MatchMaker
Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest

Update to August 2008 Version 1.3

Page last Updated July 31, 2008


Download Version 1.3


   

INSTRUCTIONS    Back to main page

If you download Version 1.3:

  1. Double click on update13.exe in the folder where you have downloaded the file. Click Unzip, OK, Close. 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. In Windows XP 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 may 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. This will copy many illustrations on your CD under their new names so they can be used by the new program.
  5. Load the MatchMaker program and click Restore All Original Species on the Advanced menu.

   
   

NOTES

You can update to MatchMaker August 2008 Version 1.3 from June 2006 Version 1.20 (or Version 1.21), November 2003 Version 1.10, September 2003 Version 1.0, or September 2001 beta version.

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

The synoptic key is still not available for nongilled species. That feature is due in Version 2.0.

Size 12Mb
(about 70 minutes by 56k modem, 45 seconds by cable)

  • Features:
    • 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
    • Expanded glossary with new illustrations
    • 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.)
   

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Eli Gibson designed the background image.
which is a collage of photographs by
Michael Beug, Cy and Mary Hampson, Boleslaw Kuznik,
Michael Wood (MykoWeb), Richard Winder, and Eileen Seto.