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Larkware CopyBoy 2.0 (TM)

By Mike Gunderloy
updated at Tuesday, January 11, 2005

Note: I'm no longer supporting CopyBoy 2.0. There will probably be a revised version when CityDesk 3.0 comes out. As of May 2005, CopyBoy 2.0 is free but completely unsupported; I do not have time to respond to bug reports or questions. Users who purchased CopyBoy 2.0 before I started giving it away will receive a free upgrade to any new version.

CopyBoy 2.0 is an assistant for FogCreek CityDesk 2.0 . You may download CopyBoy for free. To keep CopyBoy working for more than 30 days, download and double-click the registration file.

CopyBoy 2.0 only works with CityDesk 2.0, and requires the .NET Framework version 1.1 and Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.7 or higher. The readme file in the distribution contains instructions for obtaining these components if you do not already have them installed. Be aware that the .NET Framework is roughly a 20 MB download. Here are the download links if you need them:

If you're not sure whether you have the correct prerequisites installed, you can try installing CopyBoy; it will warn you if one or the other is missing.

Some features of CopyBoy 2.0 may not work properly if you do not have the final version of CityDesk 2.0 installed.

These features are implemented in this version:

  • Bulk Edit
    • Dates - Edit the dates associated with articles
    •  HTML Tidy - Run the CityDesk HTML Tidy algorithm on existing articl
    • Publish Names - Edit the names that CityDesk will use when publishing articles.
    • Templates - Easily select templates for articles.
  • Convert
    • HTML to Article - Convert a file within CityDesk to an article. Allows selection of multiple files to convert in a single operation.
  • Import
    • File to Article - Import a file from your hard drive to a CityDesk article.Allows selection of multiple files to import in a single operation.
    • Templates - Import templates from another CityDesk file. Source file can be CityDesk 1.0 or 2.0. Optionally overwrites templates of the same name in the target file.
    • Variables - Import variables from another CityDesk file. Source file can be CityDesk 1.0 or 2.0. Lets you select which variables to import.
  • Search & Replace
    • Audience - Change from one audience to another throughout your CityDesk file.
    • Author Info - Bulk changes to author name and information. Also allows changing the default author that CityDesk uses for new articles.
    • Template - Change from one template to another throughout your CityDesk file.
    • Text - Find or replace text nearly anywhere in your CityDesk file, including in areas such as Extra1 or Sidebar.
  • Utilities
    • Bulk Delete - Delete all articles whose "never publish after" date has passed.
    • Edit Table - Direct editor for raw data in your CityDesk file. Changes are NOT saved unless you click the Save Changes button. F2 will copy the currently-selected cell into a Zoom Box for editing. Ctrl+' copies the field from the previous row.
    • File Count - Reports on files by file type in your CityDesk file.
    • Publish Site - Publishes the current site.
    • Undelete - Restores one or more deleted CityDesk articles or files.
  • Options - Set CopyBoy options

Download CopyBoy 2.0 here (1540 KB). Download CopyBoy 2.0 Registration File here.

For CityDesk 1.0, you may want to look at CopyBoy 1.0.

Mike Gunderloy is the lead developer for Larkware and author of numerous books and articles on programming topics.

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