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CATDISK
A Diskette Catalog Program
Version 3.62 -- 13 Dec 1987
Copyright (C) 1986, 1987
by
Rick Hillier
INTRODUCTION
Overheard: "I know I have that file in an archive on a diskette
SOMEWHERE, but which disk is it on?"
Sound familiar? Many people that I know are in this predicament,
especially those with floppy-based systems.
Enter CATDISK, the diskette cataloging system. CATDISK can organize a
"Super Directory" of all your diskette files in alphabetical order and
tell you what diskette(s) they are on in a single glance. For those who
use the ARC utility from System Enhancement Associates (highly
recommended!), or the older LU utilities, there is an added bonus.
CATDISK can also read .ARC or .LBR files and include the individual files
from the archive,or library in your catalog along with the archive, or
library name from which they came! Catdisk also supports sub-directories
to 32 levels deep. They will be scanned and included in the catalog.
CATDISK has been placed in the public domain by the author, Rick Hillier,
and a $15 registration fee is requested if you use the program and find
it to be beneficial. In any case, please feel free to copy and share
this program with others. I will only support those who contribute
toward the development of this SHAREWARE product, but I will accept
useful suggestions from ANYBODY!
The address at which to send the registration fee is:
Rick Hillier
405 Barrington Lane
WATERLOO, Ontario
Canada N2T 1H9
Voice: (519)-888-6763
Fax: (519)-884-4887
When registering, I ask that you please fill in the registration form at
the end of this document. This will aid in speeding up the processing of
your registration.
DISCLAIMER
CATDISK is provided on an "as is" basis. Any damages arising from the
use of this program are entirely the responsibility of the user; i.e. the
author, Rick Hillier, cannot be held responsible for any damages.
WHAT YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED
CATDISK is distributed in the form of an ARC file conforming to the
SEAware's utility V5.12 or later. The archive should contain seven files
which are as follows:
CATDISK .COM The CATDISK program file
CATDISK .000 The CATDISK overlay file
CDISKCFG.COM The CATDISK configuration program
CDISKCVT.COM Conversion utility for converting old CATDISK files to the
newest format - See the README.1ST file before running
CATDISK .DOC The manual you are now reading
CATDISK .HST Revision history of CATDISK
README .1ST Urgent program notes - IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU READ THIS!
CONFIGURING CATDISK
Many features of catdisk may be controlled from the configuration program
"CDISKCFG.COM". When you start this program, please make sure that the
file "CATDISK.COM" is on the current drive and directory when you start
the configuration program.
Upon startup, the configuration program will read the current settings
defined in "CATDISK.COM", after which the configuration screen will be
presented. You may change any given item on this screen simply by using
the <UP ARROW> and <DOWN ARROW> keys to highlight the TITLE of the field
you wish to change. The bottom portion of the screen is dedicated to
describing the item and instructing you on how to change it.
A discussion of the 9 items on this list follows.
1) The screen update method. You may wish to have screen output done via
the system BIOS, or by using a faster DIRECT screen access method.
Choosing BIOS results in screen updates being much slower than using
using direct screen access, but maintains compatibility with such
operating environments as TopView, DesqView, MicroSoft Windows,
Multilink and DoubleDos.
Choosing DIRECT screen access is much quicker, but will be
incompatible with most multitasking programs such as the above
mentioned due to the fact that they cannot handle "ill-behaved"
programs that write directly to the screen.
If you chose DIRECT screen access, a second test is made if you have a
GRAPHICS display connected in your system. Some video adapters have
the nasty side effect of producing static, or "snow" when the video
memory is accessed directly. This test will do multiple direct access
to the video ram on your graphics adapter. When you hit a key to stop
the test, you will be asked if you saw static on the screen.
If you answer "Y" to the prompt, CATDISK will check for horizontal
retrace before writing to the display. This will result in a
slightly slower screen response than normal, but it is almost
negligible.
If you are not running under a multitasking system, or are using
DoubleDos in dual screen mode, I would recommend that you use DIRECT
screen access, as it's much quicker.
2) Color or B & W. This option is self-explanatory. The appearance of
the setup screen will depend on the setting of this field.
3) Disk cacheing on or off. This field will enable you to set DISK
CACHEING on or off. Turning it on will enable CATDISK to keep the
most recently read sectors of the CATALOG FILES in memory, resulting
in much faster scans through the catalog file when looking for a group
of files.
Some hard disks use their own device driver, and are incompatible with
this cacheing method. If this is the case, CATDISK will warn you of
this condition if cacheing is enabled, but is incompatible with your
hard disk. If that is the case, you should disable it from this
program.
4) The number of lines per page field will enable you to tell CATDISK the
number of lines of data (EXCLUDING headings) that it should place on
each page of printer or disk output. This may be any number between 0
and 255. Entering zero will disable page breaking and the output will
be presented in a continuous stream with one title at the top.
5) The printer start up string is a series of ASCII codes (entered here
as their ascii VALUES) that will tailor your reports to the format you
desire. For example, I use an Epson printer and like to set it to
1/8" spacing and get 80 report lines per page. To do this, I send a
startup string of "<Esc> <0>" to set this print mode. To enter this
string in the configuration program, I would enter it as "027 048"
without the quotes. The numbers are simply the ASCII values of the
characters I wish to send. If you have a setup string entered here
and wish to clear it, simply hit <Return> in response to the prompt in
the bottom area of the screen.
6) The printer finishing string is commonly used to reverse the startup
string entered above and is entered in exactly the same way. In the
example above, I would use "<Esc> <2>", which would be entered as
"027 050" without the quotes. If you have a setup string entered here
and wish to clear it, simple hit <Return> in response to the prompt in
the bottom area of the screen.
7) The default ARC/LBR extract state will control the way CATDISK will
handle ARC/LBR files that it might encounter when cataloguing your
diskettes.
If you set it to OFF, CATDISK will NOT extract any archive files that
it finds on your diskettes.
If you set it to ON, CATDISK will expand EVERY ARC/LBR file that it
finds on your diskettes.
If you set it to QUERY, CATDISK will ask you for permission to expand
an ARC/LBR file each time it encounters one.
8) The default catalog drive is the disk drive that CATDISK will assume
you wish to use for labelling diskettes and reading them for
cataloguing purposes. This drive may still be overridden at startup
time (see STARTING CATDISK), or from the menu when catdisk is running.
If you are running on single floppy based system, I would recommend
that you set this drive to the same drive ID that CATDISK will be run
from. CATDISK will prompt you to enter the appropriate diskettes at
the appropriate time, and will eliminate potential problems with the
disk cacheing feature if enabled (See the file README.1ST).
9) The catalog file directory is the location in your system that CATDISK
will look for and create it's catalog files. This path may contain a
drive designator, so that the catalog files may reside on a different
drive than CATDISK itself, such as a ramdisk (in this case don't
forget to copy the files to a real disk before you turn off or reboot
your machine).
Another use of this field is that the overlay file "CATDISK.000" may
be placed in this directory as well. If this is the case, and
"CATDISK.COM" is in a directory to which DOS has a path (see the DOS
manual for details on the PATH command), you may run CATDISK from
anywhere in your system without having to switch to another directory
where all the CATDISK files reside. If this field is set to nothing,
the default drive and directory will be used.
10) The maximum number of diskettes and files per catalog is simply that.
When CATDISK starts, it allocates it's work space according to this
setting. There are currently four possible settings; which one you
pick is largely dependent upon the environment in which CATDISK is to
be run.
These settings are: DISKETTES # FILES
2000 32767 (32K)
1500 24576 (24K)
1000 16384 (16K)
500 8192 ( 8K)
Some suggestions for choosing the best configuration:
1) If you are running CATDISK on a floppy based system, I would
recommend the 8K configuration. This will leave the maximum
amount of room for a disk cache, or a larger memory buffer for
sorting and updating the catalog file.
2) If you are running CATDISK on a system with 192K of RAM under DOS
2.xx, you must use the 8K configuration. This will enable CATDISK
to allocate it's work area and leave ample room for sorting, etc.
PLEASE NOTE THAT IF YOU ARE RUNNING DOS 3.00 OR LATER, YOU MUST
HAVE A MINIMUM OF 256K OF RAM TO RUN CATDISK.
3) If you are running CATDISK on a 256K system under DOS 3.00 or
later, the 16K configuration is recommended.
4) If you are running CATDISK on a 256K system under DOS 2.xx, the
24K configuration is as high as you can go.
The most efficient configuration would be to set the maximum
disks/files per catalog to the lowest setting that would accomodate
your largest catalog file. This will give CATDISK the largest amount
of leftover memory to optimize for sorting and updating the catalog
file, or create the largest possible disk cache (if you've activated
this option in the configuration).
Keep in mind that if a catalog should reach the set limits, you may
always change this setting to a higher value, unless you are already
at the maximum number of disks/files that CATDISK or your system can
handle.
If you are running on a color monitor and have the color setting in the
main configuration set to COLOR, you may set your own screen colors if you
happen to dislike the color scheme that comes with CATDISK. To do so,
simply hit <F9> from the configuration screen and follow the menus. Once
you have selected this option, you will see a menu that will allow you to
select some general colors such as screen background and border color (CGA
type displays only - EGA and VGA have no effect), as well as an option to
reset the author's (that's me!) colors should you really make a mess of the
color scheme and wish to start over.
The other options will bring up menus that pertain to the various screens
that you might encounter in your usage of CATDISK. When you reach these,
there will be an option available for each item that will change its
foreground or background color. Selecting an option will step you through
the possible color range for that particular item.
Sound confusing? Try it for yourself... it's really quite easy. For
starters, try setting everything to green on cyan <grin> (if you don't have
a strong stomach, don't bother).
Once you have set all the fields set to your desired settings, you may
instruct CDISKCFG to save the current settings by pressing <F10>. Upon
completion, you will be returned to DOS.
If you do not wish to save the changes you made, simply hit <Esc>, and
you will be returned to DOS, while the previous configuration will remain
unscathed.
SPECIAL NOTE TO USERS WITH DUAL FLOPPY DRIVE SYSTEMS:
The best drive configuration for CATDISK is to have drive A: as your
catalog drive, and to have B:\ as your CATALOG FILE DIRECTORY. When
starting CATDISK, insert a diskette containing the file "CATDISK.COM" in
drive A: and place a blank diskette onto which you have placed the file
"CATDISK.000" in drive B:. After CATDISK has appeared on your screen and
is at the menu prompt, you will no longer need the file "CATDISK.COM" in
drive A:, so you may remove that diskette and use it for reading diskettes
into your catalog.
Keep in mind that you will need to keep the diskette with "CATDISK.000" in
drive B: as CATDISK needs to refer to that file from time to time. CATDISK
will also maintain the catalog files on this drive as well. If you intend
to keep multiple catalogs, I would suggest that you keep each one on a
separate floppy diskette, remembering to place the file "CATDISK.000" on
each diskette.
DEFAULT SETTINGS
1) Screen Update Method: BIOS
2) Color or B & W: B & W
3) Disk Cacheing: Disabled
4) Output Lines Per Page: 58
5) Printer Startup String: Nothing
6) Printer Finishing String: Nothing
7) Default ARC/LBR Extract State: ON
8) Catalog Drive: A:
9) Catalog File Directory: Default Drive and Directory
10) Maximum Disks/Files per Catalog: 1000/16384
11) Color Scheme: Authors Colors
STARTING CATDISK
CATDISK may be started from the DOS command line by the following:
C>CATDISK parameters
- where parameters may include any of the following:');
/NP - Specifying this commandline option will cause CATDISK
to eliminate the pause after cataloguing/
un-cataloguing a disk. It will also eliminate the
"Insert a disk in drive X:" prompt unless it is
absolutely necessary.
/NW - Under normal circumstances, when you catalog a
diskette containing a Volume ID that already exists in
the current catalog, CATDISK will issue a warning to
that effect, and will ask you for verification before
proceeding to catalog that disk. The reason behind
this is that there is always the possibility of two
different disks having the same Volume ID.
Cataloguing one would mean that the files from the
other would be un-catalogued in the same process.
If you specify the /NW option on the command line,
this warning will be supressed, and the disk will be
catalogued without further delay.
/NS - Supress status indicators during processing.
This speeds up processing time. Status indicators
are there simply to indicate that the computer is
actually doing something useful. Try it either way
and set it to your liking.
/AC - Turn the auto comment feature ON at startup.
Normally, CATDISK, upon completion of cataloguing a
group of files from a diskette will immediately
return to the menu. Activating this feature from
the commandline (or from the menu) will cause CATDISK
to proceed to the section where you may add/modify
the file comments for the volume that you just
catalogued.
/Ffilename - The default filename that CATDISK uses is "CATDISK".
This may be overridden with this parameter.
Note that there is no space between the /F and the
filename.
/SD - CATDISK can display screen information for your
catalog in two different formats. The default is to
show the Filename, Volume ID, Arc ID, size, date,
time and attributes for each record. There is a
second display format that omits the file attributes,
but shows the sub-directory that the file occupies on
it's diskette. Setting this option will make the
second format the starting report type.
/CO - similar to above, but the third display format that
shows file comments will be the default.
- *** NOTE: If you specify both /SD and /CO at startup, the LAST one
that you specified on the commandline will take effect.
/Px - Set printer output format to report type x, where x
is in the range (0-2).
x Value Report Type
------- -----------
0 Show regular file statistics
1 Show file comments
2 Show file statistics and comments (selecting
this report style assumes that your printer
is set to produce 132 column reports)
/D: - Catalog files from drive D: where D: is one
of [A - D].
The slash "/" may be substituted by either a dash "-" or a space " ".
Eg. CATDISK /BW/NS/NA/B: or CATDISK A:
- entering CATDISK ? will bring up a help message indicating the above.
**NOTE: You may also put the command line options in a DOS environment
string using the DOS "SET" command. This command (examples are
below), may be placed in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file so that you will
not need to remember which command line options to use to obtain
your favourite setup, or for that matter, to type them!
- example: SET CATDISK=/BW/NS/P2/B:
- then simply type "CATDISK <CR> on the dos command line, and
the above options will automatically be taken from the DOS
environment area.
Please note that if you enter any command line options when starting
CATDISK, the dos environment area will be ignored.
Once CATDISK has been successfully started, a title screen will appear.
Hit any key to ascend to the main menu.
SELECTION OF OPTIONS FROM MENUS
The major options available from CATDISK such as the main functions menu
that you see in the opening menu after the title page disappears can be
selected in two different ways.
The first, and easiest is just to hit the indicated key beside the
desired option.
In response to a few requests from registered users, I have also
implemented a "point and shoot" method of selecting items from a menu.
Simply use the cursor keys to position the flashing arrows in the inverse
box that indicates the keystroke required to activate the desired option
and hit <Return> (or <CR> to you C programmers). This will carry out the
same function as if you had struck the key in the inverse box.
One advantage that the second approach has to the first is that those of
you who do not touch type numbers very well (or have a tendency to hit
the key beside the one you are after) have another avenue to use to
navigate through the menus of CATDISK.
Another is that once you have activated a function such as cataloguing a
diskette, you need only type <Return> to re-activate that function as
CATDISK will remember the last option you activated (quite handy if you
are cataloguing multiple diskettes, as the <Return> key is larger than
most... you aren't as apt to miss it).
Currently, this method of choice is available on the main menu, the
output destination menu, and the sorting criteria menu on option #0
(discussed later in this manual).
OPTION #1: SETTING THE CURRENT DISK DRIVE
Option #1 from the main menu will allow you to set the drive from which
the files to be catalogued will be read. Simply select letter from A - x
to select the drive with that DOS letter designation, where x is the last
drive that CATDISK detected in your system configuration (DOS 3.00 and up
will show a minimum of 5 drives). The change will be noted immediately
in the status area at the top of the screen.
*** NOTE TO ALL SINGLE DRIVE FLOPPY DISK USERS ***
Previous versions of CATDISK may have caused problems with the directory
of the diskette being catalogued getting overwritten when labelling a
diskette or cataloguing it. This problem has been rectified with Version
2.00. To catalog on a single floppy system, set the catalog drive the
same as the one on which the CATDISK work files reside. (i.e. if you
start CATDISK from drive A:, set the catalog drive to drive A:) At the
appropriate times, CATDISK will now prompt you to switch diskettes as
they are needed.
Users with a hard-disk, single floppy configuration, who are running
CATDISK from the hard disk will NOT experience this problem and may
proceed as normal. It's ONLY if the same PHYSICAL drive is being used
for the CATDISK work files AND the diskette to be catalogued that the
above precautions must be taken.
OPTION #2: THE TOGGLES MENU
The options available in this sub-menu will allow you to control the
behaviour of some of the features of CATDISK. You can get to this menu
by selecting option #2 from the main menu.
The options available on this menu are:
Sub-option #1 - Toggle Auto ARC/LBR Extract
-------------------------------------------
Although this option may be controlled from the DOS command line, it is
also convenient to be able to change it during a CATDISK session.
Hitting <1> will toggle the Auto ARC/LBR Extract Feature. The current
status is shown near the top of the screen in the status area.
If this feature is turned off, any file searches through the catalog,
with the exception of OPTION #0 - Show All Files will NOT show any
files that reside in an archive file. The archive file's presence will
still be shown in the listing.
Sub-option #2 - Set Current Catalog File
----------------------------------------
Although the catalog filename may be set upon starting up CATDISK, is
may also be convenient to be able to change the current file from
within a CATDISK session. Select option #2 from the main menu, and you
will be prompted for a new catalog file to use. Any valid dos filename
will do. Be sure to specify the NAME portion only; do not include the
file extension portion. If the name you specify is valid, it will then
be used for all subsequent catalog updates and queries (This is
reflected at the top of the screen). If not, an error message will be
issued and no change will be made to the current catalog file name.
If you are switching to a catalog that already exists,and it will not
fit into the configuration you defined in the configuration program
(maximum disks/files per catalog), you will get an error message and
the catalog file will be left unchanged.
Sub-option #3 - Pause For Disk Change or At End of Catalog Update
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Under normal circumstances, CATDISK will pause at strategic places,
either to allow you to view what has just happened (cataloguing and
un-cataloguing), or to prompt you to insert a disk in drive X:
(labelling or reading directories, etc). If you turn this toggle off,
CATDISK will only prompt you for a disk when absolutely necessary. In
addition, there will be no pause at the end of a catalog update; you
will immediately be returned to the main menu.
Sub-option #4 - Add/Update File Comments While Cataloguing
----------------------------------------------------------
If this toggle is turned off, CATDISK will proceed back to the main
menu upon completion of the process of cataloguing a disk. If you wish
to add comments for some/all of the files that you have just
catalogued, you may turn this toggle on. When this is the case,
CATDISK will catalog files in the normal manner, but upon completion,
you will be taken to another screen that will allow you to scroll
through the files you just catalogued and add/update the comments for
each file shown. See Option F1 - Add/Change File Comments for details
on how this section of the program works.
Sub-option #5 - Toggle Printer Report Type
------------------------------------------
CATDISK currently supports three printer report styles, which are
detailed here. The particular report style that you desire may be set
with this toggle, and will be reflected in the toggles portion of the
menu screen.
STATISTICS: This is the default report style (unless overridden on the
command line), which is to show the path, filename, volume id, ARC/LBR
id, as well as the size, date, time and DOS directory attributes of each
file listed.
This report style corresponds to the command line option /P0, and will
fit on an 80 column printer.
COMMENTS: This report style will substitute file comments for the size,
date, time, and DOS directory attribute.
This report style corresponds to the command line option /P1, and will
fit on an 80 column printer.
BOTH: This report style will show all of the fields from the two
above reports. Please note that it assumes that you
either have a 132 column printer, or an 80 column printer
set to compressed mode.
It corresponds to the command line option /P2.
Sub-option <Esc> - Return To Main Menu
--------------------------------------
Exactly what it says.
OPTION #3: LABELLING A DISKETTE
Selection of option #3 on the main menu will allow the VOLUME LABEL of a
diskette to be set or changed. Upon selection, CATDISK will attempt to
read the current label of the diskette. If none is present, you will be
notified of this, and will be given the opportunity to create a volume
label for that diskette. See the DOS manual on volume labels for more
information. If a label already exists on the diskette, it's name will
be shown as a reminder, and you will be given an opportunity to change
the label name. Just enter the new label name and hit <CR>.
If the label name was valid, the change will be made, otherwise, an error
message indicating such will be issued and you will return to the main
menu.
If you do not wish to enter or change the disk label, simply hit <ESC> at
the volume label prompt and you will immediately return to the main menu
with no changed made to the disk label.
When the volume label has been successfully changed or created, CATDISK
will check to see if the old label, if any was present, exists in the
current catalog file. If so, you will be given an opportunity to have
CATDISK automatically change the old volume id references to the newly
entered one. If the disk that you re-labelled is one that actually is in
the catalog, answer <Y>es to the prompt. CATDISK will take care of the
rest. This feature (implemented starting with version 2.10) can be a
great time saver, since with the older versions, the procedure for
cataloguing the same disk under a different name involved changing the
disk label, uncataloguing the disk under the old volume id, and
re-cataloguing the disk under the new name.
If the disk is not in the catalog, answer <N>o to the prompt. Answering
<Y>es under these circumstances will not damage the catalog files, but
will cause confusion as to what disk the altered catalog records reside
on.
OPTION #4: CATALOGING A DISKETTE
Selection of option #4 from the main menu will initiate cataloging of the
files on the selected catalog diskette. The volume label will be read,
and if it doesn't exist, you will be given an opportunity to enter a
volume label for the diskette. Hit <ESC> at the label prompt to abort
the operation. After entering the label name for that diskette, you will
be asked if you wish to write that label to disk. If you answer <Y>es,
the disk will be labelled and cataloguing will continue. If you answer
<N>o, the label will not be written, but the disk will be catalogued
under the name that you gave it. This will allow easy cataloguing of
write-protected diskettes.
Please note that volume labels created by Peter Norton's "Volabel"
utility may contain lower case characters. CATDISK will convert the
labels to upper case before adding them to the catalog. This will enable
you to manipulate and uncatalog any of these diskettes. The physical
volume label on the diskette will be left unchanged.
If the label on the diskette to be catalogued already exists in the
catalog, you will be notified of this situation, and will be given an
opportunity to abort the operation. This feature has been added starting
with V2.03 as a safeguard against a situation where two diskettes of the
same volume id may be overriding each other and clobbering the catalog
contents of the other diskette. If you specified the "/NW" option on at
startup, this warning will not be issued.
Once the label has been found, the directory and any archive or library
entries (if the ARC/LBR auto extract feature option is turned on - it is
by default) will be read (if the ARC/LBR auto extract is set to QUERY, you
will be asked for verification before a given ARChive or Library will be
read). This process will be repeated for each sub-directory on the
diskette as well. All existing levels of sub-directories will be searched
in this version.
Upon completion of this, the catalog summary file and master catalog will
be updated to reflect the current directory/directories of the diskette.
If any files have been added, they will be added to the catalog; if any
files have been changed, they will be updated; if any files have been
deleted, they will be removed from the catalog.
Keep in mind, that deletion of an ARC/LBR file will cause any files
existing within that ARC/LBR file to be uncatalogued. Also, turning the
Auto ARC/LBR Extraction feature OFF, or answering <No> to a Extract ARC/LBR
prompt to a catalogued ARCHIVE will cause any files in an ARC/LBR
file on that diskette to be uncatalogued as well.
Should the disk become full when the cataloguing process is underway, the
process will be aborted with an error message. The old catalog file will
remain intact (i.e. no changes made), but the summary file will reflect
either the presence of the new diskette, or the current status of that
diskette if it already existed in the catalog. This means that the
catalog file will not be accurate as to what's on the diskette that you
attempted to catalog. If this error is encountered, you should either
try to free up some space on disk on which the catalog file exists, or
move the .DTA and .SUM files to another diskette (see CONFIGURING CATDISK
for details on how to access catalog files on other drives and
directories) and retry the operation.
This operation is completely automatic and does not require any further
input from the operator once started, unless, of course, the ARC/LBR
extract state is set to QUERY.
If you have turned on the auto-comment feature either from the
comand line or from the toggles menu, you will be taken to a section of
the program that will allow you to add/update file comments. See "<F1> -
Adding/Updating File Comments" later in this manual for details.
OPTION #5: UNCATALOGUING A DISKETTE
There may be times when you will wish to remove a disk's files from the
catalog. Select option #5 from the main menu, and you will be asked to
enter the VOLUME NAME of the disk to be uncatalogued. Enter it and hit
<CR>. If the volume label doesn't exist in the catalog, then you will be
notified and returned to the main menu.
If the volume label is found in the catalog, it's entry will be deleted
along with all the file names under it.
If you do not wish to carry out this operation, hit <Esc> at the volume
label prompt and no action will be taken.
Should the disk become full during the catalog update process, the
process will be aborted with an error message, and the old catalog file
will remain intact. Typically, this error should not occur, unless you
have added more files to the disk, or another program has used up more
disk space (such as a database expanding a file). Should this error
occur, the summary file will no longer contain a reference to the
diskette that was uncatalogued, but the catalog file will still contain
references to that diskette.
Should this be the case, you should either free up some space on the
disk, or copy the .SUM and .DTA files to another disk (see CONFIGURING
CATDISK for details on accessing catalog files on other drives and
directories), catalog the diskette in question, and uncatalog it again.
This will remove any references to that disk from the catalog file.
If you do not have access to that disk anymore (you may have erased it),
simply take a blank diskette, add one file to it, and label it the same
as the diskette you wish to uncatalog. Carry out the above procedure,
and you will obtain the same results.
OPTION #6: SHOW DISKETTE SUMMARY
Selection of option #6 from the main menu will cause CATDISK to display
an alphabetical list of VOLUME NAMES and some pertinent statistical
information for each. This option is handy if, say, you have a bunch of
utility disks and want to add a 14K utility program to one of them. This
report can be quite useful in making efficient use of existing working
diskettes.
All the statistical items shown should be self-explanatory, except one;
that is, the Slack % factor. The disks on which DOS stores it files are
divided into allocation units called clusters. The size of each cluster
varies with the type and size of disk. When DOS allocates space on a
disk for a file, it is alotted in one cluster units to the file. Some
common cluster sizes are 512 bytes on 160-180K diskettes, and 1024 bytes
on 320-360K diskettes. Some hard disks have larger cluster sizes.
Anyway, let's say, for example, that you have a file of 256 bytes. On a
360K diskette, DOS will allocate 1024 bytes to the file, even though it
is only 256 bytes long. This means that three-quarters of that cluster
is unused, or that you have 75% slack for that file. The figure that you
see on the summary report is the overall slack percentage of all the
files on the disk.
When you select option #6, you will be asked where CATDISK should send
the output. You may send it to:
<S> - Screen: The summary will be shown on the screen. You may browse
through the list by using <PgUp> and <PgDn>, or return to
the menu by pressing <Esc>. Please see the note about
the scroll bar on the left side in Appendix B.
<P> - Printer: A hardcopy summary report will be printed on your
printer. The disk volume names will be ehoed to the
screen as they are sent to the printer. Hitting <Esc> at
any time during report generation will abort it and
return to the main menu.
<D> - Disk: A listing in the same format as the hardcopy summary
report will be produced in a diskette file with the same
name as the current catalog filename with an extension of
".LST". Hitting <Esc> at any time during the generation
of the report will abort it and return to the main menu.
<Esc> - Abort: This will return you to the main menu without producing
any output.
OPTION #7: SHOW FILES FOR A VOLUME
Selecting option #7 will cause CATDISK to display an alphabetical list of
files for a particular disk. After selecting the report destination, you
will be asked for a volume ID. Simply enter it and hit <Return>, or hit
<Esc> to return to the menu without producing a report.
When you select option #7, you will be asked where you wish CATDISK to
send the output. It may be sent to:
<S> - Screen: Upon entering the search spec, scanning of the catalog
will commence. If you have status indicators turned on,
a counter will increment each time a matching file is
found. If at the end of the search, no files were found,
an error message will be issued and you will be returned
to the main menu.
Upon a successful search, the file names will be shown
alphabetically, along with the volume name, archive name,
and other directory information for that file. You may
browse through the list with <PgUp> and <PgDn>, or return
to the main menu with <Esc>. Please see the note about
the scroll bar on the left side in Appendix B.
Starting with Version 1.40 (sub-directories), you may hit
<S> to change the display format to show the
sub-directory of each file in the listing. If a
sub-directory begins with a tilde (~), that means that
the sub-directory shown is a sub-directory past the first
level (sub-directory within a sub-directory). Hit <N> to
get the normal display back. If you wish the
sub-directory format to come up by default, use the /SD
option when starting CATDISK. See the section "STARTING
CATDISK" for details.
Starting with Version 3.50 (comments), you may hit <C> to
change the display format to show your comments (if any).
If you wish this display format to appear by default, use
the /CO option when starting CATDISK. Again, see the
section "STARTING CATDISK" for details.
Better yet, run the program and see for yourself!
<P> - Printer: A hardcopy file report will be printed on your printer.
The filenames will be ehoed to the screen as they are
sent to the printer. Hitting <Esc> at any time during
report generation will abort it and return to the main
menu.
<D> - Disk: A listing in the same format as the hardcopy file report
will be produced in a diskette file with the same name as
the current catalog filename with an extension of ".LST".
Hitting <Esc> at any time during the generation of the
report will abort it and return to the main menu.
<Esc> - Abort: This will return you to the main menu without producing
any output.
OPTION #8: SHOW FILES FOR AN ARCHIVE
Selecting option #8 will cause CATDISK to display an alphabetical list of
files for a particular archive. After selecting the report destination,
you will be asked for a archive name. Simply enter it and hit <Return>,
or hit <Esc> to return to the menu without producing a report.
When you select option #8, you will be asked where you wish CATDISK to
send the output. It may be sent to:
<S> - Screen: Upon entering the search spec, scanning of the catalog
will commence. If you have status indicators turned on,
a counter will increment each time a matching file is
found. If at the end of the search, no files were found,
an error message will be issued and you will be returned
to the main menu.
Upon a successful search, the file names will be shown
alphabetically, along with the volume name, archive name,
and other directory information for that file. You may
browse through the list with <PgUp> and <PgDn>, or return
to the main menu with <Esc>. Please see the note about
the scroll bar on the left side in Appendix B.
Starting with Version 1.40 (sub-directories), you may hit
<S> to change the display format to show the
sub-directory of each file in the listing. If a
sub-directory begins with a tilde (~), that means that
the sub-directory shown is a sub-directory past the first
level (sub-directory within a sub-directory). Hit <N> to
get the normal display back. If you wish the
sub-directory format to come up by default, use the /SD
option when starting CATDISK. See the section "STARTING
CATDISK" for details.
Starting with Version 3.50 (comments), you may hit <C> to
change the display format to show your comments (if any).
If you wish this display format to appear by default, use
the /CO option when starting CATDISK. Again, see the
section "STARTING CATDISK" for details.
Better yet, run the program and see for yourself!
<P> - Printer: A hardcopy file report will be printed on your printer.
The filenames will be ehoed to the screen as they are
sent to the printer. Hitting <Esc> at any time during
report generation will abort it and return to the main
menu.
<D> - Disk: A listing in the same format as the hardcopy file report
will be produced in a diskette file with the same name as
the current catalog filename with an extension of ".LST".
Hitting <Esc> at any time during the generation of the
report will abort it and return to the main menu.
<Esc> - Abort: This will return you to the main menu without producing
any output.
OPTION #9: SHOW SELECTED FILES
Selecting option #9 will cause CATDISK to display an alphabetical list of
files. After selecting the report destination, you will be asked for a
filespec. This filespec follows the conventional DOS filespec search
conventions including wildcard searches.
Eg. *.* - search for everything.
*.COM - search for files ending in .COM
A*.EXE - search for files starting with A and ending in .COM
CATDISK.COM - search specifically for CATDISK.COM
*.?Q? - search for files with an extension containing Q as
it's second character.
??.DOC - search for files with two letters as it filename
and
.DOC as it's extension.
Please refer to the DOS manual for further information on file searching
patterns.
If you do not wish to carry out this option, hit <Esc> at the filespec
prompt.
When you select option #9, you will be asked where you wish CATDISK to
send the output. It may be sent to:
<S> - Screen: Upon entering the search spec, scanning of the catalog
will commence. If you have status indicators turned on,
a counter will increment each time a matching file is
found. If at the end of the search, no files were found,
an error message will be issued and you will be returned
to the main menu.
Upon a successful search, the file names will be shown
alphabetically, along with the volume name, archive name,
and other directory information for that file. You may
browse through the list with <PgUp> and <PgDn>, or return
to the main menu with <Esc>. Please see the note about
the scroll bar on the left side in Appendix B.
Starting with Version 1.40 (sub-directories), you may hit
<S> to change the display format to show the
sub-directory of each file in the listing. If a
sub-directory begins with a tilde (~), that means that
the sub-directory shown is a sub-directory past the first
level (sub-directory within a sub-directory). Hit <N> to
get the normal display back. If you wish the
sub-directory format to come up by default, use the /SD
option when starting CATDISK. See the section "STARTING
CATDISK" for details.
Starting with Version 3.50 (comments), you may hit <C> to
change the display format to show your comments (if any).
If you wish this display format to appear by default, use
the /CO option when starting CATDISK. Again, see the
section "STARTING CATDISK" for details.
Better yet, run the program and see for yourself!
<P> - Printer: A hardcopy file report will be printed on your printer.
The filenames will be ehoed to the screen as they are
sent to the printer. Hitting <Esc> at any time during
report generation will abort it and return to the main
menu.
<D> - Disk: A listing in the same format as the hardcopy file report
will be produced in a diskette file with the same name as
the current catalog filename with an extension of ".LST".
Hitting <Esc> at any time during the generation of the
report will abort it and return to the main menu.
<Esc> - Abort: This will return you to the main menu without producing
any output.
OPTION F2: SHOW FILES BY COMMENT
Selecting option <F2> will cause CATDISK to display a list of files in
accordance with a comment search spec that you supply. After selecting a
report destination, you will be asked for a comment search spec that you
wish the report to be based on.
Just enter the string that you want to search for in the catalog's comments
section and hit <Enter>, or hit <Esc> to abort the process without
generating a report.
Here's how the comments are sourced for your search spec. You enter a
"phrase" or "substring" that you want to search for in the file comments.
The "phrase" may be an entire comment that you want, it can be just one
word, or even just one letter. When catdisk compares your "phrase" to a
comment, it checks to see if that "phrase" is contained anywhere in that
comment. If it does, that file will appear in your report.
Example: "SOURCE" would match: CATDISK V3.60 source code
CATDISK V3.60 Source code
CATDISK V3.60 SOURCE CODE
Source
... etc ...
Please note: I have had some of my beta-testers ask for wild cards in the
comment search (for example, they might not know whether they had "Word
Processor" or "Word Proc" for a comment). This is not really necessary in
this case, as, in the above case, entering "PROC" would match both
comments.
When you select option <F2>, you will be asked where you wish CATDISK to
send the output. It may be sent to:
<S> - Screen: Upon entering the search spec, scanning of the catalog
will commence. If you have status indicators turned on,
a counter will increment each time a matching file is
found. If at the end of the search, no files were found,
an error message will be issued and you will be returned
to the main menu.
Upon a successful search, the file names will be shown
alphabetically, along with the volume name, archive name,
and other directory information for that file. You may
browse through the list with <PgUp> and <PgDn>, or return
to the main menu with <Esc>. Please see the note about
the scroll bar on the left side in Appendix B.
Starting with Version 1.40 (sub-directories), you may hit
<S> to change the display format to show the
sub-directory of each file in the listing. If a
sub-directory begins with a tilde (~), that means that
the sub-directory shown is a sub-directory past the first
level (sub-directory within a sub-directory). Hit <N> to
get the normal display back. If you wish the
sub-directory format to come up by default, use the /SD
option when starting CATDISK. See the section "STARTING
CATDISK" for details.
Starting with Version 3.50 (comments), you may hit <C> to
change the display format to show your comments (if any).
If you wish this display format to appear by default, use
the /CO option when starting CATDISK. Again, see the
section "STARTING CATDISK" for details.
Better yet, run the program and see for yourself!
<P> - Printer: A hardcopy file report will be printed on your printer.
The filenames will be ehoed to the screen as they are
sent to the printer. Hitting <Esc> at any time during
report generation will abort it and return to the main
menu.
<D> - Disk: A listing in the same format as the hardcopy file report
will be produced in a diskette file with the same name as
the current catalog filename with an extension of ".LST".
Hitting <Esc> at any time during the generation of the
report will abort it and return to the main menu.
<Esc> - Abort: This will return you to the main menu without producing
any output.
GENERAL NOTES REGARDING OPTIONS #7, #8, #9 and F2
The reported files shown by these options (either screen, disk, or printer)
will be dependent on the state of the ARC/LBR extract toggle.
If you have the ARC/LBR extract toggle set to ON or QUERY, any files found
in the catalog that reside in ARC/LBR files will be included in the report.
If you have the ARC/LBR extract toggle set to OFF, any files found in the
atalog that reside in ARC/LBR files will NOT be included in the report,
even though they exist in the catalog.
OPTION #0: SHOW ALL FILES
This option, if viewed on the screen will product a report in the same
manner as option #9, except that ALL files in the catalog will be
included in the list. It is similar to choosing option #9 and searching
for "*.*". The only difference is that the catalog scan will not take
place, as it is not necessary for this function.
Upon selecting <D>isk or <P>rinter output, CATDISK will present a menu
allowing you to specify how you want the report sorted. You may sort
this report by filename, Volume ID, or ARC/LBR ID. Simply hit the key
beside the appropriate sort spec, and CATDISK will take care of the rest.
During the printing of a report, you may abort it at any time by pressing
the <Esc> key.
If you decide that you do not want to generate a report at this time, you
may press <Esc> to return to the main menu without taking any further
action.
If, during the sorting process, CATDISK runs into a disk problem (such as
a full disk, or a disk media problem (read or write error), the process
will be aborted and no report will be produced.
OPTION F1: ADD/CHANGE FILE COMMENTS
There are two places from which this feature can be activated; either at
the conclusion of the cataloguing process, or from the main menu.
If you select <F1> from the main menu, you will get a sub-menu that will
allow you to specify one of two methods for deciding which files to bring
up on the screen for commenting.
If you select sub-option #1, you will be asked to specify a disk volume.
Upon entry of such, CATDISK will go through the catalog and bring up a
list of files that currently reside on that disk volume.
If you select sub-option #2, you will be asked for a filespec on which to
base the search. It functions quite similarily to option #9 (see it for
details).
If you have the auto-commment feature turned on (either from the command
line or the toggles menu), this section will be activated as if you had
specified the Volume ID of the disk that you just catalogued; those files
will appear on the screen.
Once CATDISK has found a group of files for commenting, they will appear
on the screen in a format similar to the "COMMENT" screen output format,
the main difference being that one of the comments (or blanks) are
highlighted in an inverse field.
To change a comment, simply move the highlight to the file that you wish
to comment, and start typing. When you are done, hit the <Return> key.
Other editing keys are as follows:
<Left Arrow> - move cursor one character to the left.
<Right Arrow> - move cursor one key to the right.
<Home> - move cursor to the beginning of the line
(once you have started typing).
<End> - move cursor to the end of the line
(once you have started typing).
<Ctrl>-<End> - erase from the cursor to the end of the line.
<Del> - delete the character at the cursor and shift the
characters on the right to the left.
<Backspace> - delete the character before the cursor and shift the
characters on the right to the left.
<Ins> - toggle insert/overstrike mode
- in insert mode the cursor will be slightly fatter than
the one in overstrike mode.
<Esc> - cancel the changes and restore the line to it's
original contents.
In some (and probably most) cases, the file list will be too large to fit
on the screen. The list may be browsed through by using the keys on the
cursor keypad. Their functions:
<UP> and <DOWN> will move the highlight bar up or down one file. If
you at a screen margin, and there are still more files
to be browsed, the listing on the screen will scroll in
the appropriate direction. If you can't move any more,
you will hear a short beep.
<PgUp> and <PgDn> will move you 15 files forward or backward in the list.
If you can't move any more, you will hear a short beep.
<Home> and <End> will move you to the beginning or end of the group of
files respectively.
When you are done adding/changing file comments, hit <Esc> to return to
the main menu.
Two options that do not appear on the screen are:
<F9> - Repeat Last Entered Comment: This is handy if you want to repeat a
single comment at different places in
the list where <F10> (see below)
won't suffice, as the comment desired
is not directly above the current
position. If no comment was
previously entered, or the last
entered comment was blank, no action
will be taken.
<F10> - "Ditto": Pressing this key will copy the comment from the entry
above. It is handy if you want to copy a comment down a
consecutive list of files, or one that was already
previously entered at an earlier time, if it is directly
above the current position. If the comment above is
blank, or you are at the top of the list, no action will
be taken.
OPTION F3: TEMPORARILY EXIT TO DOS
This option, although not really necessary, has been added in response to
the numerous requests that I have had for this feature (shows that I am
really paying attention to those suggestions, eh?). By selecting this
option, CATDISK will be temporarily suspended and you will be returned to
the DOS prompt. You may carry out any normal function that you would
ordinarily be able to carry out from DOS, provided that there is enough
memory remaining in which to run your desired program.
When you are done, simply type "EXIT" and hit <Return> to return to
CATDISK.
Please note that due to the fact that this option will in all probability
not be invoked all that often, it does not show on any of the menus. It
is, however available from the main menu by pressing <F3>.
Please note that if you have the disk cache active at the time you use
this function, the contents of the cache will be pitched before calling
DOS.
When you are finished with DOS, and wish to return to CATDISK, simply
type "EXIT" and hit <Return> to return to CATDISK. Please be sure and
replace any disks that you had in your drives before returning to
CATDISK.
Possible errors that you may encounter when you use this option are:
Error #1 - Not enough memory for DOS - CATDISK could not allocate enough
memory to load a secondary copy of
COMMAND.COM
Error #2 - Set Block Error - similar to above.
Error #3 - Insufficient Memory For - CATDISK was able to allocate
Internal Stack Buffer enough memory to load DOS, but
there was not enough memory left
over to preserve it's own
environment.
Error #4 - Error Invoking DOS - generally, this means that CATDISK
was unable to find COMMAND.COM on
the drive and directory defined by
the SET COMSPEC= environment
string (see the DOS manual for
details on the SET command). This
is usually set to the location
from which COMMAND.COM was loaded
when the system was booted.
If COMMAND.COM was not not found
at the boot location, the root
directory of the current drive is
attempted.
OPTION <drive_letter>: SHOW DISK DIRECTORY
To activate this feature, simply type the drive letter of the disk whose
directory you wish to view. You will be prompted to insert a disk for
drive D where D is the drive letter that you typed. Upon doing this, the
label and directory contents will be read just like they would if they
were about to be catalogued, but instead of adding them to your catalog,
they will be shown directly on the screen in the same format as option #7
- Show Files For A Volume. The ARC scanning feature functions as normal
throughout the program.
Upon a successful reading of the directory, the file names will be shown
alphabetically, along with the volume name, archive name, and other
directory information for that file. You may browse through the list
with <PgUp> and <PgDn>, or return to the main menu with <Esc>. Please
see the note about the scroll bar on the left side in Appendix A.
Report formats may be viewed in a similar fashion to that of the other
screen reports.
OPTION ESC: EXIT TO DOS
Select this option when you are finished with CATDISK to terminate it's
operation. Upon exit, you will be returned to the DOS prompt.
APPENDIX A - THE SCROLL BAR
Starting with Version 2.00 of CATDISK, a new feature has been added to
the screen display routines. A scroll bar will now appear on the left
hand margin indicating approximately where you currently located along
the full length of your report. The scroll bar feature will also allow
you to move quickly through your report to get to a certain group of
files. By simply hitting the <UP ARROW> and <DOWN ARROW> keys, the
position on the scroll bar may be moved up or down one increment. The
new page number in the report being shown on the screen will be
automatically set according to the size of the report (each increment
represents one fifteenth of the total length of the report).
In a long report, this represents a much nicer way of getting to, say,
the files beginning with "R" without having to hit the <PgDn> key a
hundred times. Remember... the scroll bar is used to ROUGHLY position
yourself among a group of files in a screen report.
Oh, by the way, if you hit the <UP ARROW> key when you are at the top of
the report, the scroll bar position will wrap down to the bottom of the
report. This makes it quicker to get to the bottom of things without
having to progress through the entire report. Hitting the <DOWN ARROW>
key will wrap to the top of the report as well.
APPENDIX B - ARCHIVE AND LIBRARY SUPPORT
This version of CATDISK currently supports the archive utility from
System Enhancement Associates and the popular public domain Library
Utility (LU).
CATDISK can extract directory information from archives created with
SEAWARE'S ARC utility, version 5.12 or earlier, or any compatible archive
generating program. These files commonly have a file extension of .ARC,
and any files with this extention will be examined by CATDISK to see if
it is a valid archive. If so, the directory information of each file in
the archive will be extracted and added to the catalog if the Auto
ARC/LBR Extraction feature is turned ON. Files extracted from an ARChive
will have a file attribute of "*ARC".
Recently, PKWARE released a version of their FAST! ARChive utility PKARC
V2.0. This new version supports a new data compression method called
Squashing, which is now supported starting with version 3.10 of CATDISK.
The old restrictions that existed in the previous versions of CATDISK no
longer exist.
Files created by the Library Utility (LU) and conform to the fifth
revision of the formal definition of the library file format are also
fully supported. These files commonly have a file extension of .LBR, and
any files with this extension will be examined by CATDISK to see if they
are valid .LBR files. If this is so, and the Auto ARC/LBR Extraction
Feature is turned ON, the directory information of each file in the
library will be extracted and added to the catalog. Files extracted from
a library will have a file attribute of "*LBR".
APPENDIX C - DUPLICATE FILE NAMES AND CATALOGUING HARD DISKS
A number of users have made a request to have CATDISK show a list of
files that have been duplicated over a number of diskettes. There is no
need for an extra option to support this request, as the existing reports
that may be derived from options #9 and #0 show files in alphabetical
order. Any duplicate files will be clustered together, and it is quite
easy to spot duplicate files in this manner. If you choose option #9 and
ask for a specific file (i.e. no wildcards), ALL instances of that file
in the catalog will be reported.
Even though CATDISK is capable of reading a hard disk and cataloguing it
to SOME degree, it was never meant to catalog a hard disk, as there are
many excellent hard disk managers on the market that do a commendable job
of allowing you to browse through your file structure; far better than
catdisk would enable you to.
The whole idea behind CATDISK is to allow you to see what's on your
floppy disks, to find out which disk a given file is on, as well as to
see what the status of each diskette is without having to insert them
into your computer each time. With a hard disk, you have all of your
files online - readily accessible - and to catalogue such a drive is
overkill, in my opinion.
APPENDIX D - SUPPORT AND UPDATES
As I said in the introduction, I will only offer advice and technical
support to those who contribute via the SHAREWARE concept. Users who do
contribute will be notified when updates and new products are available.
Anyone wishing to offer advice and suggestions are most welcome to do so.
I may be reached on CompuServe at I.D. # 73307,333, or on The PEARL BBS
in WATERLOO, Ontario, Canada, under my name, Rick Hillier.
You may also correspond via your FAX machine, if you have access to one.
My FAX number is: (519)-884-4887
This is the best daytime number at which to get an immediate response.
Telephone support (or any support for that matter) is available to
registered users only. My voice line is (519)-888-6763. Best time to
reach me at this number is in the evening hours (6 pm to 11 pm Ontario
Time).
The most up to date version of CATDISK is always available on The PEARL,
which may be reached at (519)-576-6754, 24 hrs. a day. Please note that
The PEARL is a pay board (normally $25/year), but I have made
arrangements with the Sysop to obtain memberships for CATDISK subscribers
who include an extra five dollars with their subscription, along with
their first name, last name, and a password to use on the board. One
restriction must be made on this offer... you must live at least 125
miles outside the Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Canada area in order to
qualify. You will be validated immediately upon my receiving your cheque
or money order.
Even if you do not wish to have a PEARL membership, you can still see
what changes and revisions have been made to date by going to the
bulletins section of the board. You do not have to be a registered PEARL
user to use this feature.
Those of you who register your copy of CATDISK and wish to receive an
update to the latest version (from me and not The PEARL), please include
an extra $10.00 with your registration to cover materials and shipping
costs. I will send you the latest version of CATDISK upon receipt of
your registration. Please specify the version of CATDISK that you
currently have. If there have not been any updates made since your
version, I will wait until the next release of CATDISK to send your
update. To receive CATDISK on a 3.5" diskette, please add an additional
$2.50.
Optionally, you may include a diskette and diskette mailer with your
registration plus $5.00 to cover shipping costs, and I will send you the
latest version of CATDISK.
If you do have a question, or a bug report, or whatever, in your
correspondence, please indicate the following:
1) The version of CATDISK that you are using.
2) The version of DOS that you are using.
3) Your hardware configuration (Model, memory size, printer, etc.)
4) Any resident software that you have loaded in memory at the time.
(i.e. Sidekick, SuperKey, Disk Caches, Print Spoolers, Ramdisks,
etc.)
This information will help me to track any problems and to suggest
reasonable solutions to your problems.
CATDISK V3.62 REGISTRATION FORM
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OTHER PRODUCTS AVAILABLE
For all you avid golfers out there, my software company, Neptune Software
Inc. in Waterloo, Ontario has a golf handicap system available, called
HANDICAP II, that goes way beyond just calculating a simple golf
handicap.
Among the many features of this program are:
1) Pull down menus for ease of use.
2) On line context sensitive help.
3) Storage capacity for up to 100 different golf courses.
4) Storage capacity for up to 32767 rounds of golf.
(score and number of putts on each hole can be logged)
5) Instant retrieval of past played games, and the ability to browse
through them.
6) An expanded handicap card that is more informative than a standard
handicap card.
7) A report showing your average score on each hole on each course.
- good for spotting habitual trouble holes.
8) A report showing your average putts on each green on each course.
- good for spotting habitual troublesome greens.
9) A report showing how often you hit each green in regulation.
- good for analyzing your tee-to-green game on each hole.
10) Many more statistical reports of interest to you.
11) Full housekeeping routines to correct mistakes (but I'll bet that
you never make any, right?!?)
12) Support for most popular printers.
* ALL reports may be viewed on the screen or printed on your printer.
* Pop up windows are used extensively, adding to the ease of use of
the program.
We also have a clubhouse version available with all of the above plus:
1) A simple date-differential entry system for those who do not wish
to have all the detail of the enhanced reports.
2) Capacity to maintain handicaps for over 1000 members (you are only
limited by disk size).
3) Full system manager functions available only to authorized users.
4) A handicap listing (in alphabetical order by member name) of the
handicaps of all the members in the system.
5) This version of HANDICAP II may be used on multi-user systems
without user file conflict.
Ordering Information
The GOLFERS version of HANDICAP II is available for $89.95, and the CLUB
HOUSE version is available for $295.00.
Please note that these prices are in Canadian funds.
They may be ordered from: NEPTUNE SOFTWARE, INC.
405 Barrington Lane
Waterloo, Ontario
Canada N2T 1H9
Phone: (519)-888-6763
Fax: (519)-884-4887
