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ImageOrganizer (tm) V. 1.0 Copyright (c) 1994 by Geir Pettersen Data Research P.O. Box 714, HOLTAN N-3196 Horten NORWAY Release date: 16. april 1994 -------------------------------------------------------------------- No risk testing: This program is supplied with a 'DeInstall' that can be used after installation to remove all files and traces of ImageOrganizer from your system. Your windows directory will not be left with unwanted ImageOrganizer files/traces. If you dont like this program, simply remove it with 'DeInstall' (See below). -------------------------------------------------------------------- What is ImageOrganizer ? ------------------------ Read short description in file FILE_ID.DIZ to get an overview. Read chapters "Features", "General", "Single User Image Organizer", "Multiuser Image Organizer", and "CD-ROM Distribution of Images" below. ImageOrganizer has ON-LINE HELP. Select 'Help' from the HELP-MENU within ImageOrganizer. Most of this file is a copy of screens and Help-screens within ImageOrganizer. Machine Requirements -------------------- PC: IBM Compatible, 386 SX or higher (Tested on 386SX-16 MHz, 386DX-33 MHz, 486DX-33 MHz.) PC-RAM: Program is tested with 4 and 8 MByte. (The more RAM you have, the faster and better you can smooth-pan Images larger than the screen. You should have more RAM than the largest Image you want to display. If you want to display a 9 MByte Image, consider to install 10++ MBytes of RAM in your PC. This will avoid time-consuming disk-swapping of the Image. It will improve 'Image Load Time' dramatically.) VGA or SUPER-VGA card 16 Colors is OK. 256 Colors is better ! 32K/64K Colors is excellent ! (A windows accelerator card will enhance smooth-pan Images larger than the screen.) DOS: Toolbook requires DOS 3.1 or higher. (Program is tested with DOS 5.0.) WINDOWS: 3.1 or higher. (Program is tested with 3.1 and 3.11. If you insist on using Windows 3.0, contact Data Research for a special Windows 3.0 version.) DISK: Program requires 4.1 MByte after installation. About 2.0 MByte of this is example Images. (They can of course be deleted to free diskspace.) (During installation, you should have 10 MByte free.) MOUSE: Tested with Microsoft Compatible mouse. INSTALLING/REMOVING ImageOrganizer ---------------------------------- INSTALLING ---------- Make a temporary directory on your hard-disk, for instance: c:\> md c:\temp <ENTER> Copy IMORG001.ZIP into this directory as follows: c:\> copy a:\imorg001.zip c:\temp <ENTER> c:\> copy a:\pkunzip.exe c:\temp <ENTER> Unzip file IMORG001.ZIP with PKUNZIP.EXE ver 2.0 or higher from PKWARE inc.: c:\> cd temp <ENTER> c:\temp> pkunzip imorg001 <ENTER> Verify that the following message is displayed after unzipping: "Authentic files Verified! # XLW848 Data Research ImageOrganizer - A papersaving Information Archive" If you don't get this message, one or more files inside IMORG001.ZIP has been tampered with, or you have an old version of PKUNZIP.EXE. Use version 2.0 or higher. IMORG001.ZIP can be deleted from c:\temp after unzipping. Start windows. Once Windows 'Program Manager' shows up, run 'File Manager'. With 'File Manager', select the directory, 'c:\temp', that you created. Locate file INSTALL.EXE. Start installation by double clicking on INSTALL.EXE. The ImageOrganizer Install screen will appear. When you are asked to install into directory C:\IMORG, click on the 'YES' button if that is ok. If not OK, change drive and/or path in 'C:\IMORG' by editing the field. Click on the 'YES' button. Click on the 'NO' button if you wish to abort installing. After a short while, a dialog box will appear, telling 'Installation done'. Click the 'OK' button. ImageOrganizer is now successfully installed onto your system. There is no need to restart windows. Installation has made an ImageOrganizer 'Program Group', with two Icons inside, on top of your 'Program Manager'. One Icon is named 'ImageOrganizer'. This is the program-Icon for ImageOrganizer. Double click on it to start ImageOrganizer. REMOVING -------- The Icon 'DeInstall' in the ImageOrganizer 'Program Group' will completely remove ImageOrganizer from your system. No traces are left behind in your windows directory, except a few temporary files starting with '~', in the C:\WINDOWS\TEMP directory. You must delete these '~'-files by yourselves. (You should have a DOS-environment string telling something like 'TEMP=C:\WINDOWS\TEMP'. Use the DOS-command C:\> SET TEMP=C:\WINDOWS\TEMP to create this.) Start removing ImageOrganizer by double-clicking on the 'DeInstall' Icon. You are asked to confirm removing ImageOrganizer from your system. All files within the C:\IMORG directory and traces of ImageOrganizer will be removed from your system if you click the 'OK' button !!!!! If you don't want to remove ImageOrganizer, click the 'Cancel' button ! Copyright (c) 1994 by Data Research ----------------------------------- ImageOrganizer is copyrighted in its entirety by worldwide copyright laws. All rights are reserved. No part of the files in this program package must be altered. No information must be added. You are not allowed to disassemble any of the files. The content of file IMORG001.TBK , however, will change as a matter of normal use by the user, as intended by this program. The program package must remain complete, unaltered, as the original, to be legally distributed as shareware. Any agents that want this program package, or any part of it, as a product of his/her company must have a written contract signed by both Data Research and the agent. Write to Data Research asking for more information. State in the letter an estimate of your market, i.e. the number of packages to be sold each month. The price of the program package will in this matter be higher than the shareware price, reflecting production costs, advertisement costs, and agent commission. Prices are subjected to change. You will be notified if you have an order in place. Some files in this program package, referred to as "Runtime Files", are the property of Asymetrix Corporation. You are not permitted to extract the runtime files only, for distribution to any third party. The runtime files shall be treated as copyrighted material as stated in the "Multimedia Toolbook License Agreement" from Asymetrix Corporation. License ------- The shareware concept is a unique way to give you the opportunity to "Try before you buy". If you don't like this program, pass it to a friend, a co-worker, or anyone else, who might need it. You are hereby given permission to copy, distribute and publish this program package, ImageOrganizer version 1.0, on the terms stated in the Copyright section above. The file IMORG001.TBK, however, must be the unaltered, original one, supplied by this version. Whether you register or not, and since you read this, I guess you are in some matter interested in this program, send me a 19 cent postcard with a few words of constructive criticism, suggestions, etc. This product might, in the future, thanks to you, meet your requirements ! I will send you the most recent version on a diskette, if you register. It will have a few more functions, and an unlimited number of Content pages and Image records (limited only by your system, and Toolbook). Thank you for supporting shareware. Yours faithfully, Geir Pettersen Disclaimer ---------- Data Research hereby disclaims all warranties relating to this software package, whether express or implied, including without limitation any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. Data Research will not be liable for any special, incidental, consequential, indirect or similar damages due to loss of data or any other reason, even if Data Research or an agent of Data Research has been advised of the possibility of such damages. In no event shall Data Research's liability for any damages ever exceed the price paid for the license to use the software regardless of the form of claim. The person, or the company, using the software bears all risk as to the quality and performance of the software. PRESENTATION ------------ This program together with a fast PC and a large, fast harddisk, can retrieve information faster than a microfilm-archive ! With a CD-ROM programmer attached to your PC, you can Archive your Images, fast, with high security, and with the Ultimate Performance of Space-saving that a CD-ROM disk offers. This program can be your first step into a Paperless Office ! (You may need a Scanner and scanner-SW installed on your PC.) ORDER IMAGEORGANIZER ! ---------------------- Order ImageOrganizer by mailing the order form below, or print page 8 from within ImageOrganizer. Payment must be enclosed your order. Data Resarch are a registered user of, and accept payment by credicards from: VISA AMERICAN EXPRESS MASTERCARD and EUROCARD See chapter 'How to order' below. SPECIAL LICENSE --------------- Corporate Site License for companies (Companies with more than one employee.) --------------------------------------- Companies who want to use ImageOrganizer must buy a Corporate Site License. The License cost is NOK 75.00 (About US $ 10.00) for each employee in the company. Your order must state the number of employees, at the date of your order. Publishers License for CD-ROM publishing companies -------------------------------------------------- This kind of license is given to companies publishing Images on CD-ROM, and want to use ImageOrganizer as a viewing tool enclosed the CD-ROM. The company must buy a license per production title. When you order, you must state the title of the production and the number of CD-ROM copies to be produced. The License cost is the sum of Basic Cost and one of the Variable Costs as follows: Basic Cost: NOK 750.00 (About US $100.00) Variable Cost for 1 to 1,000 CD-ROMs, NOK 750.00 (About US $100.00) Variable Cost for up to 5,000 CD-ROMs, NOK 1200.00 (About US $160.00) Variable Cost for up to 10,000 CD-ROMs, NOK 2250.00 (About US $300.00) Variable Cost for 10,000+ CD-ROMs, NOK 2250.00 + NOK 15/(100 CD-ROMs) (About US $300.00 + $2.00/(100 CD-ROMs) Payment must be enclosed your order. !-------------------------------------------------------! ! ORDERFORM IMAGEORGANIZER 01006 ! ! ! !-------------------!---------------!----------!--------! ! License ! Price ! Qty ! Amount ! !-------------------!---------------!----------!--------! ! Single Copy ! NOK 150.00 ! ! ! !-------------------!---------------!----------!--------! ! Special License ! ! ! ! !-------------------!---------------!----------!--------! ! ! ! (NOK 150.00 is approx. US $20.00, shipping included.) ! ! ! !-------------------------------------------------------! ! NAME: ! ! ------------------------------------------- ! ! COMPANY (optional): ! ! -------------------------------- ! ! ADDRESS: ! ! ------------------------------------------- ! ! ADDRESS: ! ! ------------------------------------------- ! ! CITY: STATE: ! ! ----------------- --------------- ! ! COUNTRY: POSTAL CODE: ! ! ----------------- ----------- ! !----------!--------- !----------------!----------------! ! VISA: ! AMEX: ! MASTERCARD: ! Bank check: ! !----------!-------- -!----------------!----------------! ! ! ! Card No.: Expires: ! ! ------------------------ ------- ! ! PrintName: ! ! ----------------------------------------- ! ! Signature: ! ! ----------------------------------------- ! !-------------------------------------------------------! ! ! ! Mail orderform to: ! ! ! ! Data Research ! ! P.O. Box 714, HOLTAN ! ! N-3196 Horten ! ! Norway ! ! ! !-------------------------------------------------------! How to order ------------ Print the ORDER FORM at page 8 of within ImageOrganizer, or the one above. If your printer does not have graphics-support, write your order as a letter. State the product name, license type, and quantity. Write your name, company (optional for Single Copy License), and address. Payment must be enclosed your order. If you pay by credit-card, write the credit card number, card-name, expiration date, and name of the credit card company. You must sign your order. If you pay with an international bank check, it must be stated to Data Research, P.O. Box 714, HOLTAN, N-3196 Horten, Norway Put the order in an envelope together with your payment. Write the address to Data Research as shown above. Affix a postage stamp, and mail it. As soon as your payment is received, a diskette with the latest version of ImageOrganizer will be sent to you. FEATURES -------- Userfriendly. Hypertext-link between Image-description and Image. Fast display of the Image from the Content. (One click on the text !) Use ImageOrganizer as an educational aid showing pictures when talking. Smooth-pan large Images. (an Image of 9 MByte has been tested ! Hold down the right mouse button to move the image.) Sort the Content alphabetically. Free-text search. The Image is not stored once more, it stays in the directory, on the disk, where you left it last ! WHAT CAN THIS PROGRAM DO FOR YOU ? ---------------------------------- GENERAL ------- With the ImageOrganizer, you can save the location of, and a description of each .BMP Image accessible by your computer ! The Images must, however, be stored on the disk by another utility. For instance a scanner. ImageOrganizer can read Images stored on any disk that can be reached from Windows, provided that the disk appears as a legal drive-letter. Convenient disks to be used can be your local harddisk, a 120 MByte Bernoulli Disk, a 600 MByte CD-ROM, a 650 MByte MO drive, a large 1 GByte SCSI disk on a workstation in a network environment, or a 30 GByte MO-Juke Box, etc. The ImageOrganizer is a passive SW-tool. This means that it will never write to your Image-files. Once ImageOrganizer has looked up the location of your Image, it only reads it. The Image can later be viewed from the Content, with a click ! The Content-pages display the informative text-descriptions associated with each Image. They can be sorted alphabetically, or after a key-text following each Image. You can free-text search within all recordfields in the database. Since location (Path and Filename) to all your Images is remembered by ImageOrganizer, you can Cut and paste the location between your other Image-utilities. Single User Image Organizer --------------------------- This is your Personal image organizer. Use it together with a scanner, as a Papersaving Information Archive. A hand-scanner suits well. An A4-scanner is excellent ! Your scanner-SW must be able to store the Image as a .BMP file. Once the Image is stored on your disk, use ImageOrganizer to look up the location of the file. Make an informative text-description that shall be associated with the Image. Throw away the paper. You will soon have less paper around ! (But don't forget to take backup !) If you have a large hard-disk (i.e. 1 GByte) for your Image archive, or a 30 GByte MO-Juke Box (excellent !), you can really meet the future with less paper in your office ! Use ImageOrganizer to Organize and view your Images. You can of course use this SW with a disk < 20 MByte for the Image Archive too ! With a CD-ROM programmer you have unlimited space to make copies of your Papersaving Archive. Store backup copies on a safe place. Save shipping-cost by sending large documentation packages on CD-ROM , instead of several pounds of paper, to co-workers, customers etc. Let ImageOrganizer view Images from the CD. Use ImageOrganizer to catalogue all your favourite (.BMP) Images stored on your shareware CD-ROM's ! Multiuser Image Organizer ------------------------- Use ImageOrganizer in your company as a cost effective, user friendly, Papersaving Archive. Keep your staff updated with the latest information without distributing paper. Use ImageOrganizer to distribue Graphical information to your employees. Each personal-computer must have a copy of ImageOrganizer to gain access to your Company's Image Archive. You also need a computer network between the Image Archive and each personal-computer that shall have access to the Image Archive. The Image Archive, is presumably a large hard-disk (1 GByte), or a MO-Juke Box (30 GByte or larger). It must be located on a server, accessible through the computer network, by your personnel authorized to do so. Your computer network should have a security access system to prevent unauthorized personnel to gain access to your Company's Image Archive. To convert information from paper to digitized Images, you need a scanner, presumably an A4 scanner. Perhaps with an automatic paper-feed system. Or you can contact one of the many available Image Scanning Bureaus. The scanner-SW, or the bureau, must be able to store the Images as .BMP files. [The .BMP format is the currently one supported. This is not the most (computer-) effective way of storing Images, or information at all, in an application like this. If some of you out there like this program, but sugests a more suitable format, write to me. I will consider to implement that format in a future version.] CD-ROM Distribution Of Images ----------------------------- Do you publish and distribute Images on CD-ROM ? ImageOrganizer can be your cost effective and user friendly viewing tool for viewing Images directly from the CD-ROM. The user can easily locate and read the description of each Image before viewing it with a click on the description text ! Include a copy of ImageOrganizer on each CD-ROM that you distribute. You must of course pre-program ImageOrganizer, by locating the Images to be viewed, and make a descriptive text of each Image. You must also have a special Publishers License from Data Research to be allowed to program and distribute ImageOrganizer as a viewing tool enclosed your CD-ROM product.