Contents
Libman Help Contents

(Version 1.0 for Windows 95 and NT)

Introduction

Warnings

Problems and Troubleshooting

Support and How to contact the Author

Payment and Registration

Disclaimer and Agreement

Upgrade Policy

Other Waterstone Leisure products

CisCon, CisSearch, TextCon, Downman


Introduction

Library Manager is a tool that adds a little more functionality to CompuServe Navigator.

If you tend to download alot of file abstracts, you find that your off-line library soon becomes monstrous in size. This has the effect of slowing down any library abstract searches to a crawl.

Library Manager solves this problem by allowing you to create more than a single off-line library and to switch between the libraries as needed.

Although this will not speed up the CsNav searches on a huge library, it will enable you to create a number of smaller, more manageable libraries for searching.

Please also see Warnings.


Troubleshooting
Problems and Troubleshooting

If you find that you donot understand any part of the program or are having problems

installing or running Libman, please donot hesitate to contact Waterstone Leisure

(CompuServe 100517,745 or via the internet: 100517.745@compuserve.com).

The Problems:

"File Error, Cannot find BWCC32.DLL"

"Unhandled Exception (#32747, no message available)."

Object Windows Exception. Create failed for Window

Libman has been working fine, but suddenly it wont work properly now

When Libman is running by itself, it works fine, but if I have certain other programs running, Libman refuses to run

The Solution:

Use Windows File manager or Explorer to search your drives for BWCC32.DLL (File | Search). Then look at the properties on each of the found DLLs to determine which is the latest version (2.04 or above). Copy the latest version into your ..\WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory and rename or delete the others (Very Important). Restart Windows and try again.

If you are having a problem deleting or renaming a DLL, make a note of the location, exit windows and do it from DOS.

We would like to encourage you to report any bugs or errors that you may find within the application and please E-Mail us with any comments or constructive criticism about any aspect of this application. Registered Users who report an unknown bug or an original suggestion for an improvement that we decide to incorporate in the next version will receive that version for free and a mention in the Contribution section of the help file.


Warnings

When you first start Libman, it creates a set of Holding Subdirectories under your CSNAV directory.

Whilst Libman works, it keeps track of your currently selected off-line library files in the Libman.ini file in your \WINDOWS subdirectory, it also moves files between directories for you.

It is VERY IMPORTANT that you donot manually move or adjust these files (LIBRARY.BTR and LIBINDEX.BTR) or manually change any entries in the Libman.ini file, if you do so, you risk losing your data and throwing Libman out of Sync.

If you decide to discontinue usage of Libman, you will be left with more than one off-line library. Please be warned that there is no known way to merge these libraries at the present time.

The shareware version of Libman will not operate when both libraries exceed 200kb in size. This should allow a sufficient evaluation period before you register Libman, this restriction is removed after registration notification is received.

See also Uninstalling Libman


Support and Contacting Author
Support and How to Contact the Author

All registered users receive free technical support. Also, registered users will receive a copy

of Libman 1.0 with all restrictions removed. To report bugs, receive help and bug fixes please send a CompuServe message via CompuServe Mail to 100517,745 or via the Internet:100517.745@compuserve.com


Disclaimer
Disclaimer  and  Agreement

Users of  Libman 1.0 must accept this disclaimer of warranty:

"Libman 1.0 is supplied as is. Waterstone Leisure Limited and its authors disclaims all

warranties, expressed or implied, including, without limitation, the warranties of

merchantability and of fitness for any purpose. The author assumes no liability for

damages, direct or consequential, which may result from the use of Libman 1.0"

Libman 1.0 is a "Shareware program" and is provided at no charge to the user for

evaluation. Feel free to share it with your friends, but please do not give it away

altered or as part of another system. The essence of "user-supported" software is to

provide personal computer users with quality software without high prices, and yet to

provide incentive for programmers to continue to develop new products. If you find this program useful and find that you continue to use Libman 1.0 after 15 days, you must

make a registration payment of $15.00 to Waterstone Leisure Ltd.(less per copy for

multiple copies).

The $15.00 registration fee will license one copy for use by one user on any one

computer at any one time. Contact Waterstone Leisure Ltd. directly if you would like to negotiate a site license.

You are encouraged to pass a copy of the shareware version of Libman 1.0 along to

your friends for evaluation. Please encourage them to register their copy if they find that

they can use it.

This program does not have any printed documentation - all information on use and

capabilities is included in this help file.


Waterstone Applications
CisCon 1.0

CompuServe Thread Converter

If you are like me and hoard information that you have retrieved from forum threads, you will

know that it is almost impossible to find that elusive bit of data that you know was mentioned

somewhere in some thread, but you just cannot find it. With CisCon, after it has converted

your thread files into a Paradox table, you can then search those tables by using the CisCon

Search facility. You can also dump selected data to a ASCII text file. Shareware $35.

CisSearch 2.1 (For Windows 3.x)

CompuServe File Cabinet Search Utility

An ideal tool for finding and analysing the wealth of information you retrieve

from CompuServe. It can perform Boolean searches on the full message text, subject,

recipient and author fields contained in Threads, EMail, News Storys, Display Articles and

Messages. It does NOT require you to convert the files or add any indexes.Matched files can

be viewed & exported to a text file or to the clipboard. Includes a socket for exporting data to

3rd party Database, WP and spreadsheet conversion DLL's. Shareware $25.

TextCon 1.01 (For Windows 3.x)

Bulk Text Converter Plug-In for CisSearch

A Plug-In, bulk text conversion module to work with CisSearch v2.0 and above. It converts

your selected CompuServe Filing Cabinet Files to ASCII text files. By selecting single or

multiple messages (Threads, Articles, ENS, Messages & E-Mail) within CisSearch, you can

export and split the files into different file headings, naming and grouping the files according

to subject, Author, Recipient or Message Id. Shareware $10.

CisSearch 95 (For Windows 95 and Windows NT)

CompuServe File Cabinet Search Utility (32 Bit Version)

32 Bit version of CisSearch. Shareware $25.

TextCon 95 (For Windows 95 and Windows NT)

Bulk Text Converter Plug-In for CisSearch (32 Bit Version)

32 Bit version of TextCon. Supports and creates long filenames on export. Shareware $10.

Downman 1.x (For Windows 3.x)

Download File Manager with Plug-in Data Assistants.

Downman can be started from within WinCim, CsNav and Winsock. You can set as many as 4 directories as your download areas. So when you start up Downman you will see a list of the downloaded files.

You can then examine those files on the fly, store them to a central location in a database with Filename, Title, Keywords and a description.

Later you can use Downman to search your database for those files (Boolean searches through Filename, Keywords, Descriptions etc.) and also manipulate your stored files (Copy, Install with a program item into a program manager folder, Examine, Move and Delete).

To help you fill in the data in your database fields (Rather than typing the information in), Downman comes with a variety of ASSISTANTS that extract the data from various files and inserts the data for you.

Currently the following assistants exist and are free to registered users of Downman:

CompuServe Navigator Assist - CSNASS.ZIP

Library and Catalog Assist - LIBASS.ZIP

WinCim Assist - WCASS.ZIP

Diz Assistant - DIZASS.ZIP

Shareware $25.


Upgrade Policy

* Upgrades from version 1.0 to 1.x are provided free to registered users.

 These upgrades are usually bug fixes and/or minor improvements.

* Upgrades from a 16 Bit version to a 32 Bit version (and visa versa) are provided free to registered users.

* Upgrades from version 1.x to a higher version (e.g. 2.x)  will usually attract an extra upgrade price which will be the difference in cost between the two versions.

These upgrades are usually significant improvements and contain additional features.

Registered users who have contributed suggestions for improvements that are utilised in the next version and/or have reported unknown bugs will receive an upgrade to that version for free.


Payment and Registration

Via CompuServe

The fastest and easiest way to register your copy is via CompuServe. To

register,GO SWREG on CompuServe.  Enter the following information to

find and register the program (It is usually best to ONLY enter the

Registration ID when trying to find the registration details in the SWREG

area):

   Program Title:     LIBRARY MANAGER (32 BIT) V1.0

 Registration ID:     9222

         Fee (USD):     15.00

Note: This registration registers all versions of Libman 1.x (32 Bit), and the registration key we

send you enables all of these versions.

When we receive Notification of your Shareware Registration a Registration

Key will be attached to an E-Mail message by return.

Via Snail Mail

If you donot have a CompuServe account then you can send payment for

Libman via the ordinary postal system. However, you will need to pay in

Australian Dollars.

Send us an E-Mail message to get a postal address.

When you Register

You will receive a small registration key file by return E-Mail. This will then

remove all restrictions, you will be able to have more than two libraries and

the file size restriction will be removed.


Uninstall
Uninstalling Library Manager

To uninstall Library Manager:

You will need to restore your original Compuserve Navigator library files to the CSNAV subdirectory. You can do it by making the original library active through Libman or you can copy the files over by hand (LIBRARY.BTR and LIBINDEX.BTR).

Once you have restored these files, check that they are OK through CompuServe Navigator.

If you have created any extra libraries with Libman, you may want to keep them or if you want to delete them, simply remove the entire \LIBS subdirectory under you CSNAV directory.

After you are satisfied that the off-line library is restored you can remove the LIBMAN subdirectory and its contents and then delete the LIBMAN.INI file from your \WINDOWS subdirectory.


Disclaimer  and  Agreement

Users of  Libman 1.0 must accept this disclaimer of warranty:

"Libman 1.0 is supplied as is. Waterstone Leisure Limited and its authors disclaims all

warranties, expressed or implied, including, without limitation, the warranties of

merchantability and of fitness for any purpose. The author assumes no liability for

damages, direct or consequential, which may result from the use of Libman 1.0"

Libman 1.0 is a "Shareware program" and is provided at no charge to the user for

evaluation. Feel free to share it with your friends, but please do not give it away

altered or as part of another system. The essence of "user-supported" software is to

provide personal computer users with quality software without high prices, and yet to

provide incentive for programmers to continue to develop new products. If you find this program useful and find that you continue to use Libman 1.0 after 15 days, you must

make a registration payment of $15.00 to Waterstone Leisure Ltd.(less per copy for

multiple copies).

The $15.00 registration fee will license one copy for use by one user on any one

computer at any one time. Contact Waterstone Leisure Ltd. directly if you would like

to negotiate a site license.

You are encouraged to pass a copy of the shareware version of Libman 1.0 along to

your friends for evaluation. Please encourage them to register their copy if they find

that they can use it.

This program does not have any printed documentation - all information on use and

capabilities is included in this help file.