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Software Catalog Documentation
(c) Copyright 1986 Software Creations
16 Jeannine Road
Bellingham, MA 02019
I. GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Software Catalog is a program that lets you keep track of where all of
your programs are on each of your floppy disks. It is copyright by
Software Creations. Database portions are also copyright by SoftCraft,
Inc. You may use it, copy it for your personal use, and distribute it
to others under the stipulation that you do not charge any money for it
and that all files listed in section IV. be provided. Software Catalog
is distributed under the 'Freeware' concept. If you try it and use it,
a $35 donation is suggested.
If you install this program in a public database the following key words
are suggested: Files, Catalog, Utility, Floppy Disk.
If you find that this program contains bugs, or if you would like to
make suggestions with regard to features of the program, we would
appreciate hearing from you.
Please send your comments and donations to:
Software Creations
16 Jeannine Rd.
Bellingham, MA 02019
II. EQUIPMENT REQUIRED
This program requires an IBM PC or equivalent computer with 2 floppy
disk drives or 1 floppy disk and 1 fixed disk drive.
You must have DOS 2.1 or greater operating system.
It will operate with a color or monochrome video card.
III. INSTALLING AND RUNNING SOFTWARE CATALOG:
Installing the program is easy. If you are using a computer with a hard
disk, you need to format 1 diskette first for use in step 1. If you are
using a computer with two floppy drives, you should format 2 diskettes.
The first will be used as a copy of your original disk. The second will
be used as your working Software Catalog. Use the dos FORMAT command to
format your disk(s). You may wish to use the /s option so that your
disk can be used to boot dos.
1. Make a copy of the master diskette, and put the original away.
You can make the copy with the dos DISKCOPY command.
2. Insert the copy in drive A and log in to drive B if you have a
two floppy system, or drive C if you have a hard disk. If you are
using a hard disk you should also be logged into the subdirectory
where you wish the Software Catalog files to be stored.
3. At the DOS prompt (either B> or C>) Type the command:
a:sc_inst and press Return. You will notice that several files
are copied from the A drive. Once they have been copied you are
almost ready to begin. The final step is to copy the Catalog data
file from the disk in the A drive.
4. Type the command: a:sc_cc. This will create your catalog file
named sc_cat.dbf. Software Catalog will always use this file to
maintain lists of all of your files. Later on, when you become
more familiar with Software Catalog you may want to create other
catalog files. To create a catlog file with a different name,
just type sc_cc followed by a space and the name of the file you
wish to create. Here are some examples:
C>sc_cc <-- this will create the standard catalog
C>sc_cc a.b <-- this will create a catalog called a.b
Now you are ready to run Software Catalog.
If you are using a computer with two floppy disk drives:
1. Take the disk you have just created out of drive B and insert
it in drive A. Log on to drive A by typing A: then Return. To
run Software Catalog just type: 'sc' and press Return. This
invokes a batch file which loads the database manager (if
necessary) and then invokes sc_cat.exe.
That's all there is to it!
If you are using a computer with a hard disk you just type sc and press
Return. Hard disk users should be aware that Software Catalog may be
run from any subdirectory on your disk just as long as you let DOS know
where the program is and where the Catalog is. Use the PATH command to
let dos know where to find the program. Use the SET command to let DOS
know where the Catalog is and where the Help file is. If you have
installed Software Catalog in the subdirectory: \data\catalog you
would insert the following two lines into your autoexec.bat file:
path=\data\catalog;
set sc_cat=\data\catalog\
COMMAND LINE SWITCHES:
There are two command line switches that you can use when invoking
Software Catalog:
-s this switch, followed by a drive designation tells Software
Catalog which drive you intend to use to read your floppy disks to
be catalogued.
For example: sc -sb
will use disk drive b for your source disks
-c This switch is followed by a drive or drive and full pathname
identify where your catalog file is located.
For example: sc -sa -cc:\data\mycat.dbf
will use drive A for your source disks and look to subdirectory
DATA on drive C for your Catalog file which is named mycat.dbf.
If you only provide the drive designation the default catalog
named sc_cat.dbf will be used.
IV. FILES
If your original Disk doesn't have the following files you don't have
all the files needed to use Software Catalog. To get the complete disk
send $35 to Software Creations at the address listed above.
SC_CAT EXE
SC_CAT.DBF
BTRIEVE.EXE
PRINTME
SC_INST.BAT
SC_CC.BAT
SC_CAT.HLP
README
SC.BAT