We're very happy to announce a great improvement to Automagic. The new
version is called 2002c and is available on the MEPBM Games website
www.middleearthgames.com.
This includes a variety of improvements to error checking and presentation,
but most importantly it allows you to import data.
Starting Monday, 14th October, each turn you recieve will include an XML
data packet, attached to the same email as your results pdf. (XML is a data
format, it's quite easy to read XML files if you open them with a web
browser - such as Internet Explorer or Netscape.)
This file will contain a great deal of the data from your results, including
all your character details. Automagic 2002c can then load these details,
saving you the chore of having to update each turn, and preventing any
chance of a mistake.
If you have an older version of Automagic you will not be able to import the
XML attachments.
* Please get the new version of Automagic as soon as you can *
Also, we will be bringing out a program called MEOW, which does a similar
job to Automagic but can be run on just about any computer and doesn't
require Excel. It is written in Java, so if you want to use it, you may have
to download and install a large (8meg) file, but it is free.
MEOW is currently in beta testing and we hope to release the first version
in early Winter. It will import the same XML files as Automagic. We'll
release more details presently.
Clint
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