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Ceder Square Dance System (CSDS) ==> Music

music.dat file - how do I modify
Is there any way I can read the music.dat file and do a change all of some type to the song title? Is it a standard data base application used to support it?

If so, what software does it us and would it harm anything if I went in and used it to open the data file, run a change all, and then close it?

If it is not a standard database application, could you provide a utility program we could use to do something like that. Have it give you text boxes for Old and New String. Then simply execute a replace of the Old String with The New string for every Song Title in your Music.dat. It would sure be handy if I could have something like that. If not, I will brute force it.

  1. Save a backup copy of music.dat in case things get messed up.
  2. Go to 'Music | Edit Music Database';
  3. Select 'Tools | Export (dump database - for backup purposes)'. This creates a text file that can be used to restore the database.
  4. Edit the 'export' file in a standard text editor such as notepad.
  5. Select 'Tools | Clear contents of database'.
  6. Now select 'Tools | Import from dump' and give it the edited 'export' file.

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