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Indexer version 1.21 by Anders Lindh

What is Indexer

How to use this Indexer

What is new with Indexer 1.21 and revision history

System requirements

Support Indexer and get your copy of the source code !

How to contact the Author ?

Indexer is Freeware

This version is just a little fix for the first beta version of Netscape 1.2.


What is Indexer
What is Indexer ?

Indexer is an easy to use, windows based application that makes an index of your Netscape cache. Netscape saves its cache in a directory, which will be filled with data from the places you have visited. The data (HTML documents, GIF and JPEG pictures, etc. ) will be saved in files named M???????.MOZ. It's impossible to look and find documents in your cache. Indexer  makes an HTML compatible document, which has all the files with their titles or URLs listed in it. Now you can just point and click to view a document, even when you are not on-line.


How to use Indexer

Indexer is very easy to use. When you start Indexer the first time, everything has its default values. If you want to see what the generated list looks like, do the following:

Click on the Start button. Indexer will now make a file named cache.htm. Now start Netscape. Choose open file from the file menu, and open the file cache.htm. And voilà, there is all files in your cache.

The generated list can be customized in many ways,  here are the some things you should look at:

Styles

Numbers in front of items

All items will be numbered if this option is selected

Write items in center of screen

All items will be in the middle of the screen or the table

Use real HTML titles

Real HTML titles will be used. This will slow down the process, but it's worth it !

Use HTML3 tables

Select this if you want to use tables

Links to original URL's

All links will go to the original URL instead of the file on harddisk. This is usefull if you want to see if a document has been updated.

Sorting

Select the wanted sorting method in the drop-down list in the Settings dialog. You can sort by Name, by Type, by Size, by Host, by the date when added and by the last access.

You can control how Indexer sorts by toggling between Ascending and Descending sorting. Ascending sorts from A to Z and from the biggest to the lowest. Descending does the opposite.

Tables                        Note: You will need Netscape 1.1 or newer to use tables !!!

Indexer supports tables. All table specific commands are in the Tables dialog. To use tables, you must select 'Use Tables' in the Settings dialog. To select the things you want to include in your listing, check the wanted items in the Include section.

The generated tables are following the proposed HTML 3 specifications, and they are fully Netscape compatible.

Advanced

If you are not happy with the list, you can customize it even more in the Advanced dialog. You have to have some knowledge of the HTML (Hypertext Markup Language). Insert HTML tags in the fields  to make the list look how you want it to look. For an example, you could insert "<I>" in the beginning of list to have all items in italic.  After that, put "</I>" in end of list.

For more information about the HTML language, choose How to create Web services in Netscape's About menu.


What is new with this version of Indexer
What is new with Indexer 1.21

- Compability with Netscape 1.2

- Ability to have the link to the original URL instead of the file on hard disk

Revision History

Version 1.2

- Added Ascending or Descending sorting

- Sorting by the date when added and by last access

- Support for long filenames

- Advanced customization

Version 1.1

- Added sorting

- Added support for tables

- Real HTML titles instead of URLs

- A new look

Version 1.0

- First public release


System requirements

Indexer 1.21 requires the following:

Microsoft Windows 3.1 (or later).

Indexer 1.21 was developed under Windows 95 (final beta), so it should work fine with future versions of windows...

Netscape version 1.0N (or later).

I used Netscape 1.2 (BETA 1 and 2), but Indexer should also work with other releases.


Indexer source code is available
Indexer source code is Available !

You have now the chance to support Indexer and buy the source code. The source code is about 1500+ lines of well documented Pascal code using Borland's ObjectWindows library (OWL).

Learn how to make tabbed dialogs without any DLLs or VBXs, because you can freely use my source code in your applications. You will get the source code for everything including the long filename support (with standard pascal file functions) and the progress indicator.

The source code is available for $50, contact me if you're interested !


How to contact the author

The easiest way is to email me, but you can mail me or send a Fax as well. Other products and the newest version of Indexer will always be available from my home page.

e-mail: anders@spider.compart.fi

www home page:  http://spider.compart.fi/~anders

Mail:	Anders Lindh

Ulvilantie 19 F 22

Helsinki 00350

Finland

Fax: 	358  0 588 25 88

If you find any bugs or have other comments please feel free to write !


Indexer is FREEWARE

Indexer is FREEWARE. This means that you do not have to pay anything for it and you can distribute it freely.Even though Indexer is free all donations are welcome. If you want to support Indexer, please buy the source code.