This page allows you to download an update to MatchMaker August 2008 Version 1.3 from June 2006 Version 1.20 (or Version 1.21), from November 2003 Version 1.10, from September 2003 Version 1.0, or from September 2001 beta version.

The update does not have illustrations: you use the illustrations you already have.

There are three main options:

1. Do not update.
   • Advantages:
     • Program will still work without update.
   • Disadvantages
     • Names and descriptions are not updated and corrected.


2. Complete download of Version 1.3.  Size 12Mb
   (about 70 minutes by 56k modem, 45 seconds by cable)
   • Advantages:
     • Nongilled descriptions are included
     • Quiz program to test your identification of photographs, accessible from Quiz menu item in MatchMaker
     • Colored description headings such as CAP, colored main name of species
     • Search within each description with Ctrl-F.
     • Work with common species only, if desired.
     • Index of all species names and alternate names
     • Some minor bug fixes
     • Additions and corrections to all names and descriptions
   • Disadvantages:
     • Size means it is easy to download only for those with high speed connections.
     • Changes you have made to descriptions and data will be overwritten. (Contact Ian Gibson is this is an issue.)


3. Complete New CD: This option will be available on request to the photographers, the Pacific Key Council members, and to anyone who cannot make the above choices work. The workload would be unmanageable if everybody requested a completely new CD.

If you download Version 1.3:

1. Double click on the file update13.exe in the folder where you have downloaded the file. This will extract the setup.exe file, several .cab files, setup.lst, ImageView.exe, WhatsNew.txt, and readme.txt.
2. Uninstall the old MatchMaker version. You do this by Start (-> Settings) -> Control Panel -> Add or Remove New Programs -> MatchMaker, and you will be given the option to uninstall. A notice will say that it was unable to remove the folder completely. This is because it will still contain the update illustrations. Do not remove them.
3. Double click on the setup.exe file mentioned above (in C:\Program Files\MatchMaker_Setup_07\), and follow screen directions to install MatchMaker.
4. Go to the new C:\Program Files\MatchMaker\ folder and double click NameChanges.exe.
5. Load the MatchMaker program and click Restore All Original Species on the Advanced menu.