This ProModule provides SongShow Plus access to the SongSelect 3.0 database.

IMPORTANT NOTE
SongSelect 3.0 has been discontinued by CCLI as a product.  This ProModule will only be of use to you if you presently have a licensed copy of SongSelect 3.0.

Configuration
SongSelect 3.0 provides five Memo fields for notes and comments.  SongShow Plus only supports a single notes field.  By default, Memo 1 is used for this.  You can, however, select an alternate Memo field to use for this. 

SongShow Plus supports eight verses, four choruses, three bridges, and an ending.  SongSelect 3.0, on the other hand, supports only six verses, a chorus, and three Misc fields.  SongShow Plus will store the extra song information in one of the Misc fields.  By default, this will be Misc 1.  You can, however, select an alternate Misc field to use for this.

To change these settings, from the Start menu, select SongShow Plus > Utilities, then click the Song Database Sources button.  This will open the window that will let you test and configure the SongSelect 3.0 add-on module.

Windows XP/2000 Issues
Please note that SongSelect 3.0 will not run from a limited user account on Windows XP or 2000.  The official recommendation from CCLI seems to be that a user using SongSelect 3.0 on this platform should be given administrator rights.  However, to use SongSelect 3.0 with SongShow Plus, it is not necessary to do this, but you will need to assign additional rights to a subfolder in the Program Files folder.  

To do this, modify the security settings of the C:\Program Files\SongSelect 3.0 subfolder so that limited users (those in the Users group) have write and modify permission to that folder, its subfolders, and all files with these folders.  Note that if your file system is FAT32, this step is not necessary.  Folder level security is only available on NTFS file systems.  Please also remember that even with this fix, SongSelect 3.0 will not run on its own from a limited user account, but will be accessible by SongShow Plus. 

History

12/19/2002

• Added a method to export user added songs to other song databases.  Requires SongShow Plus 5.3 or later.

5/4/2002

• Fixed problem where, when restoring songs from a backup, certains songs would get restored, even if they hadn't been selected to be restored. 

3/12/2002

• Fixed problem where sequence, shortlist, reference, tempo, and other fields are not transfered in a backup/restore. 

9/22/2001

• The module will now check the expiration date of SongSelect and warn users within thirty days of the date.

3/24/2001

• Fixed problem where some information (such as the ShorList) flag was not transferred in the Backup/Restore Utiliyt.
• Fixed problem where not all SongShow Plus information is removed with the Remove SongShow Plus Data Fields utility. 

1/31/2001

• Various resource leaks fixed.

10/24/2000

• When using the Backup/Restore Utility, you will now be alerted if you attempt to use the "Overwrite if newer" option for a restore process.  This is because SongSelect 3.0 does not support this feature.
• Songs in a backup list are now sorted alphabetically.
• The special SongShow Plus fields used for ShortList, Reference, CCLI Song #, Tempo, and Key Range are now saved in the backup file.  This means that ShortList information can now be transferred from one machine to another, even for stock SongSelect songs.
• A new utility has been added that lets you remove all SongShow Plus specific data fields from the SongSelect database.  This can be used if you plan to discontinue use of SongShow Plus with SongSelect.

Notes

If you were a SongSelect 2.1 user, the following notes will be of special to you:

Converting a SongSelect 2.1 database
SongSelect 3.0 provides a routine that lets you import an older version database into the 3.0 format.

Please note that when SongSelect imports the 2.1 database into the 3.0 database, all user added songs are assigned new Song IDs.  This creates a problem for SongShow Plus programs built using the 2.1 database because the old SongIDs are no longer valid.

Alphabetic/All Song Search
Alphabetic search is now supported by SongSelect 3.0!  Also, the capability to view the entire database is also available.  Note: on slower systems, it may take many seconds to load the song list when the All Songs button is clicked.

Moving Individual Songs
Also now available is the capability to move individual songs from one machine to another through the SongShow Plus Backup Utility (this was not possible with SongSelect 2.1).