M-Peedy v1.2.2     3.15.2001
(C)1999-2001 ONYX (JBoen) onyx@flash.net
http://www.flash.net/~onyx/M-Peedy/M-Peedy.html

M-Peedy is a windows application for merging LDraw .DAT files into
.MPD (Multi-Part DAT) files or splitting existing .MPD's back into
their .DAT components.

Simply select the master .DAT file in a model and press the "Merge"
button. All subfiles (and subfiles of subfiles, ad infinitum) will
be merged into .MPD format.

You can also select any .MPD file and press the "Split" button to
extract all .DAT subfiles.

You can pass either a .DAT or .MPD filename to M-Peedy, so when
running LDAO (you ARE, aren't you?!?!) you can highlight a model
file and M-Peedy will be ready to convert it.

To set up M-Peedy as an LDAO tool, cut and paste the following section
into your existing LDraw.ini (located in your Windows directory). 
ONLY do this if you know what you're doing... don't come crying to me
if you mess up your .ini and LDAO stops working.

[M-Peedy]
Internal=False
RequiresFile=False
RunInBAT=False
NeedsShortName=False
MenuCaption=M-Peedy
ButtonCaption=M-Peedy
ToolText=Merge/Split .MPD files
CommandLine=D:\LDraw\M-Peedy\M-Peedy.exe %model% <(whatever dir you keep M-Peedy in)
WorkingDirectory=D:\LDraw\M-Peedy\               <(whatever dir you keep M-Peedy in)

Once you've pasted this section in, run the "Update Tool Menu" from the 
"Options" menu in LDAO.



Added Features, Bug Fixes and Problems Still Evident---------------------------

Version 1.2.2
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Added a routine to verify any paths retrieved from the registry.

Version 1.2.1
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Fixed a small bug that was causing 0 type entries containing a comma to be output
as 2 separate lines

Version 1.2
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Minor fixes in the look and function of dialog boxes. Updated some internal
routines with methods I currently use.

Version 1.1
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Fixed an error with the splitter routine. .DAT files were only being output if
they already existed

Version 1.0
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Added pop-up dialog boxes to let the user know that the files have been split or
merged. Until now there was no feedback from the program when you hit a command
button, so the user had no indication as to whether or not M-Peedy was actually
*doing* anything.

Version .5beta
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More bug fixes in the routines to parse subfiles.

Version .4beta
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Bug fixes in the routines to parse subfiles. I had an array that was getting reset
incorrectly, causing anything beyond a 1st level subfile to not get processed.

Put a check in to ensure that a 0 FILE line in the .MPD being split doesn't get
copied into the .DAT file as it is being extracted.

Version .2beta
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First release to the world. Testing just the basic merge/split routines


Any questions, comments, requests, suggestions or bug reports... please email me 
at onyx@flash.net