jkex...@comcast.net wrote: > I am interested in automating updates to my SCID databases (ie: > chesspuzzles.si4) and I haven't had any luck finding program coding > notes regarding how to read SCID's *.si4 data format; and append it. I do not know if Shane ever wrote a formal document describing it. There are 3 files: - the file with extensions .si4 is the index, and it contains a fixed-length header and fixed-length records for each game. Have a look at function Index::WriteHeader ( https://sourceforge.net/p/scid/code/ci/master/tree/src/index.cpp ) and at functionIndexEntry::Write ( https://sourceforge.net/p/scid/code/ci/master/tree/src/indexentry.h#l582 ) - the file with extensions .sn4 contains the names of the players, events, sites and rounds. Look at function NameBase::WriteNameFile ( https://sourceforge.net/p/scid/code/ci/master/tree/src/namebase.cpp#l203 ) - the file with extensions .sg4 contains the games. This is more complex. Start with function Game::Encode ( https://sourceforge.net/p/scid/code/ci/master/tree/src/game.cpp#l3703 ) > I scour the web for puzzles and currently create FENs in a text file, > which I manually import into SCID. > I'm interested in automating this process If you write the text file using the pgn format, it is possible to use a script ( https://sourceforge.net/p/scid/code/ci/master/tree/scripts/sc_import.tcl ) to append the games into a Scid database: ./tkscid sc_import.tcl scid_db puzzle.pgn
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