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- VENDINFO standard v1.04, produced by VendEdit v1.30, 5-Aug-1996
-
- ===== Product Information ==============================
- Product: dtSearch 4.1 Text Retrieval Software
- Version: 4.10
- Version Date: 2-Jul-1996
- Product Type: Software
- Basic Distribution Policy (see License, below, for details):
- Shareware, freely distributable by all channels
-
- Product Description: Instantly search 100s of MBs of text in word
- processor, HTML, ZIP, DBF files, etc. A dozen
- text search options. Built-in graphics
- viewer. Runs on PC or LAN. Optional bundle
- with Xerox TextBridge Pro96 OCR upgrade lets
- you instantly turn papers into dtSearchable
- HTML or other files. Win95/NT/3.1.
- "Industrial-strength...superb"--PC Magazine
- "A powerful, flexible lifesaver"--Windows Mag
- 1-800-IT-FINDS/www.dtsearch.com
- Reason for version: Supports HTML & OBDC, integrates w/Xerox
- TextBridge Pro96 OCR
-
- Category: Utilities; Disk utilities
- Keywords: Search, Find, Retrieval, Text, index, data
- Required Packages: DTS_EVAL
- This Package: DTS_EVAL
- Registration Fee: 199.00-209.00 (US Dollars)
-
- Required Configuration
- Processor Family: Intel 80x86 (minimum 80386)
- Clock Speed: 25 MHz
- Minimum OS: Windows 3.1
- Standard RAM: 4K
- Expanded Memory: 2K
- Hard Drive Space: 2K
-
- Orders:
- Address: DT Software, Inc.
- 2101 Crystal Plaza Arcade
- Suite 231
- Arlington VA 22202
- Toll-Free Phone: 800-483-4637
- Phone: 703-413-3670
- FAX: 703-413-3473
- CompuServe: 72607,3323
- Internet: 72607.3323@compuserve.com
- Other E-mail: www.dtsearch.com
-
- Support:
- Address: DT Software, Inc.
- 2101 Crystal Plaza Arcade
- Suite 231
- Arlington VA 22202
- Phone: 703-413-3670
- FAX: 703-413-3473
- CompuServe: 72607,3323
- Internet: 72607.3323@compuserve.com
- Other E-mail: www.dtsearch.com
-
-
- ===== Information for Users ("READ-ME") ================
-
- dtSearch 4.1 full-service text retrieval
-
- dtSearch is "a powerful, flexible lifesaver"
- --Windows Magazine, June 1996
-
- dtSearch has "top-notch searching tools"
- --Computer Shopper, July 1996
-
- dtSearch is "industrial-strength ... a superb choice for
- full-text searching"
- --PC Magazine, March 14, 1995
-
- Thank you for your interest in dtSearch text retrieval
- software! This evaluation copy is fully-functional and
- 16-bit to run under all versions of Windows. (A 32-bit Win
- 95/NT version is available for purchase.)
-
- dtSearch instantly searches hundreds of megabytes of text on
- your PC or network using a wide variety of text search
- options. To turn papers into dtSearchable word processor or
- HTML files, dtSearch is also available bundled with Xerox's
- TextBridge Pro96 OCR software.
-
- For more information, please visit our Web site
- www.dtsearch.com or contact us at 1-800-IT-FINDS
- (US/Canada); 703/413-3670; fax 703/413-3473;
- 72607.3323@compuserve.com
-
- NOTE: If you download, please un-ZIP to a temporary
- directory and install to a *different* directory.
-
- What You Can Do With dtSearch
-
- * Instantly search hundreds of megabytes of word processor,
- database (32-bit version, through ODBC), HTML, ZIP, OLE 2
- files and more on your PC or network. Great with downloaded
- text or source code. Capacity is unlimited. Indexed search
- time is usually less than a second.
-
- * Fine-tune your search request with search options like
- proximity, and/or/not, wildcard, stemming, phonic, field and
- numeric range. (A scrolling word list shows how often a
- word occurs in your documents.)
-
- * Adjust search fuzziness from 1 to 10 for "mixpelllinqs."
-
- * Enter a "plain English" natural language search
- request--get me Sam's memo on the 1994 takeover of
- CorpX--and go straight to the most relevant file.
-
- * Browse through retrieved files, jumping from one
- highlighted hit to the next, searching a retrieved file for
- new text, or looking at a search report showing all hits
- (along with as much context as you want) with hypertext
- links to the hits in your files.
-
- * Click the Image button to have dtSearch's built-in
- graphics viewer display a graphics image associated with a
- document.
-
- * View HTML files with "live" hypertext links.
-
- * Click launch to pull up an HTML files in your Web browser.
-
- * Cut, paste, print, copy, delete or launch.
-
- * Use dtSearch as an add-on to Norton Navigator. (Please
- see the back of your Norton Navigator manual for additional
- details.)
-
- * Use dtSearch with Xerox TextBridge Pro96 to instantly
- search your file cabinet. (Please see below.)
-
- How dtSearch Works
-
- dtSearch searches through hundreds of megabytes of text in a
- second by building an index that stores the location of
- words in your files. Indexing is easy--just check off
- directories to index. No need to tell dtSearch whether your
- files are Word, WordPerfect, ZIPPED, etc.
-
- Indexing speed for word processing files on a top PC can
- exceed a dozen megabytes per minute. (Updating indexes is
- easy, so your search will always find the most current
- files.) Since you may sometimes want to search files that
- dtSearch has not indexed, dtSearch also does unindexed as
- well as "combination" searches.
-
- dtSearch works on all major networks and provides concurrent
- indexing and searching for convenient network use. Advanced
- features include an extensive batch script language
- (dtSearch can even create a batch script for you!), DDE-API
- and alphabet customization. Advanced users can also create
- HTML-linked databases. dtSearch Text Retrieval Engine and
- Electronic Publisher's Toolkit sold separately.
-
- Instantly Search Your File Cabinet96
-
- By special arrangement with Xerox, DT Software is offering
- an upgrade bundle combining dtSearch and TextBridge Pro96,
- Xerox's award-winning OCR software.
-
- The bundle lets you turn papers into dtSearchable,
- automatically-formatted, word processor or HTML documents.
- After a search, view retrieved documents as text or as
- images. TextBridge Pro96 includes SoftQuad's HoTMetaL light
- 2.0, the HTML word processor for the World Wide Web.
-
- This upgrade offer applies to owners of any OCR software.
-
- Orders
-
- To order dtSearch, please call 1-800-IT-FINDS (US/Canada),
- 703/413-3670, fax to 703/413-3473, or send an e-mail to
- 72607.3323@compuserve.com Please visit our Web site at
- www.dtsearch.com for additional information.
-
- * dtSearch 4.1 and Xerox TextBridge Pro96 OCR upgrade
- bundle ............................................$299
- * dtSearch 4.1 ........................................$199
- * dtSearch 4.1 LAN 5...................................$800
- * Text Retrieval Engine (32-bit only)............from $1000
- * Electronic Publisher's Toolkit.................from $1000
-
- Please specify for dtSearch 4.1:
- * 32-bit version for Windows 95/NT
- * 16-bit version for Windows 3.1
- * Both (add $10)
-
- Prices include shipping to the US/Canada. Please add $10
- overseas.
-
-
-
- ===== Packing List =====================================
-
- As released by the author or publisher, this package contained the
- following files in addition to this VENDINFO.DIZ:
-
- Filename Size Date Time CRC32
- READ_ME.1ST 171 2-Jul-1996 04:10a F9D97F00
- READ_ME.BAT 418 2-Jul-1996 04:10a BDA5A592
- FILE_ID.DIZ 436 2-Jul-1996 04:10a 64FCACB1
- CTL3DV2.DLL 27632 1-Jul-1996 04:10a 58445C8E
- _SETUP.DLL 5984 1-Jul-1996 04:10a 4E73D4D7
- VENDOR.DOC 216 2-Jul-1996 04:10a 13796CEE
- SETUP.EXE 44064 1-Jul-1996 04:10a 59526576
- _ISDEL.EXE 8192 1-Jul-1996 04:10a DB6FF40D
- _INST16.EX_ 278787 1-Jul-1996 04:10a 58FF786D
- DISK1.ID 9 1-Jul-1996 04:10a F100A969
- DISK2.ID 9 1-Jul-1996 04:10a E3B50687
- SETUP.INS 3031 1-Jul-1996 04:10a 2B2B6457
- _SETUP.LIB 139350 1-Jul-1996 04:10a 4172DB50
- SETUP.PKG 595 1-Jul-1996 04:10a 5E15F7B7
- DTSW_EV.SCR 3217 1-Jul-1996 04:10a 5B875624
- VENDOR.TXT 216 2-Jul-1996 04:10a 13796CEE
- DTSWIN16.Z 1278681 1-Jul-1996 04:10a 80D2F7A8
-
-
- ===== Installation =====================================
-
- Windows 3.1 or Windows 95:
-
- Using PKunzip, unzip the file dts_eval.zip, then double click on
- setup.exe and follow the instructions.
-
-
- DT Software, Inc.
- 2101 Crystal Plaza Arcade 703-413-3670
- Suite 231 703-413-3473 (fax)
- Arlington, VA 22202 72607.3323@compuserve.com
- www.dtsearch.com
-
- dtSearch Quick Start
-
- dtSearch can search megabytes of text in a second. It does this by
- building an index that stores the location of words in your files. An
- index does not store the text of documents, so to view retrieved
- documents you will still need to keep the documents accessible.
-
- Indexing Documents
-
- 1. Choose Create Index (Basic) from the Index menu.
-
- 2. Enter a name for the index and click OK.
-
- 3. dtSearch will ask if you want to add documents to the index. Click
- Yes and the Update Index dialog box will appear.
-
- 4. In the Update Index dialog box, click Select to select the
- directories you want to index. When you finish selecting directories,
- click OK.
-
- 5. Click OK to begin adding documents to your index.
-
- Note 1: Disk Space. To build the index, dtSearch needs free space on
- the drive containing the index at least equal to the size of the
- documents to be indexed. (This is because dtSearch creates temporary
- files during indexing.) Once complete, an index is usually about a
- fourth the size of the original documents, though this can vary depending
- on the number and type of documents. In general, the more documents in
- an index, the smaller the index will be as a percentage of the documents.
-
- Note 2: File Formats. dtSearch automatically recognizes major word
- processor files, DBF files, ANSI files, and ZIP files. For a complete
- list of the file formats that dtSearch supports, see ôSupported File
- Typesö in the manual or on-line help.
-
- Note 3: EXE and other Program Files. By default, dtSearch will index
- and search everything in a selected directory. To avoid indexing files
- that are not documents, use filename filters in the Update Index dialog
- box.
-
- Searching using an Index
-
- 1. Click Search on the button bar (or choose Index Search from the Search
- menu). The Index Search dialog box will appear. At the top of the
- dialog box is a box that can display any of the following search tools:
-
- Word List A scrolling list of the words in the index you have
- selected. Next to each word is a number, which is the number of
- times the word occurs in the index. As you type in a search
- request, the list will scroll to the word you are typing.
-
- If you have selected more than one index to be searched, the
- highlighted index will be the one listed. To change the index
- displayed in the Word List, click on the index you want to see in
- the Indexes to Search box.
-
- Hints The basics of creating search requests.
-
- History A list of your most recent search requests. Next to
- each request is a pair of numbers, like "35/283," which tells
- you the number of files and hits that the request found.
-
- Macros A list of the macros you have created.
-
- To select one of the tools, use the buttons at the top of the search
- dialog box. To insert a word, previous search request or macro into a
- search request, click on the item to highlight it and click the Insert
- button.
-
- 2. Click the Select button to select indexes to search.
-
- 3. Enter a search request in the space provided. There are two basic
- types of search requests:
-
- A natural language search request consists of an unstructured natural
- language or "plain English" query. In a natural language search
- request, words such as AND and OR are disregarded. A natural language
- search can rank retrieved files from most to least relevant according
- to the density and rarity of matching words in your documents.
-
- A structured search request consists of a group of words, phrases or
- macros linked by search connectors such as AND and OR to precisely
- indicate the relationship between them.
-
- To enter a natural language search request, click Natural language under
- Search features and type in a plain English search request: Get me Sam's
- memo on the 1994 takeover of CorpX.
-
-
-
- ===== Warranty =========================================
-
- dtSearch is a product of:
-
- DT Software, Inc.
- 2101 Crystal Plaza Arcade 703-413-3670
- Suite 231 703-413-3473 (fax)
- Arlington, VA 22202 72607.3323@compuserve.com
- www.dtsearch.com
-
- Legal Notices
-
- Copyright 1991-1996 DT Software, Inc. All rights reserved. dtSearch and
- FindPlus are trademarks of DT Software, Inc. All other brand and product
- names are trademarks of their respective holders.
-
- LICENSE. This software is licensed to you to use on 1 computer or
- terminal at a time for the single-user version, and no more than 5
- individual terminals at a time for the LAN 5 concurrent-user version.
- You may not rent, lease, lend, sublicense, time-share, distribute, sell
- or assign the license to use this software. NOR MAY YOU USE THIS
- SOFTWARE ON MORE COMPUTERS OR TERMINALS THAN YOUR LICENSE PERMITS. You
- may make backup copies of the software strictly for your own archival
- purposes. YOU MAY NOT OTHERWISE COPY OR TRANSFER THIS SOFTWARE. IN NO
- EVENT, MAY YOU OR ANY OTHER PARTY MODIFY, ADAPT, TRANSLATE, REVERSE
- ENGINEER, DECOMPILE, DISASSEMBLE, OR CREATE DERIVATIVE WORKS BASED ON
- THIS SOFTWARE.
-
- EVALUATION VERSION. If this is an evaluation copy of dtSearch, you may
- use it for up to 60 days and only for evaluation purposes.
-
- U.S. Government Information. Use, duplication, or disclosure by the U.S.
- Government of the computer software and documentation in this package
- shall be subject to the restricted rights applicable to commercial
- computer software as set forth in subdivision (b)(3)(ii) of the Rights in
- Technical Data and Computer Software clause at 252.227-7013 (DFARS
- 52.227-7013). The contractor/manufacturer is DT Software, Inc., 2101
- Crystal Plaza Arcade, Suite 231, Arlington, VA 22202.
-
- Limited Warranty. DT Software warrants the physical diskettes and
- physical documentation provided to be free of defects in materials and
- workmanship for a period of ninety days from the date of purchase. If DT
- Software receives notification within the warranty period of defects in
- the physical diskettes or physical documentation, and such notification
- is determined by DT Software to be correct, DT Software will replace the
- defective diskettes or documentation.
-
- Disclaimer of Additional Warranty. Except as provided in the above
- Limited Warranty, dtSearch is provided AS IS. DT Software makes NO OTHER
- WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION,
- ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND/OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
- PURPOSE.
-
- Limitation of Liability. To the extent permitted by law, the total
- liability of DT Software for any claim or damage arising out of the use
- of the licensed program or otherwise related to this license shall be
- limited to replacement of defective diskette(s) or documentation. IN NO
- EVENT SHALL DT SOFTWARE BE LIABLE FOR ADDITIONAL DAMAGES, including lost
- profits, lost savings or other incidental or consequential damages
- arising out of the use of or inability to use the licensed program, even
- if DT Software has been advised of the possibility of such damages. IN
- NO EVENT WILL DT SOFTWAREÆS LIABILITY FOR ANY DAMAGES EVER EXCEED THE
- LOWER OF SUGGESTED LIST PRICE OR ACTUAL PRICE PAID FOR THE SOFTWARE.
-
- Unisys LZW Notice. LZW decompression is licensed from Unisys Corporation
- under U.S. Patent No. 4,558,302 and foreign counterparts. Unisys
- requires the following license terms: "This software is restricted to
- use only on personal computers and workstations for the purpose of
- reading and/or writing GIF-LZW and TIFF-LZW images. A separate purchase
- of this software is required for each additional personal computer or
- workstation which will use the software, either directly or via a server.
- Customer may not modify or copy this software or make or develop any
- derivatives thereof, except that one copy may be made solely for backup
- or archival purposes."
-
-
-
- ===== License for Use and Distribution =================
-
- Legal Notices
-
- Copyright 1995 DT Software, Inc. All rights reserved. dtSearch and
- FindPlus are trademarks of DT Software, Inc. All other brand and product
- names are trademarks of their respective holders.
-
- LICENSE. This software is licensed to you to use on 1 computer or
- terminal at a time for the single-user version, and no more than 5
- individual terminals at a time for the LAN 5 concurrent-user version.
- You may not rent, lease, lend, sublicense, time-share, distribute, sell
- or assign the license to use this software. NOR MAY YOU USE THIS
- SOFTWARE ON MORE COMPUTERS OR TERMINALS THAN YOUR LICENSE PERMITS. You
- may make backup copies of the software strictly for your own archival
- purposes. YOU MAY NOT OTHERWISE COPY OR TRANSFER THIS SOFTWARE. IN NO
- EVENT, MAY YOU OR ANY OTHER PARTY MODIFY, ADAPT, TRANSLATE, REVERSE
- ENGINEER, DECOMPILE, DISASSEMBLE, OR CREATE DERIVATIVE WORKS BASED ON
- THIS SOFTWARE.
-
- EVALUATION VERSION. If this is an evaluation copy of dtSearch, you may
- use it for up to 60 days and only for evaluation purposes.
-
- U.S. Government Information. Use, duplication, or disclosure by the U.S.
- Government of the computer software and documentation in this package
- shall be subject to the restricted rights applicable to commercial
- computer software as set forth in subdivision (b)(3)(ii) of the Rights in
- Technical Data and Computer Software clause at 252.227-7013 (DFARS
- 52.227-7013). The contractor/manufacturer is DT Software, Inc., 2101
- Crystal Plaza Arcade, Suite 231, Arlington, VA 22202.
-
-
-
- ===== About VENDINFO Files =============================
-
- Each VENDINFO.DIZ file contains extensive information about a product.
- This "human-readable" section is followed by a compressed data record
- useable by automated tools. The data record allows BBSes and other
- distributors to automate package handling, and provides users with a
- wealth of product information. VENDINFO tools (free viewer for users,
- free or inexpensive processors for distributors, editors for authors)
- are available from many sources, including the originators of VENDINFO:
- Rams' Island Software Voice: 303-841-2848 CompuServe: 76244,324
- 7644 E. Lakecliff Way BBS: 303-841-6269 FidoNet: 1:104/333
- Parker, CO 80134-5904 USA FAX: 303-841-6269 RIME: 1235
-
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