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- Software Catalog Documentation
- (c) Copyright 1986 Software Creations
- 16 Jeannine Road
- Bellingham, MA 02019
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- 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.
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- If you install this program in a public database the following key words
- are suggested: Files, Catalog, Utility, Floppy Disk.
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- 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.
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- Please send your comments and donations to:
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- Software Creations
- 16 Jeannine Rd.
- Bellingham, MA 02019
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- 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.
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- You must have DOS 2.1 or greater operating system.
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- It will operate with a color or monochrome video card.
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- III. INSTALLING AND RUNNING SOFTWARE CATALOG:
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- 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.
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- 1. Make a copy of the master diskette, and put the original away.
- You can make the copy with the dos DISKCOPY command.
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- 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.
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- 3. At the DOS prompt (either B> or C>) Type the command:
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- 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.
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- 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:
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- C>sc_cc <-- this will create the standard catalog
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- C>sc_cc a.b <-- this will create a catalog called a.b
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- Now you are ready to run Software Catalog.
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- If you are using a computer with two floppy disk drives:
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- 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.
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- That's all there is to it!
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- 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:
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- path=\data\catalog;
- set sc_cat=\data\catalog\
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- COMMAND LINE SWITCHES:
- There are two command line switches that you can use when invoking
- Software Catalog:
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- -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.
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- For example: sc -sb
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- will use disk drive b for your source disks
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- -c This switch is followed by a drive or drive and full pathname
- identify where your catalog file is located.
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- For example: sc -sa -cc:\data\mycat.dbf
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- 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.
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- If you only provide the drive designation the default catalog
- named sc_cat.dbf will be used.
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- 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.
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- SC_CAT EXE
- SC_CAT.DBF
- BTRIEVE.EXE
- PRINTME
- SC_INST.BAT
- SC_CC.BAT
- SC_CAT.HLP
- README
- SC.BAT