MERCSTARTINGGEAR EDITOR FOR VENGEANCE:RELOADED (and other mods)

1)  Rename the file MercStartingGear_v1.6.accde.RENAME to MercStartingGear_v1.6.accde
2)  Install AccessRuntime.exe (32-bit) if you don't have MS Access installed (link below)
3) 'Import XML-files' to catch any changes to items
4) 'Import MercStartingGear' so you are working with the latest version
5) 'Export MercStartingGear' writes a new MercStartingGear.xml to the gamedir

Things to remember:

-  All your changes are kept in the file MercStartingGear_v1.6.accde
-  Do not upload MercStartingGear_v1.6.accde to SVN
-  Commit changes to SVN early ('Export MercStartingGear' and commit)
-  Update from SVN and 'Import MercStartingGear' regularly

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MercStartingGear_v1.6.accde is a small Access application for creating multiple gearkits (NSGI), which has been updated for current releases of JA2 1.13 (stable 7435, unstable 7991).

You can only view three kits side-by-side, but all five kits are configurable. Naming the gearkits and setting an absolute price is now supported.

It's available for download in case anyone else is interested, at least until the xml editor is brought up-to-date.

Should works with any NSGI-compatible mod. Confirmed to work with 
 - 1.13 release 7435 (stable)
 - 1.13 release 7991 (unstable)

If you don't have MS Access installed, you will need to download the free Access 2010 Runtime from http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=10910. (AccessRuntime.exe, the 32-bit version)

Please report any problems on the Bear's Pit forums at 
http://thepit.ja-galaxy-forum.com/index.php?t=msg&th=17838&goto=270448&#msg_270448


changelog:
1.6 XML files are read from and written to user definable folders
1.5 Updated to new MercStartingGear.xml format
1.3 More resilient to changes in supporting xml-files
1.2 Updated to work with latest SVN xml files
1.1 Switch between categories of items to display: all, guns, explosives etc. New price calculation for a small speed improvement
1.0 Edit gear for everybody: AIM, MERC, RPC, NPC. Also includes alternative interface to enter item IDs directly. 
0.9 Allows editing MERC starting gear as well as AIM gear
0.8 Converts MercStartingGear.xml with unix line endings to CrLf
0.7 Removed AimAvailability.xml dependency
0.6 Imports existing MercStartingGear.xml
0.5 Import support data from xml, should work with all NSGI-compatible mods