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CATADISK FreeWare by Ed Wilk
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About Cat-A-Disk
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Cat-A-Disk is a Diskette Cataloger for Windows 3.1.
Cat-A-Disk logs all files on your floppys,including
any directorys and files in those directorys to a catalog
file in the directory where you installed Cat-A-Disk.
The default file extension is IDX, and does not need
to be added to the catalog name.
Cat-A-Disk shows you how much free space each disk in
the catalog has. This can be very helpful when you need
to save a file to a disk but don't know which disk has
enough free space!
Catalogs are saved and updated to disk automatically.
Add comments to your catalogs file listing
to remind you... "whats what".
Find a lost file by searching for FileNames, Dates,
Time or Comments.
Browse and Search all your catalogs in seperate windows.
Compare catalog file names to file names on your hard drive.
(This way you'll know if you copied those important files!)
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------- N O T I C E -------
The author takes No Responsibilities what so ever,
of the use of this product.
------- Use At Your Own Risk -------
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Quick Start:
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After you have installed Cat-A-Disk,
Start Cat-A-Disk by double clicking on its Icon.
"See the readme.txt file if you don't know how to Install"
Starting a New Catalog:
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Open the Catalog Manager window if its not already.
(File Cabinet Icon on Toolbar)
Click on the NEW button and type in a name for your
new catalog such as "MYDISKS".
Cataloging Diskettes:
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Insert a floppy diskette into Drive A or B.
on the menu bar click CATALOG and select DRIVE.
If your diskette has a Volume Label Cat-A-Disk will
catalog your diskette , you should then mark the
diskette with a felt pen or marker with this name.
If your diskette does NOT have a Volume Label see
(No Volume Labels on disks) below.
Insert your next disk and continue cataloging your diskettes.
No Volume Labels on disks:
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If your diskette has No Volume Label,Cat-A-Disk
will ask you to enter a name for the diskette, or
you can make Volume Labels by selecting VOLUMES
on the menu bar, and then select CREATE LABEL.
Removing Volumes from Catalog:
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To remove a diskette Volume from a catalog, Highlight
its name and select VOLUMES,REMOVE DISK VOLUME.
You will be asked to verify the deletion.
Opening\Deleting Catalogs:
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You may switch between catalogs at any time by opening them with
the Catalog Manager. You can also Delete unwanted catalogs at any time.
Search
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You can search for files by NAME...just type in a name or partial name to match.
or you can search for files by ANY....type in any text to find a match.
You can have multiple Search windows.
Use the Toolbar Search Icon (Binoculars Icon) for the catalog
that is active in the Cataloger window.
The menu bar "Search" can be used with multiple browse windows.(see below)
Browse Catalog:
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View an entire catalog. (64k limit)
You can Browse more than one catalog at a time.
You can do a search on the active browse window
by clicking "Search" on the menu bar.
When this window is open it is automaticlly updated
when you update the catalog it belongs to.
Browse Volume:
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Gives you a better view of the current Disk Volume.
When the Cataloger window is active,select Browse Volume
from the menu bar or double-click on a file in the catalogers
right list box.
You can close the Browse Volume Window by
Double-Clicking on a file name or select Close.
Toolbar
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Movable and Re-Sizable Tool-Bar, New for Version 1.6
SSDOCKTB.VBX is included with version 1.6.
It is a Run-Time Library that is copied to your
Windows\System directory on installation.
To move the toolbar Click your mouse pointer in between the buttons,
hold and drag the toolbar to a new area. Re-Size the toolbar the same
way you would resize a window.
ToolBar Toggle:
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Hide or Unhide the ToolBar from the Desktop.
With the cataloger window active select File,Toolbar
from the menu bar.
Diskettes - Free Bytes:
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Select CATALOG,FREE SPACE from menu bar.
List all disks in a catalog and show their free bytes
in accending order. (free bytes smallest to largest)
When this window is open it is automaticlly updated
when you update the catalog it belongs to.
Catalog Size:
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To check the free bytes left of a catalog,Select CATALOG,CATALOG SIZE
from the menu bar when the cataloger is active.
Since catalogs have a maximum size of 64k its a good idea
To check the size of a catalog when it contains 40 disks
or more or has lots of comments.
COMPARE (& Copy)
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Searches a catalog and compares it to files on your hard drive.
This is a fast way to find out if you have copied the file(s) to a diskette.
IF NOT,you can copy these files to a diskette right from CAT-A-DISK!
With the Cataloger window active select COMPARE from the Menu or Tool bar.
In the Compare window, select the Drive and Directory where the files are
located you want to copy to diskette or just want to see if the file names
are already saved to a diskette in the current catalog.
Highlight the files you want to search for and Click on the Search Button.
File Names not found in the current catalog will be listed in the right list box.
If you want to copy these files to a diskette, highlight the files in the
right list box, then Click the Copy button. A Window (COPYFILES) will pop up
giving the number of files selected and the total size of those files.
Select the drive you want to copy the files to by clicking on the A: or B: button.
After all the files are copied succesfully,you will be ask if you want to Catalog
the diskette to the current catalog to keep your catalog up to date.
File Comments:
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To add a comment to a file take these steps.
(1) Open a catalog
(2) Open a browse window
(3) Highlight the file you wish to add a comment to and press Enter or Double-Click on it.
(4) Type in your message & press the Enter Key.
Deleting a File Comment:
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Follow steps 1-3 above then type a "*" (SHIFT KEY + 8) & press Enter.
Updating Catalogs with Comments:
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All File Comments are saved unless the files on the diskette
have been changed by their Size,Date or Time.
Searching for Comments:
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Use Search "BY ANY" when searching for files by comments.
Diskette Volume Label:
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If you want Cat-A-Disk to make your diskette Volume Labels
for you, you should have the file "LABEL.EXE" in your
path.This file is included with MS-DOS (see your C:\DOS path)
CATADISK Browser 1.0 for DOS:
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Included is the CATADISK Browser for DOS.
It is not installed but is included on the disk. (or archive)
To use it, copy the file "CATADOS.EXE" to the same directory
where you have installed CATADISK for Windows.
It will let you view your catalog(s) that were made with CATADISK for Windows.
After you open a catalog, you can press the first character
of the file your looking for or scroll at you lesiure.
Out of Memeory
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When viewing a Catalog in a Browse Window or Search Window,only
the first 64k of text will be shown.This is Visual Basic's(3.0)
limit on list boxes. (What do you want for FreeWare!)
CATADISK is FreeWare and may be distributed freely
as long as all files are included and unchanged.
Thank you,
Ed Wilk