MediaMatrix

A comprehensive media collection management application built with COBOL and Qt. This application helps users track and organize their collections across multiple media types:

• Movies
• TV Series
• Anime
• Games
• Manga
• Comics
• Books
• Magazines

Features

• Modern Qt-based graphical interface
• Powerful COBOL backend for reliable data management
• Comprehensive collection tracking:
  • Organize items by media type
  • Track detailed information for each item
  • Maintain organized libraries of your collections
• Advanced search and filtering capabilities:
  • Search by title
  • Filter by genre
  • Filter by media type
  • Filter by year range
  • Filter by rating
• Full CRUD operations:
  • Add new items to your collections
  • Edit existing item details
  • Remove items from collections
  • View and browse your entire library
• Data persistence using COBOL indexed files for reliable storage

Prerequisites

• GnuCOBOL 3.1.2 or later
• Qt 6.8.1 or later
• CMake 3.31.6 or later
• Visual Studio 2022 with C++ development tools
• PowerShell 7.0 or later

Building

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/yourusername/mediamatrix.git
   cd mediamatrix

2. Run the build script:

   .\build.bat

The build script will:

• Initialize the Visual Studio environment
• Compile the COBOL program
• Generate the import library
• Build the Qt GUI application
• Copy all necessary DLLs to the output directory

Running

After building, you can run the application from the build directory:

.\build\Release\mediamatrix_gui.exe

Project Structure

• src/cobol/ - COBOL source files
  • mediamatrix.cob - Main COBOL program
• src/core/ - C wrapper for COBOL functions
  • mm_wrapper.c - C wrapper implementation
• src/gui/ - Qt GUI implementation
  • main.cpp - Application entry point
  • mm_main_window.cpp - Main window implementation
  • mm_item_dialog.cpp - Item dialog implementation
• include/mediamatrix/ - Header files
  • core/ - Core functionality headers
  • gui/ - GUI headers
• build.bat - Build script

Data Storage

The application stores data in build/Release/data/items.dat, which is a COBOL indexed file. Each record contains:

• Item ID
• Title
• Genre
• Media Type (Movie/TV Series/Anime/Game/Manga/Comic/Book/Magazine)
• Year
• Rating
• Notes

Contributing

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some amazing feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
5. Open a Pull Request

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Author

• Zajan (erichakansson84@gmail.com)