PIC	STATION
© 1996 by Tatulis.Tools

Features

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PicStation is a powerful picture-browser. Thumbnails of the pictures on your harddisk and CD-Rom are generated and stored on your harddisk in the directory < PicStationPath \ temp >. So if the thumbnail-files already exist, you get a very quick overwiev of your pictures.
The content of the <temp> directory can be deleted at any time, but needs to be rebuild the next time PicStation starts.

You can look at pictures by:

- directory	Select <Choose Path>  in the System-menu

- dragn drop	Drag picture-files in the Filemanager or Explorer (Win 95) and drop them to PicStation.

- command-line	Start PicStation on Command-line:
(only functions if System-menu command <Path-Dialog after start> is disabled)

Syntax:	picstat path\wilcard.ext

(wildcard = *, a-z, 0-9,
 ext = *, fBMP, GIF, ICO, JPG, PCD, PCX, TIF, TXT, WMF)

Other features:

- ASCII - Viewer. All files, which are not picturefiles, can be displayed as ASCII-text.

- ICON - Viewer

-	Multiselection and Drag´n Drop (as in the Windows Filemanager). For example, drag some thumbnails and drop them to paintprograms or compressionprograms like WINZIP.

-	Export in order to convert to all formats except WMF, PCD in the following logic:

- Diashow. Drag some thumbnails and drop them to organize a Diashow.

From	To
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BMP, GIF, PCD, PCX, TIF	->	BMP, GIF, PCX, TIF
BMP, GIF	->	JPG
WMF, JPG	->	BMP

-	show pictures in original or strectched size.

-	Skip pictures in original size or in the overall presentation via thumbnails.

-	run associated program

-	copy picture to clipboard

-	change thumbnail-size

File-Menu

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Choose path	Show Path-Dialog in order to choose a path. You can type in a filter in the
editfield for the extension, e.g.  PIC*.GIF  or  ANIMAL*.BMP.
PicStation recognizes the formats: BMP, GIF, ICO, JPG, PCD, PCX, TIF, WMF and ASCII.

Export	Show Export-Dialog in order to export the selected picturefiles as: BMP, GIF, JPG, PCX, TIF

Diashow	Popupmenu: New, Open, Close, Save, SaveAs, Play a Diashow. To add pictures to the Diashow, drag the thumbnails and drop them to the Diashow-Window.

Quit	Terminate PicStation

Edit-Menu

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Copy To Clipboard	Copy the selected picture to clipboard.

Show Original	Show selected picture in either original or stretched size depending on the Flag:  Show streched

Delete	Delete selected thumbnail(s) on harddisc.

Refresh	Actualisize the current selected Thumbnail.

Refresh All	Actualisize all Thumbnails

Run Associated 	Start the program, which is associated with the file-extension of the selected picture. (eg. Paint Brush)

Sort-Menu

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None	The Thumbnail-order is determined by the drag and drop mechanism.

Name	Sort Thumbnails by filename.

Date	Sort Thumbnails by date of file.

Options-Menu

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Always on top	Enable: PicStation Window is the topmost window

Show filename	Enable: show picture filenames beyond the picture

Path-Dialog after start	Enable: path-dialog will be shown at startup time

Show streched	Enable: picture fits into PicStation window.

Thumbnail size	Change thumbnails width and height.

?-Menu

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Help/Ordering 	Shows Online Help and Ordering Informations

About	About PicStation and Tatulis.Tools, Contact-Points.

Mouse

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LeftClick	Select thumbnail.

LeftClick & MouseMove 	Drag thumbnails and drop them inside to get another order, or drop them outside to a different target. (To drop Thumbnail release Mousebutton).

LeftClick & Strg	Mark thumbnail as in the Windows Filemanager.

LeftClick & Shift	Mark thumbnails as in the Windows Filemanager.

LeftDoubleClick	Show selected Picture.

RightDoubleClick 	Run associated program.

Keystrokes

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Return	Show selected Picture.

Esc	Go back to thumbnail-page.

Cursor left	Skip to thumbnail or picture left to the current position.

Cursor up	Skip to thumbnail or picture up to the current position.

Cursor down 	Skip to thumbnail or picture down to the current position.

Cursor right	Skip to thumbnail or picture right to the current position.

Space	Skip to thumbnail or picture right to the current position.

Tab	Skip to thumbnail or picture right to the current position.

Home	Skip to first thumbnail or picture

End	Skip to last thumbnail or picture

PgUp	Skip to thumbnail or picture of previous page.

PgDwn	Skip to thumbnail or picture of next page

Del	Remove selected thumbnail(s)  (not physical)

F5	Refresh thumbnail, eg. after Thumbnail-Size changes.

Credits

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The Jpeg compression/decompression features of PicStation were made possible through the use of code produced by the Independent JPEG Group.

Other format conversions of PicStation were made possible through the use of code produced by author Thomas W.Lipp, Synergy Verlag, Munich, Germany.

Ordering  PicStation

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Ordering by check/cash:  To order by check send this order form and a check to Tatulis.Tools, Mainstr.4, 63322 Roedermark, Germany.  To print this order form, select it and click on Print Topic in the File pull-down menu. Payments must be in US dollars, or you can send international postal money orders in US dollars.

Credit card ordering:  To order by MasterCard, Visa, American Express, or Discover, send your order by FAX to (49)6074-881334 or by CompuServe Email to 100127,503 or Internet mail to 100127,503@compuserve.com.  You can also mail credit card orders to Tatulis.Tools, Mainstr.4, 63322 Roedermark, Germany.

Please be sure to include your credit card number and expiration date on all credit card orders.

CompuServe Registration:  To have the registration fee added to your CompuServe bill type GO SWREG at the ! prompt and follow the menus.  PicStation's registration id is 9535.

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Orderform

Prices guaranteed through October, 1996.

PicStation Single Copy   .......   copies at $25 each = .......

Name: _______________________Date:__________________

Company: ___________________________________________

Address: ____________________________________________

City, State, Zip: ______________________________________

Country: _______________

Day Phone: _________________Eve:_____________________

Electronic Mail address: _______________________________

How did you hear about PicStation? ______________________

Comments: __________________________________________

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After payments you get a registration-ID to unlock PicStation.

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