CD Catalog Expert is a Windows application, designed to organize and maintain a catalog of your computer media collection, including CD-ROMs, harddrives, audio CDs, MP3s, removable disks... This is useful if you want to keep track of a vast CD collection. With CD Catalog Expert, you can save the drive to a ZDB-file - a database format - and later browse or search. Zdb files can be converted into Txt/Htm files, so your friends can also browse your CDs without CD Catalog Expert. You can also batch search through a multiple number of ZDB-files. You can add a comment so that you can browse the information about the CD-ROMs. CD Catalog Expert also support context menu, just like winzip. This means, there is a "Add to Catalogs" menu-item on the context menu when you right click on a drive or folder in windows explorer.
VERSION HISTORY
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+ improvement/modification
! bug fixed
Version 8.00
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+ HTML reporting enhanced!
+ Prompt when a new CD inserted which is not in any category.
+ Allows to convert all catalogs in a category to a whole htm report.
+ A drag&drop feature available which is equal to the "Move to" operation.
+ Automatic catalog naming option.
+ Size display optimized.
Version 7.60
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+ Optional hotkeys.
+ Optional font&color of the path label.
+ Allows to set default category directory.
+ Added a minimize icon to the search dialog.
! bugs fixed.
Version 7.50
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+ Search module/dialog redesigned!
+ New Catalog dialog redesigned!
+ Allows to cancel operation when cataloging.
+ Many options and adjusts can be autosaved.
+ Ability to sort categories.
+ Add shortcut[F2] for "Rename".
+ Tab order redesigned.
+ Beep after a longtime operation finished.
+ Popmenu item for "Catalog to HTM".
+ Popmenu item for "Catalog to TXT".
+ Option - Tray icon.
+ Option - Mini to tray.
+ Option - Mini at startup.
+ Option - Font&Color of "Categories Viewer" and "Catalogs Viewer".
+ Option - Scan only directories/subdirectories, but no files.
+ Option - Default path of reports.
! Mutiple Help Instances bug fixed.
Version 7.40
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+ Exquisite user interface!
+ Windows XP-compliant.
+ Optional default catalog name.
+ Search module optimized.
! Bugs fixed!
Version 7.30
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+ "New Catalog" dialog optimized.
+ UI enhanced!
! Bug fixes en masse!
Version 7.21
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+ Enhanced the "Add to Catalogs" function( in system context-menu ).
Version 7.20
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+ Allows to classify catalogs.
! "Add to Catalogs" bug fixed.
! Print bugs fixed.
Version 7.10
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+ Search engine enhanced.
+ Search result sortable and printable.
+ Allows to review the last report.
Version 7.00
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+ Recode core.
+ Support context menu, like winzip.
+ Associated files( *.zdb ).
+ Many UI enhancements.
+ Support multiple search phrases.
! Fixed the 'Read beyong end of file' bug.
Version 6.10
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+ Allows to generate/print search report.
+ Alphabetical.
Version 6.01
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! Bugs fixes.
Version 6.00
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+ Can exports HTML-Report(printable)/TEXT-Report(printable) with source disk or ZDB.
+ Search and settings enhanced.
! Browse bug fixes.
Version 5.00
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+ Add a powerful search engine. You can search files and folders with wildcard within multiple ZDBs.
Version 4.10
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+ Add shortcut for -Up- speedbutton.
+ Add -Up- and -Up-to-Root- functions to popup menu.
Version 4.00
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+ Optional browse filter and creation filter.
+ Interface enhanced.
! Bug fixes.
Version 3.00
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+ Recode core!
+ Interface enhanced.
+ Discard samples.
Version 2.20
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+ Redraw icons.
+ Add samples.
! Bug fixes.
Version 2.00
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+ Abandon old database engine[Ado/MSAccess].
+ Develop the special database format(ZDB).
+ Optimized save/load engine, about 100x faster!
! Bug fixes en masse!
Version 1.70
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+ Add appliction to the system tray.
Version 1.61
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+ Display icons for all registered file formats in list-viewer.
Version 1.60
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! Bug fixes.
Version 1.50
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+ Explorer like view implemented.
Version 1.10
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+ Allows redirect with path string.
Version 1.00
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+ First public release!
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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- Windows 95, 98, NT4, 2000, XP
- 8 MB RAM (Windows 95/98)
- 16 MB RAM (Windows NT4/2000/XP)
- 1.19 MB Free Disk Space
Note:
CD Catalog Expert will NOT run under Windows 3.1,
Windows for Workgroups, or Windows NT3.x.
INSTALLATION/UNINSTALLATION
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1. INSTALLATION
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The distributed cdc.zip file is a .zip archive.
It can be used to install CD Catalog Expert:
You can use an unzip utility to extract all
included files and start the install process by
running the setup.exe program.
2. UNINSTALLATION
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To completely remove CD Catalog Expert from your computer
with two methods:
- Go to Start->Program->CD Catalog Expert.
- Execute Uninstall.
or
- Go to Start->Settings->Control Panel.
- Double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon.
- Select the Install/Uninstall tab.
- Select "CD Catalog Expert" in the list of installed programs.
- Click the Add/Remove button.
Note:
If you have placed any files other than the original
CD Catalog Expert components in the program directory
(default is C:\Program Files\CD Catalog Expert),
this directory will not be removed, and the additional
(non-CD Catalog Expert) files will not be deleted.
