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┌──────────────────────────────────────┐
│ PicList version 0.9c │
╞══════════════════════════════════════╡
│ (c) 1994/1995 CSP Udenhout, Holland │
└──────────────────────────────────────┘
CONTENTS :
1. Useful information
1.1 Disclaimer of warranty
1.2 License
1.3 Terms of distribution
1.4 Acknowledgements
2. What is PicList and what do you need to run it
3. Why you should use PicList instead of other programs
4. How to use PicList
4.1 Configuring PicList
4.1.1 Environment
4.1.2 Files
4.1.3 Printer
4.2 Cataloging a disk
4.3 Supported graphical formats
4.4 Viewing/editing the PicList-datafile
4.4.1 Edit datafile
4.4.2 Deleting an entry
4.4.3 Copy and Move to other datafiles
4.4.4 Changing the current datafile
4.4.5 Information about the datafile
4.4.6 Re-sort datafile on other item
4.5 Putting out the list on printer or in a file
4.6 Data Im- and Export
4.7 Viewing/editing the PicList-indexfile
4.7.1 Edit indexfile
4.7.2 Add to indexfile
4.7.3 Deleting a description
4.7.4 Copy and Move to other indexfiles
4.7.5 Changing the current indexfile
4.7.6 Information about the indexfile
4.7.7 Create wildcards
4.7.8 Re-sort indexfile on other item
4.8 Index Im- and Export
4.9 Using the viewer
5. Known bugs
6. What can be expected in the future (What to do)
7. How to contact the writer
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1.1 Disclaimer of warranty
THIS SOFTWARE AND MANUAL ARE SUPPLIED "AS IS". THE AUTHOR HEREBY
DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES RELATING TO THIS SOFTWARE AND ITS
DOCUMENTATION FILE, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED
TO DAMAGE TO HARDWARE, SOFTWARE AND/OR DATA FROM USE OF THIS
PRODUCT. IN NO EVENT WILL THE AUTHOR OF THIS SOFTWARE BE LIABLE TO
YOU OR ANY OTHER PARTY FOR ANY DAMAGES. YOUR USE OF THIS SOFTWARE
INDICATES THAT YOU HAVE READ AND AGREE TO THESE AND OTHER TERMS
INCLUDED IN THIS DOCUMENTATION FILE.
DUE TO THE NATURE OF EVOLVING PROGRAMMING AND THE VARIOUS HARDWARE
AND SOFTWARE ENVIRONMENTS IN WHICH THIS SOFTWARE MAY BE USED, IT IS
UNDERSTOOD THAT OCCASIONAL "BUGS" OR UNFITNESS MAY ARISE. THE USER
SHOULD ALWAYS TEST THIS SOFTWARE THOROUGHLY WITH NON-CRITICAL DATA
BEFORE RELYING ON IT.
1.2 License
PicList v0.9c is shareware. This means that after a trial period
of 30 days, you'll have to pay in order to use this program.
THIS PROGRAM IS IN NO WAY 'CRIPPLED' OR 'STRIPPED'; IT IS THE
COMPLETE PACKAGE.
If you want to register your copy of PicList, please contact me
at the InterNet E-mail address : ericg@stack.urc.tue.nl. The
registration fee for PicList is DFL 30, DM 30 or $19.
Once you've registered PicList, you don't have to pay again for
upgrades. Each new version that is released will be compatible
with your key. If for some reason I decide to change the keys,
you'll get a new one for free.
Because for some countries it can be expensive to transfer money
to the Netherlands, I also accept it if you send me a CD. Please
contact me for more info about this.
This registrationfee is for 1 user only. If you want to get a
registration for more users, contact me. BBS-SysOps may use
PicList to maintain their BBS, the registration fee for this
kind of use is the same as for an individual user. If you want
to get a sitelicense for PicList (i.e. you use PicList on more
than 1 computer), please contact me.
As soon as I receive your registrationfee, I'll send you your
personal registration code, with which you can register your copy
of PicList. Every registered user that has an InterNet E-mail
address will also receive information about updates.
1.3 Terms of distribution
Redistribution of PicList v0.9c must include the software, its
documentation file, order form and all supplemental files (see
FILES.TXT) as a single unit without any modification AND subject to
the following conditions :
1. Any individual is welcome to make copies for his/her friends
and/or colleagues if NO FEE is charged.
2. Electronic bulletin boards, whether they charge or do not
charge their users subscription fee, are welcome to post the
program for down loading as long as they do not charge any fee
in particular for the distribution of PicList v0.9c.
3. Computer information services such as CompuServe (CIS), Genie,
etc., may post this software for their subscribers.
4. Other commercial enterprises wishing to distribute PicList
v0.9c either alone or in combination with other hardware,
software, books or materials must obtain permission in writing
from the author. THIS WILL NOT BE A FREE USE OF PICLIST!
1.4 Acknowledgements
I want to thank the following people:
Frank Roghair : Thanks for the help with the gathering of
information for this and other program(s)
and for beta-testing;
Thomas Wagner : Providing the EXEC-program that I used
within PicList;
My mother : For providing the lots of cola I used when
writing this program :-)
And ofcourse the beta-testers (especially Rene Traa, Robert van
Halder and Hans-Jan Tolboom)
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2. What is PicList and what do you need to run it
PicList is a handy tool (I hope) for cataloging your graphical
archive. It checks a drive (Floppy or Hard-disk) for all graphical
files, and saves the characteristics of them in a file, which can
be edited and printed, so you can find that single picture in your
big bunch of files, or you can give a list of your pictures to a
friend.
Because a filename can only contain 8 characters, this name isn't
always a good reference for your file, that's why PicList helps
you with a description, that can take up to 25 characters, so
enough to point out what the picture is about.
You need at least an 80286 IBM-compatible PC, ofcourse with the
standard 1 Mb memory, and using an operating system compatible
with MS-DOS 3.30 or better. A harddisk is NOT necessary, but then
you need at least 2 diskdrives (1 for the PicList-disk, and 1 for
the disks that must be cataloged). PicList is tested on CGA, EGA
and VGA-systems, and worked perfectly (CGA doesn't use the
enhanced screen layout, but that doesn't give problems).
If you don't use a harddisk, and you haven't got EMS or XMS memory
available, then you'll have to be sure that your current disk has
enough space to write a temporary file on. This file is used when
PicList tries to access the viewer, and when PicList creates the
scrollboxes for your index- or datafile.
PicList should work within a MS-Windows environment. However, I
didn't wrote it for use with MS-Windows in the first place, and I
haven't fully tested it. If people have experience with it, please
let me know. This also concerns people who tested it in a DOS-box
within OS/2, Linux or other operating systems. If you have the
ability to specify the amount of memory that PicList may use (e.g.
with the PIF-file in MS-Windows), you best could reserve at least
700 kB (The swap to the fileviewer uses about 650 kB).
Because PicList saves his configuration in his EXE-file, you must
keep the program on a writable disk. This may either be a floppy
or harddisk.
PicList can be normally used on compressed drives (i.e. drives
treated with Stacker, DoubleSpace, SuperStore or equal) and can
work normally when compressed with programs like PKLite, Diet or
equal.
CAUTION USERS OF SCREENSAVERS:
Most screensavers restore the original ASCII-table when they
become active. The original ASCII-table has been changed by
PicList to provide some effects on your screen. This leads to a
messed up screen when you return from your Screensaver to PicList.
This doesn't result in any damage of your copy of PicList or other
stuff, and it doesn't have any effect on the current session.
The screen will be rebuild when you choose another menu-item, or
whenever you press the ALT-R keycombination.
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3. Why you should use PicList instead of other programs
OK, ofcourse I can say here that PicList is better as other
programs, or has more options. I could also tell you something like
"Hey, don't read this, try it", but I prefer pointing out some
functions I think PicList makes more convenient to use above
other, similar programs.
- PicList has a description-file (the index-file), from which it
can take descriptions for the files, there is a
wildcard-facility for series, and you can use several index-
files at the same time;
- PicList can also use 4DOS-description files to get his
descriptions from;
- PicList can not only search floppy disks, but also Hard-disk
drives, if desired, it can also search into subdirectories.
This is handy e.g. for tape-drives, when backing-up, you first
can catalog them using PicList;
- When using floppy-drives, you can change disks without pressing
keys, i.e. if PicList wants another disk, you only have to put
it in the drive;
- PicList detects a file/disk that is already cataloged, you can
choose what to do with it (catalog other disk/remove old entry
etc);
- You can use your favorite viewer within PicList.
- PicList has several ways to export its information (dBase and
(delimited) ASCII), so you can use PicList-information within
other programs.
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4. How to use PicList
Hey, this should be the part most people prefer I think... Please
read it carefully, there are some commands in the program that
aren't pointed out in the program itself, but they are pointed out
in this little manual.
Whenever you are in a menu and you press ALT-A, you get a little
'about'-screen, which gives you some information about the memory-
usage of PicList. It'll display the available Conventional memory,
EMS, XMS and space on the disk/directory where your TEMP-variable
is set to. The TEMP-variable can be set by using the SET-command
in your AUTOEXEC.BAT. If you've used TMP instead of TEMP, this
will be recognized by PicList. If you haven't such a setting,
PicList will display the space on the drive you're currently on.
4.1 Configuring PicList
When you start PicList the first time you'll see the Configuration-
menu. Within this menu you can edit the different settings of
PicList. When you've treated PicList with programs like PKLite or
Diet, it'll also start with the configuration, you can then edit
the default-configuration.
The configuration is saved in the EXE-file, so please keep PicList
on a disk that isn't write-protected.
If you've made changes in the configuration, you can choose to
accept them, also you can save them if you want.
4.1.1 Environment
Things you can configure that concern the environment of
PicList are:
- The drive that PicList uses to search for graphical files
- The directory where graphical files can be found
- If PicList should scan subdirectories
- How to treat double entries
-> Don't check if there are double entries
-> Ask for every double entry what to do
-> Delete other entry when you find one
-> Don't catalog the new found entry
- Do you want to add descriptions whenever a picture is found that
hasn't got one
- Do you want to use 4DOS-descriptions if present
- Dis/enable the mouse on your system
- Run in quiet mode or use sounds.
4.1.2 Files
This is the part where you can tell PicList where to store/read
it's data and indexfiles, and what names it has to use for them.
The indexfiles always have the extension .PLI, the datafiles .PLD.
When a file is NOT present, the filename will be displayed in RED,
this isn't a real problem, if PicList can't find a file, a new one
will be created. When you press ALT-S when you have selected the
file-entering mode, you can easily select the desired data- or
indexfile. The path to that file is also filled in then.
When you enter a path that isn't present, PicList can create it if
you want.
The indexfile you enter is the PRIMARY indexfile, i.e. the Import-
and Export-functions will use this file, and if you don't enable
the Multi-indexfile option PicList will only use this file to
search for descriptions.
If you enable the Multi-indexfile option, PicList will search for
a description in every indexfile (.PLI-file) that is in the index-
path. PICLIST WILL NOT SEARCH IN SUBDIRECTORIES.
In this screen you can also put some information about your
favorite Graphics-viewer that you want to use within PicList. The
most important is to put in the complete path and filename to the
viewer. You can only use COM and EXE files. If you want to use
the viewer with certain commandline options you can fill in them,
so PicList can pass them through.
There are many viewers that return error-codes, PicList can check
for them, but because most of them also use codes when you leave in
a normal way, this can be annoying. That's why this option is OFF
by default, if you want to use it anyway, be my guest 8*).
4.1.3 Printer
Here you can choose where to put the info that should be printed.
PicList supports up to 3 LPT-ports, and can also put the
information to a file that with the command
COPY filename.ext > PRN
or
PRINT filename
can be printed.
If you always print the default datafile, you can enable the
"Print Defaultfile", otherwise PicList will ask you which file it
should print.
Also you can enter the number of lines your printer can put on one
page. PicList can put a header above each page, indicating which
information is showed in the columns. When you want, the pagenumber
and/or date and/or time of printing can be added. The format and
delimiters for the date and timestamp are from the Country-
information that DOS reports. For more information about COUNTRY.SYS
please read the manual for DOS (or the helpfunction if available in
your version).
4.2 Cataloging a disk
This almost the most simple thing there is; just take the bunch of
diskettes you have, and put them into the drive when PicList asks
for them. PicList auto-detects when a disk is removed/inserted, so
you don't have to press a button any more to catalog a disk.
When you insert a disk that is already catalogged (PicList checks
for diskvolumename) PicList will tell it to you, and leaves you the
choice to catalog the disk and remove the other one, or to change
the name of the disk you are catalogging now.
If PicList sees a duplicate file, and the Check For Double Entries
is enabled in the CONFIGURATION, then PicList will also prompt you
what to do. If you've chosen the item "Write New" in the
configuration-menu, PicList will always overwrite the old file.
Logically "Keep Old" will automaticaly skip a file that is already
catalogued.
When you add descriptions on the fly, it can happen that you want
to see the picture you have to describe. Use ALT-V to view that
picture.
4.3 Supported graphical formats
PicList v0.9c supports the following graphical formats:
- Graphical Interchange Format (GIF) from CompuServe, versions
87 and 89. It will give you the dimensions of the picture and
the number of POSSIBLE colors, i.e. the space that is reserved
for this. This number doesn't tell you the actual number of
colors. Also the version of the GIF-file is detected.
Extension of this format is GIF.
- JFIF from the JPEG-group, all versions. The dimensions and
version are stored. The number of colors is ALWAYS 24-bit,
because I didn't find out a simple way to count these (this is a
minor disadvantage of the JFIF-format).
Extension of this format is JPG.
- TrueVision TARGA (TGA), supported are compressed and uncompressed
files in Black and White, normal Color and TrueColor.
- Windows 3 Bitmap (BMP) from MicroSoft, all versions. This will
give you the dimensions, number of POSSIBLE and the 'version' of
BMP-file, i.e. a RGB-uncompressed BMP, an RLE4 or 8 encoded
compressed BMP.
- Windows 3 RLE (RLE) from MicroSoft, for more info see BMP-format.
- ZSoft's PCX (PCX). Supported are color and grayscale pictures.
PicList gives you here as versionstring the version and the
coding algorithm (No Encoding (UNC), RLE-coded (RLE) or another,
unknown by PicList, kind of coding (COD)).
4.4 Viewing/editing the PicList-datafile
This browser can be used with the cursor keys, the Page Up and
Down, and Home/End. Ofcourse the mouse is also supported. If you
want to get a quick view of available keys in this part, you can
press the F1-key, and that'll give you all available commands.
When you start this item, PicList will copy the information from
the primary datafile to virtual memory, this can be either EMS,
XMS or a temporary file on harddisk, using the TEMP-directory. For
more information about this TEMP-directory, you can read the
"Using the viewer"-part (See further).
4.4.1 Edit datafile
With this option, present under the ENTER-key or the RIGHT
mousebutton, you can simply change a description that is present in
the datafile. Changes won't be written directly to the datafile,
when you leave the browser, and you've changed something, PicList
will ask if it has to keep the new things.
If you don't want to change the description, simply press the
ESC-key, and the 'old' description will be keeped.
4.4.2 Deleting an entry
With the DEL-key you can toggle if a file has to be deleted or not.
A deleted file will still be available in the browser, changes will
take affect when you leave the browsing system, and confirm that
you want to make the changes premanent.
A 'deleted' file can be recognized by the 'X' that stands just
before the filename.
4.4.3 Copy and Move to other datafiles
If you have certain filenames and want to copy or move them to
another datafile, PicList can do that for you.
You can select the files you want to copy/move by pressing the
SPACE or the LEFT mousebutton, a √ will indicate that that file is
selected. Another time pressing a SPACE or the LEFT mousebutton
will unselect that item.
If you have selected all the files, you just press a M or C, and
the files will be moved or copied to the indexfile that you choose.
4.4.4 Changing the current datafile
By pressing an 'O', you can simply change the current datafile for
the browser. You'll see a little window in which you can go through
the directory structure of your defaultdrive, starting in the
directory where your primary datafile is located.
When you leave the browser after changing an datafile, PicList will
restory it's primary datafile.
Empty datafiles will not be in the list of files.
4.4.5 Information about the datafile
Whenever you press an 'I' in the browser, you'll get some
information about the current datafile and memory usage.
The information about the datafile contains how many items there
are in the current file, how many items you have selected, and how
many items you want to delete. Also the size of the datafile on
disk is displayed (the deleted items are still in it).
PicList also displays what kind of memory it's using as virtual
memory, i.e. EMS, XMS or disk. Also the available amount of
conventional memory, EMS, XMS and how many bytes that are free on
your tempdrive are shown.
4.4.6 Re-sort datafile on other item
Sometimes it could be handy to sort the datafile in this viewerpart
not on filename, but on another item. You can do that by pressing
the R when you stand in the viewer. PicList will then give you the
possibilities to sort on, e.g. volume where the files are on. The
filename will always be the 'second' sortcriterium, i.e. when you
sort on volume, and you have several files on one volume, the files
on that volume will be sorted on filename.
When you've re-sorted your datafile on another item as the filename,
you won't be able to use Move or Copy.
You can re-sort your datafile as many times as you want. PicList
won't save sort-changes to it's datafile, the datafiles are always
sorted on filename.
4.5 Putting out the list on printer or in a file
When you want to give a friend a copy of your picturelist, you can
give him an ASCII file or a printed copy. You can make this nicely
formatted with the Make Hardcopy option in the datafile menu.
In the configuration menu the ability to print can be turned on and
off. Also it is possible to choose the destionation, i.e. printer
or file. If you choose a file, PicList will always create an
PICLIST.PRN-file in the current directory. ANY EXISTING FILE WITH
THAT NAME WILL BE DELETED.
If you have disabled the "Print default datafile"-option in the
configurationmenu, you'll first be prompted to select the datafile
you want to be printed.
4.6 Data Im- and Export
PicList also has the ability to put its information into other
fileformats, so you can use that information within other programs.
There are three formats present in the Export datafile menu.
First there is the Normal ASCII-type, this is the same file as the
file created by the Print to File option, only in this option there
are no printer control codes present, and there isn't a header in
the file. This option can be handy for BBS-s to create the
indexfiles.
Also you can export to a Delimited ASCII-file, i.e. an ASCII-file
without spaces, but with an comma between the entries. Syntax is
something like "FILENAME.EXT","VOLUME","..." etc.
If you want to use PicList datafiles in most databases or spread-
sheet programs, you can benefit from the dBase-format. The format
provided here is the most used one, namely dBase III(+)/IV.
The same formats can be used to import data to your current PicList
datafile. This way you can create several datafiles (e.g. Tape#1,
Tape#2, etc. and one master catalog, in which all files are
imported).
4.7 Viewing/editing the PicList-indexfile
This browser can be used in the same way as the datafile-browser,
with the cursor keys, the Page Up and Down, and Home/End. Ofcourse
the mouse is also supported. If you want to get a quick view of
available keys in this part, you can press the F1-key, and that'll
give you all available commands.
When you start this item, PicList will copy the information from
the primary indexfile to virtual memory, this can be either EMS,
XMS or a temporary file on harddisk, using the TEMP-directory. For
more information about this TEMP-directory, you can read the
"Using the viewer"-part (See further).
4.7.1 Edit indexfile
With this option, present under the ENTER-key or the RIGHT
mousebutton, you can simply change a description that is present in
the indexfile. Changes won't be written directly to the indexfile,
when you leave the browser, and you've changed something, PicList
will ask if it has to keep the new things.
If you don't want to change the description, simply press the
ESC-key, and the 'old' description will be keeped.
4.7.2 Add to indexfile
Pressing the INS-key will give you the ability to create a new
indexitem. You are prompted to give the filename and description,
and PicList will add this item to the current indexfile. If you
enter a description that is already present, PicList will not
keep it.
If you want to create a wildcarddescription, please note this
'rules':
-> Only wildcard that is allowed is the ?-sign
-> There may be a maximum of 1 questionmark in a description
-> Only numbers can be wildcards
-> Don't give the extension with the filename
-> A maximum of 100 new items can be added. When you exceed this
number, just leave the browser (ofcourse save the new file),
and enter the browser again. This is because PicList only
reserves 100 extra places in its virtual memory for new files.
If you have e.g. a series with as format XXXX-00 to XXXX-99, you
can get this to wildcard as "XXXX-?". With this wildcard also
a file "XXXX-1" and "XXXX-309" are supported.
4.7.3 Deleting a description
With the DEL-key you can toggle if a file has to be deleted or not.
A deleted file will still be available in the browser, changes will
take affect when you leave the browsing system, and confirm that
you want to make the changes premanent.
A 'deleted' file can be recognized by the 'X' that stands just
before the filename.
4.7.4 Copy and Move to other indexfiles
If you have certain filenames and want to copy or move them to
another indexfile, PicList can do that for you.
You can select the files you want to copy/move by pressing the
SPACE or the LEFT mousebutton, a √ will indicate that that file is
selected. Another time pressing a SPACE or the LEFT mousebutton
will unselect that item.
If you have selected all the files, you just press a M or C, and
the files will be moved or copied to the indexfile that you choose.
4.7.5 Changing the current indexfile
By pressing an 'O', you can simply change the current indexfile for
the browser. You'll see a little window in which you can go through
the directory structure of your defaultdrive, starting in the
directory where your primary indexfile is located.
When you leave the browser after changing an indexfile, PicList
will restory it's primary indexfile.
Empty indexfiles will not be in the list of files.
4.7.6 Information about the indexfile
Whenever you press an 'I' in the browser, you'll get some
information about the current indexfile and memory usage.
The information about the indexfile contains how many descriptions
there are in the current file, how many items you have selected,
and how many items you want to delete. Also the size of the
indexfile on disk is displayed (the deleted items are still in it).
PicList also displays what kind of memory it's using as virtual
memory, i.e. EMS, XMS or disk. Also the available amount of
conventional memory, EMS, XMS and how many bytes that are free on
your tempdrive are shown.
4.7.7 Create wildcards
If you find several files in your indexfile that could be taken
together with a wildcard, you can use PicList to create that
wildcard for you. If you have one file that should be changed into
a wildcard filename, it can be done too.
You simply select the file(s) you want to use, and PicList will
create the wildcard filename including the description. The first
filename will be changed into the wildcardname, the others will be
deleted.
If you select several files, please note that the files must have the
same description. Only numbers can be wildcarded, and the wildcard-
character '?' may not be the first character in the filename.
4.7.8 Re-sort indexfile on other item
Sometimes it could be handy to sort the indexfile in this viewerpart
not on filename, but on description. You can do that by pressing
the R when you stand in the viewer. PicList will then ask you if you
want to re-sort the indexfile on description. Another time pressing
the R will cause PicList to re-sort on filename again.
When you've re-sorted your indexfile on description, you won't be able
to use Move, Copy, Create Wildcard or New Description.
PicList will always keep it's indexfile sorted after filename instead
of description. You can re-sort your indexfile as many time as you
want.
4.8 Index Im- and Export
PicList uses an indexfile to get the descriptions for the pictures
you catalog. The indexfile can be created by yourself with the help
of the description-management menu of PicList like said in the
previous paragraph.
In the indexmenu it's also possible to recheck your PicList-
datafile. This is handy when you have added several descriptions,
and you want to 'upgrade' your datafile.
Also it is possible to get all the descriptions that don't appear
in your indexfile from the datafile. This is handy when you have
new descriptions.
The description-file can also be upgraded with the help of an
ASCII-file (syntax : FILENAME|Description; so | is the delimiter).
When you want to look what stands in the description-file, the
exportfunction in the index Management-menu will create a
ASCII-dumpfile of the indexfile.
You can also export and import from standard dBase III/IV-files.
If an DESCRIPT.ION file (4DOS or NDOS-descriptions) is present,
and the 'Use 4DOS descriptions'-option in the configuration menu is
enabled, then PicList will first look if there is an entry for the
file in the DESCRIPT.ION-file. If present PicList will use this
description, and will not look in the .IDX-file. This will only
take place when your pictures are being catalogged, if you upgrade
your datafile PicList won't look for 4DOS-files.
PicList can use several indexfiles at the same time (see
Configuration - Files). A big advantage of this is that you can
create indexfiles for every kind of picture you have, e.g.
"planes.idx", "buildings.idx", "cartoons.idx" etc.
4.9 Using the viewer
Because you can use a viewer you like, I can't tell you how to use
the viewer to defined, but only some aspects of using it within
PicList. You can use the viewer from the main menu, PicList will
then pass his path where he has to look for graphical files to that
viewer. When starting it, PicList will swap itself almost totally
into EMS or to a file on your disk (There will only be about
1.5 k's that will be occupied by the program). The file will be
written into your TEMP-dir (you can set this by using the command
SET TEMP=C:\DirectoryYouWantToUse). If you've name this setting
TMP instead of TEMP PicList will recognize it also.
When your computer crashes when using the viewer and you were
swapping to disk, most of the times the temporary file will stay on
your disk. You can safely delete it then; the file hasn't got a
real name, just a 'strange' combination of characters.
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5. Known bugs
"Your program always contains one more unknown bug" - Murphy's Law
Before PicList is released, it is tested by several people. Every
bug that I discover, I try to work out, but it is ofcourse very
well possible that on other systems there are other things that
don't work the way they should, or that a bug just didn't occur
because a function wasn't used. Below is a summary of things that
could cause problems, and that can't easily be solved, so I just
left them in because they won't occur at normal use.
All systems:
- When a screensaver became active, the screen is almost always
messed up; this will NOT affect the normal working of PicList,
and the program cleans it up whenever you enter a new menu. If
you want to restore the screen just press ALT-R, and in most
cases it will be restored.
- Lots of bugs in this DOC-file, I know, my English should be
better...
Maybe on some systems:
- It is possible that the auto-disk-in-drive detection, or the
diskchange-detection doesn't work on some older systems. (on all
new systems it should work fine), when you find this error on
systems that are not too old (i.e. 386 or better), please
contact me. It is possible on some 286 systems that it won't
work.
Because I'm still working on this program, please contact me with
any problems you find, and I'll try to solve them in future
releases.
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6. What can be expected in the future (What to do)
There are lots of ideas that can be used for the future, but don't
hesitate to give me some hints about things you want in PicList
v???. Don't look strange if a new version doesn't cover next
things, these are only ideas of stuff to do...
- Ofcourse, more formats, there are so much formats used in
compuland that PicList will never cover all the formats. If you
have certain formats that you think PicList should be able to
work with, please contact me;
- Improve this file... There should be more info in it.
Lots of work to do, but again, please let me know your hints for a
new version of PicList, it can be usefull to other people too.
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7. How to contact the writer
If you want to contact me for questions/comments on this program,
you can E-mail me (at least until October 1995) :
ericg@stack.urc.tue.nl. I always try to give quick answers, but
it's sometimes not possible due to holidays etc.
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