diff --git a/MonsterForm.Designer.cs b/MonsterForm.Designer.cs
index 13a9f9a..e88c86e 100644
--- a/MonsterForm.Designer.cs
+++ b/MonsterForm.Designer.cs
@@ -1295,6 +1295,7 @@ private void InitializeComponent()
             this.flagsListBox.Margin = new System.Windows.Forms.Padding(2);
             this.flagsListBox.Name = "flagsListBox";
             this.flagsListBox.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(182, 319);
+            this.flagsListBox.Sorted = true;
             this.flagsListBox.TabIndex = 76;
             this.flagsListBox.SelectedIndexChanged += new System.EventHandler(this.flagsListBox_SelectedIndexChanged);
             // 
diff --git a/Program.cs b/Program.cs
index 4c95941..9ae6846 100644
--- a/Program.cs
+++ b/Program.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,35 @@ namespace cdda_item_creator
 {
     static class Program
     {
+        // the container for the lists of CDDA objects by type
+        public static class LoadedObjectDictionary
+        {
+            static Dictionary<string, List<string>> ids_by_type = new Dictionary<string, List<string>> { };
+
+            static public void Add(string type, string id)
+            {
+                List<string> temp_list;
+                if(ids_by_type.TryGetValue(type, out temp_list))
+                {
+                    temp_list.Add(id);
+                    ids_by_type[type] = temp_list;
+                } else
+                {
+                    temp_list = new List<string> { id };
+                    ids_by_type.Add(type, temp_list);
+                }
+            }
+            static public Dictionary<string, List<string>>.KeyCollection Keys()
+            {
+                return ids_by_type.Keys;
+            }
+            static public List<string> GetList(string key)
+            {
+                List<string> ret;
+                ids_by_type.TryGetValue(key, out ret);
+                return ret;
+            }
+        }
         /// <summary>
         /// The main entry point for the application.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/ViewerForm.Designer.cs b/ViewerForm.Designer.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f00c2d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ViewerForm.Designer.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+namespace cdda_item_creator
+{
+    partial class ViewerForm
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Required designer variable.
+        /// </summary>
+        private System.ComponentModel.IContainer components = null;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Clean up any resources being used.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="disposing">true if managed resources should be disposed; otherwise, false.</param>
+        protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)
+        {
+            if (disposing && (components != null))
+            {
+                components.Dispose();
+            }
+            base.Dispose(disposing);
+        }
+
+        #region Windows Form Designer generated code
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Required method for Designer support - do not modify
+        /// the contents of this method with the code editor.
+        /// </summary>
+        private void InitializeComponent()
+        {
+            this.typeListBox = new System.Windows.Forms.ListBox();
+            this.idListBox = new System.Windows.Forms.ListBox();
+            this.SuspendLayout();
+            // 
+            // typeListBox
+            // 
+            this.typeListBox.FormattingEnabled = true;
+            this.typeListBox.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(12, 12);
+            this.typeListBox.Name = "typeListBox";
+            this.typeListBox.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(208, 420);
+            this.typeListBox.Sorted = true;
+            this.typeListBox.TabIndex = 0;
+            this.typeListBox.SelectedIndexChanged += new System.EventHandler(this.typeListBox_SelectedIndexChanged);
+            // 
+            // idListBox
+            // 
+            this.idListBox.FormattingEnabled = true;
+            this.idListBox.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(226, 12);
+            this.idListBox.Name = "idListBox";
+            this.idListBox.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(208, 420);
+            this.idListBox.Sorted = true;
+            this.idListBox.TabIndex = 1;
+            this.idListBox.SelectedIndexChanged += new System.EventHandler(this.idListBox_SelectedIndexChanged);
+            // 
+            // ViewerForm
+            // 
+            this.AutoScaleDimensions = new System.Drawing.SizeF(6F, 13F);
+            this.AutoScaleMode = System.Windows.Forms.AutoScaleMode.Font;
+            this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(454, 450);
+            this.Controls.Add(this.idListBox);
+            this.Controls.Add(this.typeListBox);
+            this.Name = "ViewerForm";
+            this.Text = "ViewerForm";
+            this.ResumeLayout(false);
+
+        }
+
+        #endregion
+
+        private System.Windows.Forms.ListBox typeListBox;
+        private System.Windows.Forms.ListBox idListBox;
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/ViewerForm.cs b/ViewerForm.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c351ac9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ViewerForm.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.ComponentModel;
+using System.Data;
+using System.Drawing;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using System.Windows.Forms;
+
+namespace cdda_item_creator
+{
+    public partial class ViewerForm : Form
+    {
+        private void InitializeTypeList()
+        {
+            foreach(string type in Program.LoadedObjectDictionary.Keys())
+            {
+                typeListBox.Items.Add(type);
+            }
+        }
+        public ViewerForm()
+        {
+            InitializeComponent();
+            InitializeTypeList();
+        }
+
+        private void idListBox_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
+        {
+        }
+
+        private void typeListBox_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
+        {
+            idListBox.Items.Clear();
+            foreach (string id in Program.LoadedObjectDictionary.GetList((string)typeListBox.SelectedItem))
+            {
+                idListBox.Items.Add(id);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/ViewerForm.resx b/ViewerForm.resx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1af7de1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ViewerForm.resx
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<root>
+  <!-- 
+    Microsoft ResX Schema 
+    
+    Version 2.0
+    
+    The primary goals of this format is to allow a simple XML format 
+    that is mostly human readable. The generation and parsing of the 
+    various data types are done through the TypeConverter classes 
+    associated with the data types.
+    
+    Example:
+    
+    ... ado.net/XML headers & schema ...
+    <resheader name="resmimetype">text/microsoft-resx</resheader>
+    <resheader name="version">2.0</resheader>
+    <resheader name="reader">System.Resources.ResXResourceReader, System.Windows.Forms, ...</resheader>
+    <resheader name="writer">System.Resources.ResXResourceWriter, System.Windows.Forms, ...</resheader>
+    <data name="Name1"><value>this is my long string</value><comment>this is a comment</comment></data>
+    <data name="Color1" type="System.Drawing.Color, System.Drawing">Blue</data>
+    <data name="Bitmap1" mimetype="application/x-microsoft.net.object.binary.base64">
+        <value>[base64 mime encoded serialized .NET Framework object]</value>
+    </data>
+    <data name="Icon1" type="System.Drawing.Icon, System.Drawing" mimetype="application/x-microsoft.net.object.bytearray.base64">
+        <value>[base64 mime encoded string representing a byte array form of the .NET Framework object]</value>
+        <comment>This is a comment</comment>
+    </data>
+                
+    There are any number of "resheader" rows that contain simple 
+    name/value pairs.
+    
+    Each data row contains a name, and value. The row also contains a 
+    type or mimetype. Type corresponds to a .NET class that support 
+    text/value conversion through the TypeConverter architecture. 
+    Classes that don't support this are serialized and stored with the 
+    mimetype set.
+    
+    The mimetype is used for serialized objects, and tells the 
+    ResXResourceReader how to depersist the object. This is currently not 
+    extensible. For a given mimetype the value must be set accordingly:
+    
+    Note - application/x-microsoft.net.object.binary.base64 is the format 
+    that the ResXResourceWriter will generate, however the reader can 
+    read any of the formats listed below.
+    
+    mimetype: application/x-microsoft.net.object.binary.base64
+    value   : The object must be serialized with 
+            : System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.BinaryFormatter
+            : and then encoded with base64 encoding.
+    
+    mimetype: application/x-microsoft.net.object.soap.base64
+    value   : The object must be serialized with 
+            : System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Soap.SoapFormatter
+            : and then encoded with base64 encoding.
+
+    mimetype: application/x-microsoft.net.object.bytearray.base64
+    value   : The object must be serialized into a byte array 
+            : using a System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter
+            : and then encoded with base64 encoding.
+    -->
+  <xsd:schema id="root" xmlns="" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:msdata="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xml-msdata">
+    <xsd:import namespace="http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace" />
+    <xsd:element name="root" msdata:IsDataSet="true">
+      <xsd:complexType>
+        <xsd:choice maxOccurs="unbounded">
+          <xsd:element name="metadata">
+            <xsd:complexType>
+              <xsd:sequence>
+                <xsd:element name="value" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" />
+              </xsd:sequence>
+              <xsd:attribute name="name" use="required" type="xsd:string" />
+              <xsd:attribute name="type" type="xsd:string" />
+              <xsd:attribute name="mimetype" type="xsd:string" />
+              <xsd:attribute ref="xml:space" />
+            </xsd:complexType>
+          </xsd:element>
+          <xsd:element name="assembly">
+            <xsd:complexType>
+              <xsd:attribute name="alias" type="xsd:string" />
+              <xsd:attribute name="name" type="xsd:string" />
+            </xsd:complexType>
+          </xsd:element>
+          <xsd:element name="data">
+            <xsd:complexType>
+              <xsd:sequence>
+                <xsd:element name="value" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" msdata:Ordinal="1" />
+                <xsd:element name="comment" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" msdata:Ordinal="2" />
+              </xsd:sequence>
+              <xsd:attribute name="name" type="xsd:string" use="required" msdata:Ordinal="1" />
+              <xsd:attribute name="type" type="xsd:string" msdata:Ordinal="3" />
+              <xsd:attribute name="mimetype" type="xsd:string" msdata:Ordinal="4" />
+              <xsd:attribute ref="xml:space" />
+            </xsd:complexType>
+          </xsd:element>
+          <xsd:element name="resheader">
+            <xsd:complexType>
+              <xsd:sequence>
+                <xsd:element name="value" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" msdata:Ordinal="1" />
+              </xsd:sequence>
+              <xsd:attribute name="name" type="xsd:string" use="required" />
+            </xsd:complexType>
+          </xsd:element>
+        </xsd:choice>
+      </xsd:complexType>
+    </xsd:element>
+  </xsd:schema>
+  <resheader name="resmimetype">
+    <value>text/microsoft-resx</value>
+  </resheader>
+  <resheader name="version">
+    <value>2.0</value>
+  </resheader>
+  <resheader name="reader">
+    <value>System.Resources.ResXResourceReader, System.Windows.Forms, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089</value>
+  </resheader>
+  <resheader name="writer">
+    <value>System.Resources.ResXResourceWriter, System.Windows.Forms, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089</value>
+  </resheader>
+</root>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cdda-item-creator.csproj b/cdda-item-creator.csproj
index a08ac88..f6b2a14 100644
--- a/cdda-item-creator.csproj
+++ b/cdda-item-creator.csproj
@@ -72,6 +72,12 @@
     <Compile Include="Program.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
     <Compile Include="spell_type.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="ViewerForm.cs">
+      <SubType>Form</SubType>
+    </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="ViewerForm.Designer.cs">
+      <DependentUpon>ViewerForm.cs</DependentUpon>
+    </Compile>
     <EmbeddedResource Include="MonsterForm.resx">
       <DependentUpon>MonsterForm.cs</DependentUpon>
     </EmbeddedResource>
@@ -90,6 +96,9 @@
     <EmbeddedResource Include="spell_form.resx">
       <DependentUpon>spell_form.cs</DependentUpon>
     </EmbeddedResource>
+    <EmbeddedResource Include="ViewerForm.resx">
+      <DependentUpon>ViewerForm.cs</DependentUpon>
+    </EmbeddedResource>
     <None Include="packages.config" />
     <None Include="Properties\DataSources\cdda_item_creator.spell.allowed_strings.datasource" />
     <None Include="Properties\DataSources\cdda_item_creator.spell.fake_spell1.datasource" />
diff --git a/selector.Designer.cs b/selector.Designer.cs
index 10c5687..ed9b7ea 100644
--- a/selector.Designer.cs
+++ b/selector.Designer.cs
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ private void InitializeComponent()
         {
             this.spellButton = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
             this.createMonster_button = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
+            this.cddaFolderBrowserDialog = new System.Windows.Forms.FolderBrowserDialog();
+            this.viewLoadedItemsButton = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
             this.SuspendLayout();
             // 
             // spellButton
@@ -52,11 +54,26 @@ private void InitializeComponent()
             this.createMonster_button.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
             this.createMonster_button.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.createMonster_button_Click);
             // 
+            // cddaFolderBrowserDialog
+            // 
+            this.cddaFolderBrowserDialog.Description = "Choose the folder where C:DDA is located:";
+            // 
+            // viewLoadedItemsButton
+            // 
+            this.viewLoadedItemsButton.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(12, 79);
+            this.viewLoadedItemsButton.Name = "viewLoadedItemsButton";
+            this.viewLoadedItemsButton.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(75, 61);
+            this.viewLoadedItemsButton.TabIndex = 2;
+            this.viewLoadedItemsButton.Text = "View Loaded Items";
+            this.viewLoadedItemsButton.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
+            this.viewLoadedItemsButton.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.viewLoadedItemsButton_Click);
+            // 
             // SelectorForm
             // 
             this.AutoScaleDimensions = new System.Drawing.SizeF(6F, 13F);
             this.AutoScaleMode = System.Windows.Forms.AutoScaleMode.Font;
-            this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(192, 82);
+            this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(192, 146);
+            this.Controls.Add(this.viewLoadedItemsButton);
             this.Controls.Add(this.createMonster_button);
             this.Controls.Add(this.spellButton);
             this.Name = "SelectorForm";
@@ -69,5 +86,7 @@ private void InitializeComponent()
 
         private System.Windows.Forms.Button spellButton;
         private System.Windows.Forms.Button createMonster_button;
+        private System.Windows.Forms.FolderBrowserDialog cddaFolderBrowserDialog;
+        private System.Windows.Forms.Button viewLoadedItemsButton;
     }
 }
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diff --git a/selector.cs b/selector.cs
index c245202..674dcaf 100644
--- a/selector.cs
+++ b/selector.cs
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
-using System;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
+using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.ComponentModel;
 using System.Data;
 using System.Drawing;
+using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
@@ -12,9 +15,38 @@ namespace cdda_item_creator
 {
     public partial class SelectorForm : Form
     {
+        private void TryLoadObjectLists()
+        {
+            cddaFolderBrowserDialog.ShowDialog();
+            if(cddaFolderBrowserDialog.SelectedPath == "")
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+            DirectoryInfo dir = new DirectoryInfo(cddaFolderBrowserDialog.SelectedPath);
+            foreach (FileInfo file in dir.GetFiles("*.json", SearchOption.AllDirectories))
+            {
+                string file_text = File.ReadAllText(file.FullName);
+                try
+                {
+                    JArray ja = JArray.Parse(file_text);
+                    List<GenericTypedObject> temp_list = (List<GenericTypedObject>)ja.ToObject(typeof(List<GenericTypedObject>));
+                    foreach (GenericTypedObject obj in temp_list)
+                    {
+                        if (obj.valid())
+                        {
+                            Program.LoadedObjectDictionary.Add(obj.Type, obj.Id);
+                        }
+                    }
+                } catch
+                {
+
+                }
+            }
+        }
         public SelectorForm()
         {
             InitializeComponent();
+            TryLoadObjectLists();
         }
 
         private void spellButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
@@ -32,5 +64,22 @@ private void createMonster_button_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
             form.ShowDialog();
             this.Show();
         }
+
+        private void viewLoadedItemsButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
+        {
+            ViewerForm form = new ViewerForm();
+            this.Hide();
+            form.ShowDialog();
+            this.Show();
+        }
+    }
+    public class GenericTypedObject
+    {
+        public string Type { get; set; }
+        public string Id { get; set; }
+        public bool valid()
+        {
+            return Type != null && Id != null;
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/selector.resx b/selector.resx
index 1af7de1..85ead32 100644
--- a/selector.resx
+++ b/selector.resx
@@ -117,4 +117,7 @@
   <resheader name="writer">
     <value>System.Resources.ResXResourceWriter, System.Windows.Forms, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089</value>
   </resheader>
+  <metadata name="cddaFolderBrowserDialog.TrayLocation" type="System.Drawing.Point, System.Drawing, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a">
+    <value>17, 17</value>
+  </metadata>
 </root>
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