═══ 1. About ═══ DiskCat V. 1.4 DiskCat is a shareware disk catalog program for archiving your diskettes, CD-ROM's, audio CDs, hardisks, lan drives and magneto-optical disks. All comments ands bugs are welcome. Rainer Falkner Auf der Bleiche 2A 31157 Sarstedt Germany Phone: +49-5066-63397 Fax: +49-5066-65637 T-Online: 0506663397-0001 Email: falkner@ibm.net ═══ 2. Files included in this package ═══ The following files are included in the zip file: FILE_ID.DIZ bbs file BMTMICRO.REG BMTMicro registration form INSTALL.CMD installation procedure DiskCat.EXE the executable DiskCat.MSG message file DiskCat.INF help information file DiskCat.INI will be created after first execution ═══ 3. Window overview ═══ ■The first row of buttons shows your currently connected disks to your system. Pressing one of them starts the cataloging procedure for that drive. ■The second row of buttons have several funtions which are also described in the menu options section of this document. ■The first container in the main window holds all cataloged volumes. If you select a volume from this container the file container (below the volume container) will be cleared. A double click on a volume container entry will fill the file container with the appropriate files for this volume. The type column identifies the volume like follows: FD - floppy disk CD-ROM - compact disk or cdrom CD-AUDIO - compact disk or cdrom HD - hard disk MO - optical disk LD - lan disk The volume column holds the volume names and if it is an audio cd the interpreter and cd title. The id column shows the serial number of the appropiate volume. The free and used columns shows how much kilobytes are available and used by this volume. The column total lists the total capacity in kilobytes of that volume. The column time lists the total amount of time if the volume is an audio cd. The last column file count lists the number of files for that volume or titles on an audio cd. ■The second container in the main window identifies the filename and the path where it is located. The size, date and time are the appropriate attributes of the file. ■In the last field at the bottom of the main window you can type any comment for the currently selected disk. It will be saved automatically when another volume is selected. ═══ 4. Menu Options ═══ Toolbar items: The first row of buttons contains all available drives connected to your machine and if the drive type filter 'all drives' is selected. This row is updated if you select another filter from the menu.  removable disks  hard disks or nonremovable disks  optical disks  compact disk drives  network disks The second row holds some buttons which are used frequently in this order:  Delete volume  Print all disks  Print all audio cd's  Copy to clipboard  Search files  Search comment  Search audio titles  Exit Drive type filter: If you press both mouse buttons over the window area you can select the drive types you want to display. Context menu: You can get a context menu if you press the right mouse button in the program main window. The following menu items are available: Print all disks Print all audio cd's Printer selection Exit Copy to clipboard Delete volume Search files Search comment Search audio titles Catalog drive Compressed files Index files Harddisks LAN drives Eject CD drive Product information Registration ═══ 4.1. File ═══ Print all disks Print all audio cd's Printer selection Exit ═══ 4.1.1. Print all disks ═══ This selection prints all disks to your printer. The printer output looks like this: ═══ 4.1.2. Print all audio cd's ═══ This selection prints all audio cd's to your printer. The printer output looks like this: ═══ 4.1.3. Printer selection ═══ With the printer selection you can choose one of your installed printer queues. After the selection the ouput of printing goes to the correct printer queue. In this window you also can choose the job properities for your output. If you press this button, there comes up the job properties window for the selected printer. ═══ 4.1.4. Exit ═══ Like the menu item says. ═══ 4.2. Edit ═══ Copy Delete volume Search files Search comment Search audio titles ═══ 4.2.1. Copy to clipboard ═══ The copy functions copies the currently selected volume with all its files and attributes to the clipboard. Either you use the context menu or the fourth button of the second button bar for this function. ═══ 4.2.2. Delete volume ═══ The delete functions deletes the currently selected volume from your database. You can also use the first button of the second button bar for this functionality. ═══ 4.2.3. Search files ═══ With the search files function you can search your database for files. You can enter any string to search for but wildcards are not supported. You also can use the fifth button of the second button bar. The result looks like follows: The arrow button brings you back to the main window. ═══ 4.2.4. Search comment ═══ The search comment function operates like the search files function. You can also press the sixth button of the second button bar. Please have a try. ═══ 4.2.5. Search audio titles ═══ The search audio titles function operates like the search files function. You can also press the seventh button of the second button bar. Simply try it. ═══ 4.3. Catalog ═══ Catalog drive ═══ 4.3.1. Drive x ═══ This function gives you the oppurtunity to catalog any volume of your system like the buttons of the first button bar in your main window. If some drives are disabled please check under options the harddisks / lan drives selection. ═══ 4.4. Options ═══ Compressed files Harddisks LAN drives Eject CD drive ═══ 4.4.1. Compressed files ═══ If any of the above check boxes are enabled the appropriate files will be expanded to their contents if the files have the following extensions: ZIP - *.zip LZH - *.lzh / *.lha ZOO - *.zoo ARC - *.arc / *.pac ARJ - *.arj ═══ 4.4.2. Index files ═══ In this dialog you can enter up to 10 files (wildcards supported) for which the program look at the root directory after cataloging. If one ore more of these files are found, the contents (ascii text) of them are copied to the multiline entryfield at the bottom of the main window and stored for that volume. So you can easily read in index files from large volumes such as cd-rom's. ═══ 4.4.3. Harddisks ═══ You can check/uncheck this menu item to enable/disable cataloging of hardisks. ═══ 4.4.4. LAN drives ═══ You can check/uncheck this menu item to enable/disable cataloging of lan drives. ═══ 4.4.5. Eject CD drive ═══ Activating this item opens your cdrom drive door. ═══ 4.5. Help ═══ Product information Registration ═══ 4.5.1. Product Information ═══ Simply brings up a product information window. ═══ 4.5.2. Registration ═══ The registration window is for entering your name and code for a legal use of DiskCat. After becoming a registered user you will get a registration code that you must enter here. If the program then was closed in a normal way the code was saved in the ini file. After registering there will never be a registration information window at program startup. ═══ 5. Registration ═══ This program is shareware so you can use it free for 30 days. Usage of the program after this trial period requires a registration. The registration fee is 20$ US (30 DM). Please send a check or money cash to the following address: Rainer Falkner Auf der Bleiche 2A 31157 Sarstedt Germany Phone: +49-5066-63397 Fax: +49-5066-65637 T-Online: 0506663397-0001 Email: falkner@ibm.net Credit cards are not accepted at this time. Please don't forget your name, address and EMAIL address (if you have one) or FAX number to receive the registration key. After you got it you must enter it with your name in the registration panel. This key is valid for all versions of this program. There also is a BMT Micro registration form included or use their web site to register and download new versions of the program. BMT Micro web site: http://www.bmtmicro.com You also can find the program on this ftp servers: Hobbes ftp server: ftp://ftp.nmsu.edu mirror of Hobbes ftp server: ftp://ftp-os2.cdrom.com ═══ 6. Shareware limitation ═══ The shareware version of this program is fully functional except that only 12 volumes can be cataloged. ═══ 7. History ═══ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 96/02/22 V. 1.0 initial release ---------------------------------------------------------- 96/02/29 V. 1.1 changed: delete volume key from DEL to Ctrl+D changed: MLE buffer size from 1024 byte to 8192 byte bug fix: drive not ready popup at pogram start ---------------------------------------------------------- 96/03/03 V. 1.2 added: help file in inf format changed: audio titles / interpreter can now be typed in upper and lowercase characters bug fix: also the cd drive gives a popup at program start if the drive is not ready bug fix: copy into clipboard function if audio cd is selected bug fix: delete volume does not function properly ---------------------------------------------------------- 96/06/24 V. 1.3 added: columns of listboxes now sizable added: pressing both mouse buttons gives a context menu for selecting drive types changed: file search now gives the disk name instead of the volume id ---------------------------------------------------------- 96/11/01 V. 1.4 fixed: some small bugs fixed: long filenames in compressed files fixed: compressed file dialog sometimes does not take over the values added: read in index files while cataloging changed: complete redesign of the window and program -------------------------------------------------------------------------------