I'm a student at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. A Macintosh convert for years, I byi a lot of magazines and therefore, have a lot of CD's. When I wanted to find the last version of a file or program, I had to scan a big amount of data. That's what got to me to write this program.
If you have questions, bugs to let me know about for or suggestions improvements, you can contact me at the following addresses:
By mail:
Bersier Jacques, Av. GÄnÄral Guisan 36, 1700 Fribourg, Suisse
By e-mail:
100124.2444@compuserve.com
Jean-Claude.Bersier@com.mcnet.ch (The first name is different, but that's OK)
Please excuse me for the syntax or grammatical errors (thanks to Bart for his help). English is not my mother language.
What is it ?
Catalogue 2.0 is a program allowing you to track all the removable supports that can be mounted on the Mac. I have written this program because I have not found one that was easy to use.
To test the program, you can use the directory 'Volumes' that comes with.
Support the shareware
This program can be distributed freely. If you use it, please send 10 Swiss Francs (5ú or 10 $) to the indicated address. You will in return receive a serial number that hides the first dialog box.
Catalogue 2.0 is distributed as is. The programmer is not responsible for crashes or lost data. I have made several tests on the following Macs: Performa 630, Quadra 650, PowerMacintosh 9500 et PowerMacintosh 8500. I found no problems.
Intersting Features
Here are the five fonctions that I wanted to have in such a program:
Ñ When you archive non-protected volumes, you can rename them before copying files directly from the
program. There is no need to go to the Finder before. This is very usefull for pre-formatted volumes.
Ñ If a volume is already mounted when the program starts, you don't have to go to the Finder to eject it. You
can do that from the program.
Ñ The 'Open a catalog' command allows you to select a directory. The program then looks in the directory and
shows the recognized files. This allows you to have many directories, one for each kind of volume, and to
open them easily.
Ñ The search command has a lot of criteria allowing you to find easily a file.
Ñ There is a print command that allows you to print the list of saved volumes and the result of a search.
I have tried to make a simple interface, allowing to know in a quick look where you are.
How to create a new base ?
First, you select the command 'New catalog' in the file menu, that creates a new directory on the hard drive. When you will add a new volume, it will be saved in this directory. You then have two possibilities to add a volume in the base. Either you introduce one in a driver (by maintaining the Ctrl key sunk, you can rename it), or, if it is already mounted, by selecting the command 'Add a volume'. For more informations, look at the Help in the Apple menu.
History
Version 1.0 : Ñ First release.
Version 1.1 : Ñ Modification of the print command, that produce a blank page on some printers.
Ñ Correction of the menu containing the volume name. If the name contained some specific charac-
ters used by the Mac to format the menu, the name was wrong.
Version 2.0 : Ñ Possibility to make multiple selections in lists, to be able to print, delete or search only in the
selected cells.
Ñ The program now recognizes the control strip modules and displays a special icon. For existing
volumes, you have to update them.
Ñ You can delete some elements from a saved volume. This allow you to only keep the interesting
elements
Ñ I have improved the help command.
Ñ The search is now made in the same order as the volumes are sorted.
Ñ The column width can be modified and is saved in the preferences file.
Ñ Modification of the preference file.
Ñ Correction of a bug in the search dialog. An error appeared even if the given date was correct.
Version 2.1
The version 2.1 is under development and will include the following novelties:
Ñ It will be possible to see the content of StuffIt and CompactPro archives. I have e-mailed Aladdin System to
know how to read this archives, but I have had no response to date.
Ñ An Init will allow you to save new volumes directly from the Finder, without launching the program.
Ñ Possibility to open a document or launch an application from the program.
Thanks to everyone who sent me suggestions. If a feature have not been implemented is this version, please excuse me. It will probably be in the next one.
