cast' and enter:
john travolta /tom cruise shows movies with John Travolta OR Tom Cruise.
john travolta -tom cruise shows movies with John Travolta but NOT those with Tom Cruise.
+john travolta +tom cruise shows movies with both John Travolta AND Tom Cruise.
-tom cruise shows all movies EXCEPT those with Tom Cruise.
6. How can I see only loaned (or not loaned) movies?
Open the browse bar (F3 key). Click on plus sign next to 'By Loan'. Two options may show-up:
<nobody> - selecting this item will show movies that are not loaned.
<anybody> - selecting this item will show movies that are loaned (to anybody).
7. How can I add many movies at once?
If you already have list in text or excel file, you can use Import option in File menu. Import Wizard will guide you through import process.
If you have selected movies in MyMovies document, you can copy and paste movies to your list.
In any other case, you can use Mass Add option from Edit menu. Just type media details and movie title and click Add button. All other movie data will be downloaded from internet. As you can add many movies while downloading and that many movie can be downloaded and processed in the same time, new additions will be much faster than adding one by one with Add New option.
8. When I take MyMovies file from my friend there are movies without picture and data. What to do?
Make sure that no movies are selected (use Edit->Unselect
or Ctrl+U) and then select Get From Net option
from Edit menu (or press Ctrl+G).
This will download all movies that doesn't have appropriate
entries in local database.
From version 2.0, when you open file which doesn't
have all movies in local database a balloon pop-ups.
Just click in the balloon and all movies that doesn't
have appropriate entries in local database will be
downloaded.
9. How can I transfer complete
movie information from my friend/office?
You can export file in MyMovies Full Information
File Format (MyMovies Export File) using File->Export
option and just open that file on other computer.
When Full Information File is opened information about
all movies that doesn't have appropriate local database
entries will be saved to database automatically.
From version 2.0, if movie data differs than local
database copy, a balloon will pop-up. Click in it
to compare movies from file with their local database
copy.
10. I have Star Trek 1,2,3,...11 entered in my movie list. 12th sequel is out and I want to insert it in list right after 11th. Can I do that?
Yes you can! Select Add New option from edit menu or toolbar (or press Insert key), click on CD# label and select Insert Number. Label will change color which means that entered movie number will be inserted and all movies with same or higher number will shift.
You can also select Renumber option from Edit menu (or press Ctrl+B), select Make Gap and enter CD number in From and To fields. This is useful if you want to insert more than one movie.
11. How to backup MyMovies files?
Select File->Open Database. Then, select File->Export,
choose "Select All", then "MyMovies
Export File", enter name and location for backup.
Open your list and save it to the same location.
When you want to restore backup you should open database
backup file. Copy your list from backup to location
you desire. Setup your old sharing account: select
"Setup Existing Server Account", then enter
your user name and password; select "Select Existing
File" and enter path to your file you just restored.
12. Can I use same sharing account on multiple computers?
Yes. You can use same sharing account on multiple
computers (for example home and job). You should setup
new sharing account on one computer, and setup existing
server account on other computers with "Download
from Net" option selected on "Setting the
File" page. Note that you can't track loans on
multiple computers.
13. How can I change my sharing password?
Press F4 key to open Friends Bar.
Click on your name (first name in the list) with right
mouse button and select "Properties". Click
"Change Password" and type your old password
and new password. Click OK, and OK again.
14. How can I invite friend of my friend?
Press F4 key to open Friends Bar.
Click on friends name with right
mouse button and select "Properties". Click
on "Invite" button, fill message text for
your friend and click "Next".
15. How can I find people in
my neighborhood?
Select "Add/Invite Friends" from "Share"
menu, select "Search for Friend" and click
Next twice. This will show friends in your neighborhood.
16. How to find who has the movie "..."?
Press F4 key to open Friends Bar.
Hold Alt key and double-click on
your name (first name in the list) and movies from
all friends will appear. Press F2
to open Search Bar, click on search criteria you wish,
enter search text and press Enter.
Name of friends who has movie will show in yellow
box (like loan).
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