MajorChannelEdit is an editor for Samsung TV's.
With the supplied MajorChannelEdit.ini file, this application can be used to
edit/modify Samsung Series D TV's.
By modifying MajorChannelEdit.ini other models could be supported.


The following files are needed to run the application (all other files
are source code files):

MajorChannelEdit.exe      The application
MajorChannelEdit.ini      Contains the definition/layout of the
                          channel/database files.
                          Modify this file to make additional fields
                          editable, or to have it support other models.
                          The supplied definition is for the series D models.
                          Please read the information contained in this file
                          for more information.
VeraMono.ttf              The font that is used by the application. You don't
                          need to install it. Just leave it in the same directory
                          as were the application resides.

**** Please note that the supplied ini file (for the series D) only has some of
     the basic information made available. The definition file is by no means
     complete, and may contain incorrect interpretations.


At startup, the application requests a TV archive file (this is the file
exported/imported by the TV). This is an optional step and can be skipped.
Within the application you can also choose an archive file by selecting
'Select and extract'.




As such, the application works with one file at a time (the 'Load' file).
Using the filename, the definition is looked up from the .ini file, and the
data is loaded according to the .ini settings.
On this loaded data some actions can be performed, and the changes can be
saved using 'Save' and 'Save as ...'.
If an archived file was used, then at exit, the archive file is also
updated.
Note that you don't need to use an archived file in this matter. Instead,
you can extract the files manually (it is a normal zipped archive) and
use the 'Load' and 'Save' function to work on a file. Later, the modified
file(s) can then be updated manually into the archive file.


At startup only a few basic operations are possible:
  'Select and extract'    Selects an archived file, and extracts it in the
                          Extracted subdirectory (this directroy is created
                          if it does not exist and removed at exit when the
                          application created it - if the directory exists
                          at startup then this directory is left alone).
  'Load'                  Loads a file (by default from the Extracted subdirectory)
                          and display it (using the information from the
                          .ini file).
  'Clear information'     Clear the information messages.
  'Exit'                  Exit the application.
                          If an archive file was used, then this one is also
                          updated.
                          Note that a loaded file is -not- saved (and no warning
                          is given to save the data).


After loading, additional functions are available:
  'Save'                  Save the information of the displayed grid (same file
                          as was loaded).
  'Save as ...'           Save the information of the displayed grid (file
                          to save to can be entered).
  'Export as ASCII'       Exports the displayed data in a specific ASCII format,
                          that can be edited with a normal ASCII editor.
                          It's primarily use is to investigate the data, and to
                          do some operations on the data that are not possible
                          with the application (or very difficult/slow to do)
  'Import from ASCII'     Imports and exported (and possibly modified) export
                          file.
  'Sort rows'             Sort rows, based on the selected column. The data
                          is sorted based on the text in the column field.
  'Renumber column'       Renumber the selected column, filling in the row number
                          in the column field.
  'Clear row'             Clear the data in the selected row.
  'Move row'              Move the selected row to the row indicated by 'Move to row'.
                          The  row to move to is incremented after the move.
  'Move to row: ..'       Select a row and then use this button to set the row
                          were the next 'Move row' shoudl move a rwo to.
  'Sorted renumber'       Renumber the selected column with incremental numbers,
                          starting at 1.
                          Assigning the numbers is based on the order of the
                          current values of the column field.
                          If two values are the same, the sorting order is indetermined.
  'Row based renumber'    Renumber the selected column with incremental numbers,
                          starting at 1.
                          Assigning the numbers is based on the displayed order.


If a database file is loaded, two additional functions are available:
  'Add record'            Add an empty record.
  'Remove last record'    Remove the last record.



A simple search function is also available using CTRL-F and F3. The search
is done from the next field on downwards.