Overview

The DataBook program, using the Electronic Dictionaries from the DataBook editions, provides an easy and efficient automatic means for looking up foreign words or technical terminology and phrases.

DataBook is delivered with two dictionaries: german - foreign language and foreign language - german. To get information on other dictionaries look at Available Dictionaries.

Index of further Help files:

DataBook Windows

Menu Commands

Keyboard and Mouse

Communication with other Applications

Error Messages

Files

Glossary


DataBook Windows

DataBook consists of application windows and a status bar, which are always visible on the screen. The application windows are the input window, the wordlist window, up to 5 description windows and if desired a note window. These can be modified in size and position but DataBook arranges them automatically. One of the application windows is in each case the current window. All the windows, including the whole main window, have a minimum size. At the lower border of the main window the status bar is found. This cannot be altered in size and position.

In addition to the application windows, there is a toolbar which can be optionally displayed or hidden. The menu command Window - Toolbar will provide additional information on this. The toolbar is located at the upper border of the main window and, like the status bar, cannot be altered in size and position.

Modifying the size of the main window will change the dimensions of all the visible windows in proportion.

A supplementary wordlist appears as a result to a fuzzy search. In addition to the dialog elements always present, there is a set of action windows, which disappear when the user terminates a specific action.


Input Window

Text can be entered directly in the input window by using the keyboard. The text entered can be used as a keyword and searched for by pressing the Return key.

DataBook provides the option of the wordlist window to be self-adjusting in relation to the content of the input window. Select Options - Adapt Wordlist in the menu for this option.

You can delete the input text with Edit - Clear Input Line.

If you enter a text that cannot be found, a fuzzy search will be started if this option is selected. If the fuzzy search is successful, this result will be displayed in the supplementary wordlist. The discrepancy is shown as a percentage in brackets behind the term in the list.


Wordlist Window

The wordlist shows the keywords of a specific dictionary. The dictionary shown is called the current dictionary. The current dictionary changes when another dictionary is selected in the A, B ... Dictionary list or activated using the appropriate button in the dictionary bar in this window. The name of the current dictionary is shown in the title bar of the wordlist window.

In the dictionary bar the actual dictionary is shown as a pressed button. The wordlist always shows all keywords of the current dictionary having the same initial letter. On the right-hand side of the status bar, the number of keywords can be seen.

You can change between different initial letters. This is done either by clicking on the desired letter in the letter buttons or by entering the letter on the keyboard. The letter button of the letter just shown remains depressed. In the wordlist you can make and move a selection as you would under Windows (see Change display and selection of wordlist). If a selection is changed directly in the wordlist window, the proper dictionary entry will be shown in the description window

The selection in the supplementary wordlist can be adapted automatically to the contents of the input window. This is done by selecting the option Adapt Wordlist. The automatic adaptation function searches not only for keywords which completely match the term in the input window but also for those where only the beginning matches the input term. The first keyword found is selected.


Description Window

A description window shows the dictionary entries found. The keyword is displayed in bold, the context for the target language equivalent following is in italics within brackets, and the equivalent term itself is in normal font.

Entries may contain references to sounds. Moving the mouse cursor to a sound reference its shape changes. The sound is played by clicking the right mouse button.

Font style and font size can be changed by using the menu command Options - Choose Font. The menu command Options - Show Dictionary in Description can be used for prefixing any entry with the name of the dictionary in which this entry was found.

The number of entries which can be shown in the description window is limited to a maximum of 128; the text length is limited to 32.000 letters and characters.

Blocks of text are marked by using the mouse as you normally would under Windows. Selected blocks of text can be copied to the Clipboard. The menu command Edit - Copy can only be executed if a selection has been made in the description window.

You may search in the dictionaries for some text displayed in this window. A right mouse click searches for the word under the mouse cursor unless a portion of text is selected. In this case the right mouse click starts the search for the selected text.

On the right of the window you will see a scroll bar which can be used to scroll the content of the window up or down as you normally do under Windows.

Up to five description windows can be opened. If there are more than one, they can also be closed again. This is done by calling up the function Close in the control menu of the description window, or by using the keys <Ctrl>+<F4>.

Other functions in the control menu are Restore (when the window is maximized to full size or minimized to its icon), Maximize or Minimize, Size (changes the window size), Move (shifts the window position) and Next (activates the next application window).


Status Bar

The status bar has a threefold purpose. It informs the user about the available functions, about an action just performed, and about the number of keywords showing in the wordlist window. This numeric information can be seen on the right-hand side of the bar. The text information is shown on the left.

As long as the supplementary wordlist has the input focus, the status bar shows the keyword and the number of entries in this list.

As long as the application is waiting for an action by the user, the text information shows "idle". If an active element has been selected, for example a menu command or a button, the description of the element is displayed. If the application is busy with an action, this action is displayed in the status bar. The hour-glass icon and a text in the status bar which ends with "...." inform the user that the system is momentarily busy with a task.


Toolbar

The toolbar consists of a number of buttons which correspond to frequently used menu commands. The buttons can be turned off if the corresponding function is not available (for example Dictionary-Close if no dictionary is open). Menu commands which serve as ON/OFF-switches are represented by buttons which remain depressed for as long as the corresponding option is selected.

Press a button in the toolbar and keep the mouse button depressed to have the meaning of the button displayed in the status bar.

The following menu commands are represented by buttons in the toolbar:

Edit - Copy

Edit - Paste

Edit - Transfer

Edit - Activate Input Window

Search - Fuzzy Search

Search - Search Current only

Options - Adapt Wordlist

Options-  Show Dictionary in Description

Options - Show Notes

Options - Program Interface - User Language German

Options - Program Interface - User Language English

Window - Arrange

Help - Overview

Help - About DataBook

The toolbar can be hidden or revealed by using the menu command Window - Toolbar.


Notes Window
Note Window

The note window is opened when the option show notes is activated. The window is placed below the description window and stays open until its Close command is called up from the system menu or until the option is deactivated.

This window contains a simple text editor and an edit box where you may enter notes on the currently highlighted dictionary keyword in the wordlist window. A font for this window can be chosen by using font selection.

If an entry in the wordlist window is highlighted and there is a note relating to this entry, this note will be displayed in the note window.

You may use Copy to copy selected text into the clipboard and Paste to insert text from the clipboard at the cursor position.


Supplementary Wordlist Window

This displays a list of the keywords which are referred to by the current search word after a fuzzy search. The search word is shown in the title.

The window is closed with a double mouse click on the required keyword and the associated entry is shown in the description window.

The highlighting in the list can also be moved with the Up-Arrow and Down-Arrow keys, the selected entry in each case being shown in the description window.

The Supplementary Wordlist window is closed with the Enter key or the Escape key.


Action Windows

Some more complex windows are available for the action dialog with the user. The action windows can be canceled by pressing the Escape key, without the actions carried out by the user being taken into account. Pressing the Return key confirms the actions carried out and validates them. There is usually also an OK button or Cancel button for confirmation or termination, respectively.

Important action dialog boxes:

Fuzzy Search Dialog

Font selection

Change Colors

Color Selection


Fuzzy Search Dialog

This window appears when you are configuring the fuzzy search. The options to be set have an influence on the result of a fuzzy search.

Deviation from search text in % defines the allowable difference between search text and text found. The smaller the value, the fewer words will be found. With e.g. 25 % deviation, all words differing by a quarter or less of the number of letters in the search text will be found.

Initial letters (at least 1) defines the number of letters which have to match at the beginning of the word.

Maximum number of keywords defines the maximum number of entries found. If there are more, they will be ignored.

Keyword selection determines the keywords to be included in the result if there are more than the maximum number of keywords. This allows the keywords found first or best match keywords, i.e. those having the smallest percentage deviation, to be specified.

If sorted is ticked, the result will be sorted by percentage. If not, sorting is alphabetic.

If too small or too large a value is input, it will be corrected automatically to the permissible minimum or maximum. Or DataBook can change the values incrementally by means of the scroll bars next to the input boxes.

The Default button allocates a meaningful value to all options.

The changes are saved by pressing "Enter" or clicking on "OK". Pressing the "Escape" key or clicking on "Cancel" aborts the process and fuzzy search remains deactivated.


Font Selection

Font selection is carried out by a Windows-standard dialog for font type and size selection. The selected font is used for the description window. In addition to font size and type, you can also choose the font style, but this is not taken into consideration in the description window.


Change Colors

You may choose background colors for toolbar, status bar and letter buttons in this dialog. For each selection a combo box is provided with the following possibilities. The actual color is displayed besides.

You may choose in each combo box:

Default	light gray and black text
Windows	actual button background and text colors
User	the button Change is activated to call the Color Selection Dialog, to choose a background color. The text color is determined by DataBook black or white.

Closing the dialog with the OK button or the Enter key changes are saved.

Hint:

Changed colors are saved immediately and not using the command Options - Save Settings.


Color Selection

Color selection is carried out by a Windows-standard dialog for color selection. The dialog is opened by pressing the Change button in the Change Color.

You may not define your own colors. If you choose a dithered color (which is composed by different color points) for the status bar the text will be displayed badly. Using a dithered color for the letter buttons the color will not be displayed correctly.


Menu Commands

The following menu items are available in DataBook:

DataBook

Edit

Search

Options

History

Tables

Window

Help

Some of the commands can also be executed by function keys on the  and/or buttons in the toolbar.

You can have a short description of the current command displayed in the status bar by highlighting a menu entry with the keyboard, or clicking on the menu entry with the mouse and keeping the mouse button depressed.


Dictionary Menu
DataBook Menu

Commands in DataBook menu.

Exit


Exit (Dictionary Menu)
Exit (DataBook Menu)

Use this command for terminating your DataBook session. You can also use the Close command from the control menu.

Caution: The current user settings are not saved automatically. Use the menu command Options - Save Settings to save these settings.

Shortcuts:

Keyboard:	<Alt>+F4


Edit Menu

The edit menu offers simple Copy/Paste/Clear functions. In addition, the menu command Transfer allows a return to a DDE (Dynamic Data Exchange) client.

Commands in the edit menu.

Copy

Paste

Transfer

Clear Input

Activate Input


Copy (Edit Menu)

Use this command for copying selected text in the description window to the Clipboard. This command is only available if you have selected text in the description window. Copying text to the clipboard overwrites the contents previously stored.

Shortcuts:

Keyboard:	<Ctrl>+C

Toolbar:


Paste (Edit Menu)

Use this command for transferring text from the clipboard to the current position in the input window. This command is only available if text is stored in Clipboard.

Shortcuts:

Keyboard:	<Ctrl>+V

Toolbar:


Transfer (Edit Menu)

Use this command for terminating the browse mode of DataBook and for returning data to the communicating application. After processing, Windows returns to this application.

DataBook serves as a data server for other applications in two ways (see Communication with other applications). In the 'browse' mode the user has control over the complete range of functions of DataBook. This menu command is used for returning to the communicating application. The text selected in the description window is transmitted to this application. If nothing is selected, nothing is returned.

The availability of this menu command tells the user whether he/she has invoked DataBook from another application or started it directly.

Shortcuts:

Keyboard:	<Ctrl>+T

Toolbar:


Clear Input (Edit Menu)

Use this command for deleting text in the input window.

Shortcuts:

Keyboard:	<Shift> + F3


Activate Input (Edit Menu)

Use this command for activating the input window when it is not marked active or is invisible.

Shortcuts:

Keyboard:	F2

Toolbar:


Search Menu

The searching for dictionary entries depends on several parameters which can be set in the Search Menu. These parameters determine the search field. It is possible to restrict the search to the current dictionary, or to search all dictionaries.

You can enter a search word directly via the input window and initiate the search with the Return key. The search word can contain wildcards.

You can select a keyword directly in the wordlist of the wordlist window, which will start the search automatically. The keyword then serves as a search word.

Commands in the search menu.

Fuzzy Search

Fuzzy Search Options

Search Current only


Fuzzy Search
Fuzzy Search (Search Menu)

Select this option if you do not expect a strict correspondence between search word and key term. If the complete search word cannot be found, the search process is repeated with a certain discrepancy between search word and key term being allowed. The degree of discrepancy can be determined in the fuzzy configure dialog.

With this command the fuzzy search is toggled on or off.

Shortcut:

Toolbar:


Fuzzy Search Options (Search Menu)

This enables the fuzzy search features to be set by opening the fuzzy search dialog.

The selected settings are saved by calling up Options - Save Settings.


Search Current only (Search Menu)

Choose this option if you want to limit the search to the current dictionary.

Shortcuts:

Toolbar:


Options Menu

The Options menu allows the user interface and the functional parameters of DataBook to be adapted to suit one's own purposes. The current settings can be saved and are available the next time DataBook is started.

Commands in Options menu:

Save Settings

Adapt Wordlist

Show Dictionary in Description

Show Notes

Choose Font

Choose Colors

Program Interface


Save Settings (Options Menu)

Use this command to save the current settings to the settings file. When the application is started, the data saved is evaluated. Firstly the file will be searched for in the Windows directory and if it cannot be found there, in the current directory. If no settings file exists, a new one will be created in the Windows directory.

The following information is stored in the settings file:

- Size of main window

- Search current dictionary only? Yes/No

(see Search-Search Current only)

- Show toolbar? Yes/No

(see Window-Toolbar)

- Adapt wordlist window automatically to the input window? Yes/No

(see Options-Adapt Wordlist)

- Show dictionary in description? Yes/No

(see Options-Show Dictionary in Description)

- Font type and font size in the description window

(see Options-Choose Font)

- User Language

(see Options-User Language)


Adapt Wordlist (Options Menu)

Choose this option for automatic adaptation of the wordlist window to the input window. The adaptation is done by searching in the current dictionary for a keyword whose initials match the contents of the input window. If such a term exists, it is shown in the wordlist window and selected. If the contents of the input window begin with a wildcard, no adaptation is performed.

If the selection in the wordlist window changes due to the automatic adaptation to the input window, no search is started. Select the desired word with the mouse to initiate the search.

Shortcuts:

Toolbar:


Show Dictionary in Description (Options Menu)

Choose this option if you wish the dictionary in which the entry was found to be added to every dictionary entry in the description window.

Shortcuts:

Toolbar:


Show Notes (Options Menu)

This command opens or closes the Notes window to make it possible to keep notes on dictionary entries. These notes are stored in an additional dictionary using the same keyword currently selected in the wordlist window. If an entry is selected in the wordlist window and there is an associated note, this will be displayed in the Notes window.

The dictionary containing the notes is set up and will be looked for in the same directory as the current dictionary. If write access is barred there, e.g. because it is a network directory or a CD-ROM, the dictionary will be set up in the DATABOOK directory you chose during installation.


Choose Font (Options Menu)

Use this command for selecting the font type and font size in the description window. For this setup the font selection box is popped up.


Choose Colors (Options Menu)

Use this command for selecting the background colors of the status bar, the toolbars and the letter buttons. For this setup the change color dialog box is popped up.


Program Interface (Options Menu)

Use this command for setting up the language of the user interface. All languages which the user interface can display are selectable in the corresponding submenu. The currently used language is marked by a check mark.

Select one of the languages to switch to the according interface.


History Menu

The history menu contains up to 16 search queries which have been acquired by the menu, either by search from the wordlist in the wordlist window or from the input window.

Choose one of the entries to repeat the search with the current settings.


Tables Menu

The Tables Menu contains some entries to call a special help file with grammatical information and some other language dependant data like weights.

Table


Table (Tables Menu)

Choose on of the command to display the appropriate table. You may then browse through all the tables.


Window Menu

Commands in the window menu.

Arrange

Toolbar

Description windows

A, B ... Dictionary list

1, 2, 3 ... Window list


Arrange (Window Menu)

Use this command to arrange the application windows in such a way that the main window is utilized fully but that the windows don't overlap each other. The input window appears on the lower left-hand side, the description windows are above it on the left with the same width, and the wordlist window is on the right.

Shortcuts:

Toolbar:


Toolbar (Window Menu)

Use this command for displaying or hiding the toolbar.


Description Windows (Window Menu)

This command specifies the number of description windows.

On calling up this command, another menu with the numbers 1 to 5 will appear. Choose one of these to specify the number of description windows required.

Each window can have its own font selected and can be displayed minimized as icon, or maximized.

Description windows can be closed as long as more than one description window is open.

Descriptions are displayed in sequence in all maximized description windows as long as at least one of these is not minimized.


A; B ... Dictionary List (Dictionary Menu)
A, B ... Dictionary list (Dictionary Menu)

In the lower section of the window menu a list of all opened dictionaries is shown. The current dictionary is marked by a check mark. Selecting one of the dictionaries makes this the current dictionary.

Shortcuts:

Keyboard:	<Alt>+1 ...


1, 2, 3 ... Window list (Window Menu)
1, 2, 3 ... Window list (Windows Menu)

In the Windows menu, the other commands are followed by a list of currently open windows. There are always at least three, namely the input window, one description window, and the wordlist window.

It is possible to display more description windows.

Selecting one of these commands activates the corresponding window and restores it to full size if it was minimized.


Help Menu

Commands in Help menu.

Overview

Search in Help

Help on Help

About DataBook


Overview (Help Menu)
Index (Help Menu)

Use this command for displaying the initial screen of the Help function. From the initial screen, step-by-step instructions can be called up for operating DataBook.

If you want to return to the initial screen from anywhere within the Help function, click on the first button on the left in the Help window.

Shortcuts:

Keyboard:	F1

Toolbar:


Search (Help Menu)
Search in Help (Help Menu)

Use this command for obtaining help concerning a particular function of DataBook. Choose the item for which you need help from the search list of the Help function.


Help on Help (Help Menu)

Use this command if you need help to operate the Help-function.


About DataBook (Help Menu)

Use this command to display the version number of your DataBook application, the Copyright notice, as well as the available memory space and the version of the installed dictionary management function.

Shortcuts:

Toolbar:


Keyboard and Mouse

The following functions of the DataBook application can be accessed by keyboard and mouse:

Start search

Move active status

Change display and selection of wordlist in the wordlist windows

Change display and highlighting in the description window

Key Shortcuts


Start Search

There are two ways of initiating a search in DataBook:

1. With the Return key from the input window: you start the search with the term in

the input window as the search word.

2. With direct selection of a keyword in the wordlist window (see

Change display and selection of wordlist in wordlist windows):

you start the search with the selected keyword as the search word.


Move active status

Only one of the three application window is the active window at any one time. The application window which is the active window is highlighted by the 'active' title bar. In the wordlist window, the active status can be passed to the wordlist or to one of the buttons.

1. Move between application windows

a. Click into the appropriate window with the mouse;

b. <Ctrl><Tab> gets you to the next application window

and <Ctrl>+<Shift>+<Tab> gets you to the previous one;

2. Move within the wordlist window

a. Click into the appropriate field with the mouse;

b. <Tab> gets you to the next active field

and <Shift>+<Tab> gets you to the previous one;

The default active window is the wordlist window with the wordlist.


Change Display and Selection of Wordlist

In the wordlist of the wordlist window, all keywords of the current dictionaries having a predetermined initial letter are displayed. In the wordlist, a keyword can be selected.

1. Changing to another initial letter

a. Click on the corresponding letter in the letter bar with the mouse;

b. Enter the required letter directly;

2. Moving the list displayed

a. Click on the scroll bar in the wordlist with the mouse;

b. Move the selection (highlighting) to a hidden section of the list (see 3.)

3. Creating and changing the selection

a. Click on the required keyword with the mouse;

b. Key <Left> or <Up> to select the previous item;

c. Key <Right> or <Down> to select the next item;

d. Key <Page-Up> to select the last visible entry;

If the last entry is already selected, the display will scroll down one page;

e. Key <Page-Down> for selecting the first visible entry;

If the first entry is already selected, the display will scroll up one page;


Change Display and Selection in Description Window

The description window shows the dictionary entries found. Within the window, a text block can be selected and copied to the Clipboard.

1. Selection of an arbitrary text block:

Press the mouse button at one end of the text block;

Move to the other end of the text block, keeping the mouse button pressed;

Release the mouse button;

2. Creating and moving a selection of an equivalent term or of an equivalent/context-pair, respectively:

a. To make a selection, double-click on an equivalent term or on the corresponding context of a displayed entry with the mouse;

b. Key <Left> to select the previous entry

c. Key <Right> to select the next entry

3. Moving on the display

a. Click on the scrollbar with the mouse;

b. Move the selection towards the hidden section of the list (see 2.b. or 2.c., resp.);

c. Key <Up> for scrolling up one line;

d. Key <Down> for scrolling down one line;

e. Key <Page-Up> for scrolling up several lines;

f. Key <Page-Down> for scrolling down several lines;


Key Shortcuts

There are keyboard accelerators for a number of menu commands:

F1	starts Help (see Help-Index)
F2	activates the input window (see Edit-Activate input window)
<Shift>+F3	deletes the text in the input window (see Edit-Clear Input Line)
<Alt>+F4	terminates this session (see Dictionary-Exit)
<Ctrl>+F4	closes current window (see Description window)
<Ctrl>+F6	activates the next application window (see Move active status)
<Ctrl>+C	copies the selected text in the description window to the clipboard (see Edit-Copy)
<Ctrl>+V	inserts the text from the clipboard into the input window (see Edit-Paste)
<Ctrl>+T	terminates the communication with another application (see Edit-Transfer)
<Alt>+1 <Alt>+8	makes the n-th (n = 1...7) dictionary in the search order the current dictionary (see Window- A, B ... Dictionary list)


Communication with other Applications

DataBook functions can be accessed from other applications. Communication between the two applications takes place in two modes:

Translate

Browse

For translation, DataBook is called up in translation mode, for browsing it is called up in the browse mode.

You can use either mode for transferring a search word and receiving the dictionary entries found. Translation mode is the faster, but less flexible method.

For the Microsoft Word for Windows (WinWord) application the file DATABOOK.DOT is available which supports the data exchange between WinWord and DataBook. The file contains WinWord macros for both modes of communication.

The macros work for the german version of WinWord.

For the Lotus Ami Pro for Windows (AmiPro) application, there are also a macro file, containing AmiPro macros for the two communication modes and menu expansion. The macros will work for Ami Pro 3.x.


Translate

During the "Translation" mode the application fetches a search word and searches for it in the opened dictionaries in accordance with the current DataBook settings. DataBook is in translation mode. If no dictionary entry is found for the search word, the action is canceled after a corresponding error message.

If, on the other hand, the search within the current search field has been successful, the dictionary entries found are presented in a dialog. The dialog consists of the description window and an End button. You can either select a part of the text in the description window, in which case the selected text block is returned, or close the dialog directly. In the latter case nothing is returned.

In "Translation" mode it is not possible to open and close dictionaries, or to change the search field. It is also not possible to search for any other terms than those transferred. However, "Translation" offers you very fast access to the dictionary entries.


Browse

As in the case of translation, a search word is transferred to DataBook for browsing. The application is started in browse mode. In this mode, the full range of functions of DataBook is available to you. DataBook firstly searches for the transferred search word in the opened dictionaries, using the current settings.

The menu command Edit-Transfer and the corresponding button in the toolbar can be selected, and will remind you that another application is waiting for a response. You can stay in DataBook as long as you like, and browse through dictionary entries belonging to other terms than the one initially transferred. You can change the search field.

Once you have found the data to be returned you have to select (highlight) them in the description window. If there is no selection, nothing is returned. The return is carried out using the menu command Edit-Transfer.


WinWord Macros

For communication between the WinWord and DataBook applications, a file containing macros is available. Use the macro file DATABOOK.DOT as a document template for your document, if you need to obtain data from DataBook.

The macros are called up by choosing the menu command Extras-Makro. Select the macro you want from the list of macros displayed. WinWord will start the macro when you click on the OK button.

The macro file contains macros for both modes of communication:

DataBookTranslation:	Translate with the selected text as search word;

DataBookBrowse:	Browse with the selected text as search word;

Both macros will replace the previously selected text with the returned data. The Extras menu in WinWord is expanded by the commands DataBook Nachschlagen and DataBook Übersetzen, which correspond to the DataBookBrowse and DataBookTranslation macros, respectively.


AmiPro Macros

For communication between the applications AmiPro and DataBook a macro file is available.

The macro is called up by choosing the menu command Extras-Makros-Wiedergeben. Select the macro file DATABOOK.SMM from the list of available macro files displayed. AmiPro will start the macro when you click on the OK button.

If you play the macro with this command only the menu entries DataBook Nachschlagen and DataBook Übersetzen will be added to the Extras menu.

Two commands are available now in the Extras menu:

DBAccess(Translate)

Translate with the selected text as search word;

DBAccess(Browse)

Browse with the selected text as search word;

Both macros replace the previously selected text with the data returned.

If you are using the english version of AmiPro, you have to open the file DATABOOK.SMM. Change the second program line from Englisch=0 to Englisch=1 to expand the Tools menu instead of the Extras menu.


Application Files
DataBook Files

A complete DataBook application consists of the following files:

DATABOOK.EXE	executable routine;
DATABOOK.ETX	texts for various user languages in DataBook;
EPLEXMAN.DLL	program for accessing dictionaries;
EPLEXMAN.INI	associates dictionaries with the EPLEXMAN program;
EPLEXMAN.ETX	texts for various user languages in EPLEXMAN;
EPTRANS.DLL	program for accessing dictionaries;
EPTRANS.ETX	texts for various user languages in EPTRANS.DLL;
DATABOOK.INI	settings file with user defined parameters;
DATABOOK.DOT	WinWord macro file for communicating with DataBook;
DATABOOK.SMM	AmiPro macro files for communicating with DataBook;
FONTWIN.INI	File with output formats.
LANGSUPP.INI	File with language oriented settings.
RTFHEAD1.RTF	Header file for copying text in RTF.
DATABKDE.HLP DATABKEN.HLP	Help files.
Then there are about 2 files for each dictionary and a helpfile with its tables. Sounds always remain on CD -ROM.


Error Messages

Not enough memory.

There is not enough memory space available for the application. Please close the application to avoid data loss.

The file 'pathname' cannot be found.

The file 'pathname' does not exist or you have no access authorisation. Check the directory for correctness and choose another file or directory via the menu command Dictionary-Open.

Invalid path 'pathname'.

The directory 'pathname' does not exist or you have no access authorisation.

Permitted number of open files is exceeded.

No more files can be opened because the maximum number has already been reached. Close open files or dictionaries or increase the value of the Files= variable in the CONFIG.SYS file.

Access denied to file 'pathname'.

The file 'pathname' cannot be accessed. You have no access authorisation or the file already exists and cannot be overwritten. Choose another filename or directory.

Attempt to use an invalid file.

A file doesn't exist any longer. It was renamed or deleted.

Directory is full.

You cannot create new files in or copy existing ones to this directory. Delete some files and try again, or choose another directory.

Seek error in file 'pathname'.

Seeking in the opened file 'pathname' is not longer possible. The file is destroyed or the disk hardware is faulty.

Hardware Error.

An error in the hardware has occurred. Inform your local hardware service.

Sharing violation in 'pathname'.

The application comes into conflict with other applications which are also accessing the file 'pathname'. Try again when the file is not longer in use.

Disk is full!

There is no more space on the hard disk for creating or saving a file. Remove some files from your disk and try again, or choose another medium.

An unspecified file error has occurred.

No detailed information is available on the file error which has occurred.

Can't open file 'pathname'

The file 'pathname' cannot be opened. You have no access authorisation or the file already exists and cannot be overwritten. Choose another filename or directory.

Invalid index file 'pathname'.

The file 'pathname' is not an index file or is it is a faulty index file.

Invalid dictionary file 'pathname'.

The file 'pathname' is not a dictionary file or it is a faulty dictionary file.

Invalid footer in dictionary 'pathname'.

The footer in the dictionary file 'pathname' is errored or it is not a dictionary file.

Invalid filename 'pathname'.

The name 'pathname' is not a valid filename. Choose a pathname that meets the DOS conventions (e.g. no more than eight characters plus a maximum of three characters for the extension).

Cannot find file 'pathname' for reading settings!

It was not possible to open the file 'pathname' with the user settings. It will be attempted to create a new file containing the default settings.

Cannot open indexfile for dictionary 'pathname'

The file 'pathname' is not a valid index file.

Text buffer for translation equivalents full

The equivalent terms for one or more entries are too large. It is not possible to evaluate the complete information.

No TransDic V1.0 Lexikon

The dictionary is not of the TransDic or OfficeDic V1.0 format. The extension ".lex" of the dictionary file is not applicable.

Error when opening dictionary file

Error when opening OEM dictionary

see message: Can't open file

The chosen dictionary file is not in the 'name' format

The dictionary specified does not have the 'name' format. The extension ".lex" of the dictionary file may not be applicable.


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Glossary

Application Window

Browse Mode

Clipboard

Current Dictionary

Current Window

Dictionary Entry

Keyword

Main Window

Note

References

Search Field

Search word

Settings File

Sound

Supplementary Wordlist Window

Translation Mode

Wildcards


Application Window

The three application windows of the DataBook application are the input window, the wordlist window, and the description window. The application windows can be altered in size and position. One of the three application windows is the current window at any given time. Every application window can process inputs from the keyboard.


Browse Mode

The DataBook application will be in browse mode if it has been called by another application. The other application will wait for data to be returned by DDE (Dynamic Data Exchange). Return is carried out by means of the menu command Edit-Transfer. In browse mode, the full range of functions is available to you.


Clipboard

Temporary storage for saving text and graphics. The contents of the clipboard can be inserted into any application program. The clipboard keeps its contents for as long as new text or graphics are being cut or copied.


Current Dictionary

One of the opened dictionaries. In the wordlist window only the keywords of the current dictionary are shown. The name of the current dictionary is placed in the title bar of the wordlist window. The search for terms can be restricted to the current dictionary.


Current Window

One of the three application windows of the DataBook application. It can be identified by the highlighted title bar. All keyboard inputs are directed to the current window. You can change the current window by clicking into the corresponding application window with the mouse, or cycle through the application windows with the key combination Ctrl-Tab or Ctrl-Shift-Tab, respectively.


Dictionary Entry

An entry in a dictionary, consisting of a keyword and a number of context/equivalent pairs. For every pair, the context describes the relation between the keyword and the equivalent term following it. The context does not have to be present in every case.


Keyword

A word or a phrase under which one or more entries can be found in a dictionary. The dictionary data can only be accessed by using keywords. Keywords should contain no wildcards.


Main Window

This window represents the DataBook application. The main window consists of the title bar, the menu bar, the toolbar, the status bar, as well as the three application windows. The toolbar can be hidden. The main window can be modified in size and position.


Note

A note is a personal comment on a dictionary keyword. It can also be used for comments on write-protected dictionaries.


References

A reference is (in most cases) an underlined text passage in the description window of the DataBook application..

Clicking on it with the right mouse button will activate the reference and the corresponding text will be displayed, the sound played and the image or video shown. (Attention: You might need a sound card and/or a special sound card driver to access sound references.)

The type of reference is indicated by the shape of the mouse pointer.

Sound

In addition, terms in the text in the description windows can be looked up in the dictionary. Move the mouse pointer to the term in question and click the right mouse button. If the dictionary contains an entry relating to this term, this entry will be copied to the description window.


Search Field

The number of dictionaries to search through, as well as the range of comparison operations. The number of dictionaries to be searched can be limited by searching only in the current dictionary. The range of comparison operations increases with the number of wildcards used, as well as with the option to find fuzzy matches.


Search word

The search word is used for the search for dictionary entries and is compared with the keywords in the dictionary. The search is successful if a match has been found. If you select a keyword in the wordlist in the wordlist window, the search is started automatically. The keyword then serves as the search word. If you invoke a search by Return key from the input window or by means of the command Search-Find Entry, the text in the input window or the selected keyword, respectively, in the wordlist is used as the search word.


Settings File

A file named DATABOOK.INI which contains various user defined settings. The settings file is analysed automatically when the application is started. To save the current settings, use the menu command Options-Save Settings.


Sound

A reference to a sound. You might need a sound card and/or a special sound card driver to access sound references.


Supplementary Wordlist
Supplementary Wordlist Window

The supplementary wordlist window contains key terms that match a search criterion. It will be displayed if the supplementary wordlist window option is set and if a search yields more than one result. The arrow key or the mouse can be used to mark an item in the list. The item is selected by means of the Return key or by a double mouse click. The selected entry is copied to the description window.


Translation Mode

The DataBook application can be called up from another application in translation mode. The other application will wait for data to be returned by DDE (Dynamic Data Exchange). In translation mode, a window pops up which shows the entries found for the search word. Return is done via the OK button in the popped-up window.


Wildcards

Characters which may be contained in search words but whose meaning differs from the usual characters. Specified wildcards are the characters * and ?. An * in the search word replaces an arbitrary number of characters at this position. A ? replaces only one arbitrary character. Several keywords can be searched for simultaneously in this way by using only one search word. Note: keywords should not contain any wildcards.