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CD SCAN Version 2.40

Copyright (c) 1992

By Joseph Dunn.

All rights reserved.

USER MANUAL

22 November 92

FOREWORD

This project has taken several months of hard work to complete. I
would like to express my appreciation of your registration of
this software.

A bit about me: I am a blind student studying at The Flinders
University of South Australia. I enjoy listening to music,
playing drums and being a friend. I hope to complete my B.SC.
degree and major in Computer Science and use this as a basis to
go on writing software to aid the disabled.

CREDITS:

Special thanks to:
-  The Lord Jesus Christ who is my inspiration and    saviour,
-  To my family for their support and patience,
-  To Rohan Lewis for suggestions and testing of this version,
- To Tony Galliford for his help with colour choices, the coding
for the mouse support routines and the preparation of    this
manual,
- To Mark George for his help with testing this version,
-  To you for choosing this software.

IBM is a registered trademark of International Business
Machines Corporation.

CONTENTS

Foreword
Credits
Contents
Introduction
1     Installation and System Requirements
2     How Cd Scan Works
3     Getting Started
4     Entering a New Cd
5     Exiting Cd Scan
6     Browsing Your Cd Collection
6.1   Sorting the Index
7     Displaying a Cd
7.1   Track Time Manipulation
7.2   Editing a Field
7.2.1 Deleting a Cd Altogether
7.3   Marking and Pasting Tracks to a Text File
8     Search Menu
8.1   Browsing the Results of a Search
9     Print Menu
9.1   Cd Index
9.2   Full Cd Catalogue
9.3   Printing a Text File
9.4   Directing output to printer or file
9.5   Sending a command string to the Printer
10    Utilities Menu
10.1  Optimizing the Data File
10.2  Undeleting Cds
10.3  Merging Catalogues
10.4  Rebuilding the Cd Index
10.5  Calculating Statistics
11    Errors and Troubleshooting
Final Word

INTRODUCTION:

Cd Scan is a powerful music cataloging system specifically
designed for cataloging a compact disk collection. The program
has been designed with specific goals in mind: I wanted quick
access to any track in my collection, I wanted an efficient means
of browsing titles and artists, to be able to calculate times for
recording purposes and to readily be able to print lists of
either full cd data or just artist and title lists.

Up to 1275 cds each containing up to 40 tracks may be
accommodated on this registered version.

The program includes a powerful and flexible search facility and
a quick scan browse facility which allows the index to be sorted
by either the cd title or the artist name at the press of a key.
The program also includes a facility to print a short or long
form listing of all compact disks.

You will never have to guess how many tracks can fit on the side
of a tape again because Cd Scan also gives you the ability to
calculate track times for recording purposes and a special
"Pasting" function is available to aid in creating cassette
labels.

A Utilities Menu offers maintenance features like rebuilding the
index if it is corrupted or accidentally deleted, Optimization to
ensure the most efficient access to your cd collection, the
ability to merge two catalogues together and a function to
calculate some statistics about your collection like average
track time etc.

1 INSTALLATION AND SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:

To run Cd Scan you need an IBM compatible with at least 384k ram
and DOS 2.11 or later. A hard disk is recommended for fastest and
most reliable performance. Cd Scan is distributed on a single
floppy disk. The files on this disk should be placed in a
directory by themselves. For the uninitiated, a directory is a
place on the disk which contains files belonging to a particular
group, i.e. all these files belong to Cd Scan and therefore
should be placed in an area by themselves to distinguish there
function from say your word processor files. To make a directory
and place Cd Scan into it do the following:

1.   Exit any application you may be running and get to the DOS
prompt. It may look something like:

     C>

2.   From this point type:

     CD\

     (after pressing Enter) type

     MD CD-SCAN

     (after pressing Enter), type:

     CD\CD-SCAN

     (and press Enter again)

3.   Place the disk with the Cd Scan files on it into drive A and
type:

     COPY A:\*.*

     then press Enter again.

4.   Once you have been returned to the DOS prompt, you may run
Cd Scan by typing the command:

     CDS

See your DOS manual about creating batch files if you wish to run
Cd Scan from a batch file or see the appropriate documentation if
you wish to run Cd Scan from a menu program.

I have included a sample batch file which can be typed in from
the DOS prompt to run Cd Scan from any directory and which will
start Cd Scan up in monochrome mode. (To start it up in colour
mode just omit the MONO command line option.)

(I am assuming you have a subdirectory for your batch files
called C:\BATS.)

CD\BATS
COPY CON CDS.BAT
@ECHO OFF
CLS
C:
CD\CD-SCAN
CDS MONO
CD\
^Z

(The last line is a Ctrl+Z.)

2 HOW CD SCAN WORKS:

Cd Scan maintains two special files on disk, one contains the
main text of the compact disk data and the other is an electronic
index for quick access to the cds. This file basically contains a
reference pointer for all cds. You, the user will not directly
come in to contact with either files but you must be made aware
of their presence and warned not to modify, move or delete these
special data files. Cd scan also creates text files for printing
OR editing and these will be discussed in a later section.

3 GETTING STARTED:

Cd Scan now supports both Monochrome and colour monitors. If you
wish to start Cd Scan in monochrome mode, suitable for a black
and white monitor or a laptop, add the MONO command line option
to start the program up appropriately. (Actually, any command
line option has this effect. Specifying no command line option
starts Cd Scan up in colour mode).

Run Cd Scan by typing the appropriate command, i.e. CDS (Enter)
for colour mode or CDS MONO (Enter) for Monochrome mode, or by
choosing it from your menu system.

Your screen clears and a menu box appears in the middle of your
screen with the option "Browse Cd Index" highlighted. By pressing
the up and down cursor keys, or by using a mouse to point to an
option and pressing the left button once you can move the
highlight bar to any of the six options. To select a highlighted
option, either press the left mouse button again or press Enter.
To cancel an option at any time, press the Escape key or the
right mouse button.

At this point, selecting some of these items will result in a
warning being displayed to the effect that your index is empty.
This is because your index currently contains no cds. In fact,
the only options available to you as a new user are the option of
Entering a New Cd and the option of exiting the program. Items
may be selected from sub-menus in the same way as the Main Menu,
the first item of each sub-menu will return you to the Main Menu
as will the Escape key or right mouse button. (Options such as
Utilities Menu are examples of sub-menus).

4 ENTERING A NEW CD:

Well, lets get the show on the road! Lets begin by entering a
compact disk into the system. Select "Enter a New Cd" by using
the mouse or keyboard as discussed in the previous section. Cd
Scan keeps track of several items of information about your cds.
These are: The Artist, Title, Track times, Track names, and a
short comment about the cd.

When entering any data, the following keys may be used:

-  Left and Right cursor keys: move cursor left or right    one
space,
-  Backspace: move the cursor one space to the left and    delete
the character there,
-  Delete: delete the character at the current cursor
position,
-  Home and End: move the cursor to the first or last character
in the    field,
- Insert: toggle between insert or over-strike mode,
-  Enter: give completed data to program,
-  Escape: quit operation.

Some brief notes:

1. The cursor is the flashing square which appears when you are
asked for a response and which indicates where the next character
will be placed on the screen.

2. Insert mode is where characters typed are inserted before
other characters on the line rather than over the top of them as
in over-strike.

3. You will notice that all characters typed will be converted to
uppercase. This feature standardizes all data as many publishing
companies can't make up their minds about how the information on
cd covers should be printed. If all text is in one case it is
faster to search through.

4. The time for a track must be entered in the form MM:SS, i.e.
09:22 for 9 minutes and 22 seconds. If you press Enter on a time
field it will be left blank. Some cds don't have a record of the
track durations.

5. Text fields may be up to 60 characters in length and the
comment may be up to 5 lines of 60 characters.

6. The left mouse button is interpreted as the Enter key in the
context of editing or accepting default responses such as in
filename prompts. The right mouse button is interpreted as the
Escape key at all relevant times.

After you have typed in the Artist name and pressed the Enter
key, (as in all cases of data entry), Cd Scan will then respond
with a prompt asking you to type the Title of the cd. If you make
a mistake during the entry of data and don't realize it in time
to correct it, i.e. you've pressed Enter, don't worry, you can
correct it later. (see section 7.2). After you have typed in the
Title of the cd and pressed ENTER the screen will display a box
with three columns in it and the artist and title centered above
the box. This box will become familiar to you as you use the
program. This screen will be referred to as the "Display Screen".
The three columns are the track number (1 to 40), the time
(mm:ss) and the track name. You will be asked to Enter the second
two pieces of information, i.e. the track duration and name. If
you don't wish to enter a time in, leave it blank by just
pressing Enter. Once all the tracks have been entered in, press
Enter on a name field and you will be asked to type in a comment
for the cd. If you don't wish to include a comment then just
press Enter until the box disappears or press the Escape key.
Such information which might be included in the comment box could
be the copyright date, a favorite song or a music category etc.
Once the data for a cd has been entered, the program will store
the cd on disk and add its reference to the index. Cd Scan will
automatically sort the index each time an addition is made Repeat
this Enter process until you have several cds in the index.

5 EXITING CD SCAN:

If you have had enough for this session and wish to Leave the
program, you may select this option from the main menu or just
press the Escape key or right mouse button until you are asked if
this is your real intention. If you press Escape again, the
operation will be cancelled and you will not exit the program. If
you answer y for yes or hit the left mouse button you will leave
Cd Scan and return to DOS. Note: for all (y/n) prompts, the right
mouse button is equivalent to a negative response, i.e. pressing
'n' or the Escape key while the left button is equivalent to a
positive response, i.e. pressing 'y'.

6 BROWSING YOUR CD COLLECTION:

Once the index contains at least one cd you will be able to
browse. Select Browse from the main menu and two boxes will be
displayed, the number of cds in the index will be written above
these boxes and the bottom line (status line) will display
several options.

The two boxes (or windows) contain a list of artist names and cd
titles. A highlight bar will appear marking an artist and title.
You may browse through the cds using the following keys:

-  Up/Down: move the highlight bars up or down one cd,
-  Pgup/Pgdn: move the bars forward or backward a page at    a
time,
-  Home/End: move the bars to the first or last cd in the
index.
-  Tab: swap windows and re-sort the index.
-  Escape: return to the main menu.
You may also use the mouse to point to a cd and press the left
button to highlight it. To display the previous or next screen of
cds using the mouse, point to the top or bottom border of the
windows and press the left button.

Note: the cd highlighted will be referred to as the current cd.

6.1 RE-SORTING THE INDEX:

When you press the Tab key or press the left mouse button when
pointing to the "tab-swap windows" message on the status line
while browsing the main index, the two windows will be swapped
and the index sorted by whatever is in the left hand window. For
example, if the index is currently sorted by the artist name (the
artist names being displayed in the left hand window), then these
will be moved to the right hand window and the titles will be
moved to the left hand window and the index re-sorted. The
highlight bar will be placed on the same cd in its new sorted
position in the index. When you exit the browse screen, any
modifications to the index will be written to disk so that next
time you use Cd Scan, it will remember the state of the index.

7 DISPLAYING A CD:

If you press Enter on the current cd or press the left mouse
button while pointing to the highlighted cd, the familiar box
first encountered in the "Enter a New Cd" option along with
several other items will be displayed. The first time of the
first track will be highlighted. This highlight bar indicates the
current track. You may move this highlight bar up and down with
the following keys:

-  Up/Down: move to next or previous track,
-  Pgup/Pgdn: move to the previous or next screen of    tracks if
appropriate,
-  Home/End: move to the first or last track on the cd.

You can also use the mouse to highlight a time by pointing to the
track and pressing the left mouse button.

7.1 TRACK TIME MANIPULATION:

All options on the status line of the display screen may be
accessed by first pressing and holding down the Alt key and then
by pressing the indicated letter. (The Alt key is a key which
acts in a similar way to the Shift key.)

You can also use the mouse to activate an option in the usual
way, i.e. point to the option and press the left button.

Track time related options on the status line include the
following:

1. Alt+a add the time of the current track to what is    already
in the total time box.

2. Alt+s subtract the time of the current track from what    is
already in the total time box.

3. Alt+c clear the time box.

4. Alt+t add the total of all the tracks on this cd to    what is
already in the total time box.

Note: times will not be accumulated above 99:59. If an attempt is
made to add times that total more than this, or to subtract times
until total is less than 0 then an error message will alert you.
The Time box must then be cleared using Alt+c.

Play with these time functions and practice adding times of
different tracks. You may even return to the browse screen by
pressing Enter (or Escape) and selecting another cd. Notice that
the time box is not cleared. Make sure you clear the time box if
you just want the total of one cd.

7.2 EDITING A FIELD:

You will have noticed two other functions on the status line,
namely Alt+e to edit a field and Alt+m for marking or unmarking
tracks for pasting to a text file. This section deals with the
first of these two items.

Editing a field allows you to make a correction to a miss-typed
field. This is where you can correct a mistake typed in during
the entry of a new cd.

Pressing Alt+e or selecting this option with the mouse will
display options corresponding to the field names that can be
edited.

You may select:

-  a to correct the artist name,
-  t for the title,
-  n for the current track name,
-  c for the comment or
-  l for the length of the current track.
- Remember you can also make a selection using the mouse.

Once a selection is made, you are permitted to edit the selected
field. When you return to the browse screen by pressing Enter
or Escape from the display screen, the changes will be    written
to disk and if need be, the index is re-    sorted. The highlight
bar will not be updated to show    you the new sorted position,
this is so you can easily    go on displaying cds in a
consecutive order, this is    different to when you press the Tab
key, in that case,    the highlight bar will be relocated.

7.2.1 DELETING A CD ALTOGETHER:

If you wish to delete a cd altogether, you can do this from the
browse screen. Just make the cd you wish to delete the current
one, i.e. highlight it, then either press Ctrl+d or use the mouse
to point to the option and press the left button as usual. You
will be asked if you really want to go ahead with the deletion
and then according to your response, the appropriate action will
be taken. (Don't worry if you delete a cd accidentally, you will
be able to undelete it later from the Utilities Menu.

7.3 PASTING TRACKS:

This facility allows the text of the track number, time and name
to be added to a text file for later printing or editing. It is
useful in creating cassette labels or just to keep track of songs
with a particular theme.

From the Display screen, pressing Alt+m will mark the track whose
time is highlighted for pasting. Pressing Alt+m again will unmark
the track. an asterisk will be placed in the right margin to
indicate that a track has been marked for pasting. When you exit
this screen and return to the browse index, you will be asked to
enter a filename. A default name will be offered, either accept
this name or edit the field to change it. The artist's name, cd
title and all marked tracks will be added to the given filename.
An example of what the text file would look like follows:

    AD
    COMPACT FAVORITES
    01 04:22 ALL CREATION SINGS
    04 03:43 WE DRAW THE LINE
    07 04:18 GAMES OF CHANCE AND CIRCUMSTANCE
    09 04:15 EXILES

    AD
    RECONSTRUCTIONS
    04 04:15 EXILES
    08 03:45 HIGHWAY TO THE HEART
    09 04:20 ONE GOLDEN THREAD

To edit this file you must use a text editor of some sort,
although you can print it as it is from the Print Menu.

If this file is not deleted, it will be added to each time you
Paste a track to it. You are given the option to delete this file
from the "Text File" option discussed later (See chapter 9).

Practice browsing your cds, displaying a cd, manipulating times,
pasting tracks etc, until you become familiar and comfortable
with these operations.

8 SEARCHING:

Cd Scan allows you to search for any part of any field in the
catalog. Select "Search Menu"from the Main Menu and you will be
given the options of searching the different fields. Select the
field you wish to search and enter the text to be located.

Selecting the "Track Length" field allows you to  either search
for all tracks which are a specific length, which are in a range
of lengths, less than a given length or longer than a given
length. Here are some examples of how track length searches are
entered:

1. 02:33 - search for all cds containing tracks exactly    02:33
in length.

2. <02:33 - search for all cds containing tracks of    length <
02:33

3. >02:33 - search for all cds containing tracks with    length >
02:33

4. 02:33-03:02 - search for all cds containing tracks    whose
lengths are in the range 02:33 to 03:02    inclusive.

An example of entering a time specification is given on the
status line when you choose this option.

Note: Searching by artist or title will be remarkably faster as
these fields are indexed.

8.1 BROWSING THE RESULTS OF A SEARCH:

Once the search has taken place, the results will be presented in
a similar way to the browse option. You will not be permitted to
re-sort the search index, edit any data or delete any cds while
browsing the search results.

See chapters 6 and 7 for details on browsing this special
derivative of the main index. As stated, no modifications are
allowed while browsing the search index.

To exit from the search index, press Escape as usual.

9 PRINT MENU:

Printing is very useful because it gets the words out of the
computers grubby hands and onto paper like we are all used to.
The print facility offers you the options of printing an artist
list containing a list of artist names and titles, a full compact
disk list containing all the information you entered except the
comments, the ability to print a text file like the one you
pasted tracks to (see 7.3),directing the output to a file or to
the printer and sending a special command string to the printer.

9.1 PRINTING THE CD INDEX:

Selecting this option will print a list containing the artist
names and titles of all your cds. The output will be directed to
a text file or to the printer, as is determined by the setting of
the option on the "Print Menu". The list will be printed in a
similar form and in the same order as the browse presentation,
i.e. if your index is sorted by cd title then the cd titles will
be in the left column otherwise the artist names will be in the
left column. The pages will be automatically numbered and a
heading printed at the top of each page.

9.2 PRINTING THE FULL INDEX:

Selecting this option will print a full listing of all your cds,
i.e. each cd will be listed in the order specified by the browse
presentation. All the information will be printed except the
comments. Pages will be automatically numbered and a heading will
be printed at the top of each page. Pages will be formatted so
that no cds will be printed across a page boundary. The output
destination will be determined by the option on the "Print Menu".

9.3 PRINTING A TEXT FILE:

If you used the Paste Track facility discussed in 7.3 then you
may print the text file created by selecting this option. If you
select "Text File", You will be asked for the filename and
offered a default name. Either select this name or edit it to
change it. the output will only be to the printer as the file is
already in a suitable format to be edited. After printing this
file, you will be asked if you wish to delete it. If you respond
affirmatively, the file will be deleted and any subsequent pastes
will be written to a new file. If you respond negatively or just
press Escape, the file will be left intact and any subsequent
pastes will be appended to the end of the old file.

9.4 DETERMINING THE OUTPUT:

Selecting this option simply changes the destination of the print
options, namely "Artist & Title List" and "Full Cd Catalogue".

No immediate action is taken when you press Enter on this option
except that the option changes to reflect the current destination
i.e. either "Output to Printer" or "Output to File".

You will notice the effect of this option when you select the
options that depend on this one. If you have chosen to send the
output to a text file then you will be asked for the filename to
write the data to. A default filename is offered, either select
it or edit it to change it. If you have chosen to send the output
to the printer then you will be asked to align the paper to the
"top of forms" position, i.e. line the paper up so that printing
will begin at the top of the page so that page numbering and
headings will be printed in the correct place on the page.

Notes: 1. The print facility assumes you are using A4 paper and
prints 60 lines to a page. 2. A printer error will result if you
attempt to print    without paper or if the printer is off line.
Press a    key when you have fixed the problem or press Escape to
cancel printing.























 9.5 SENDING CONTROL STRINGS TO THE PRINTER

When you select this option, you will be prompted to enter codes
to sent to the printer. You will need to refer to your printer's
documentation to determine what codes to send. Once you know what
control codes to send, the characters can be generated by holding
down the alt key and pressing the corresponding number on the
numeric keypad. For example, to send control code 15, hold down
the alt key and type 15 on the numeric keypad then press Enter.
You will be asked if you want to send the string and according to
your response an attempt is made to send the string to the
printer. This facility is useful for setting up your printer for
say a tape label for which compressed print is appropriate. If
you have trouble generating the characters with the numeric
keypad, check the state of your Numlock key (it should be on).

10 UTILITIES MENU:

This menu offers such facilities as optimization, undeletion,
merging, rebuilding a corrupt or missing index and statistical
analysis of your collection.

10.1 OPTIMIZING THE DATA FILE:

Note: If you wish to undelete any cds, this must be done before
Optimize is selected, see 10.2.

Before I discuss what Optimization does, you need to understand a
bit about the way Cd Scan stores its information. I mentioned
earlier about an index file, a file containing a list of
reference pointers to the main text. The index file is generally
the file which undergoes the most modification when adding or
modifying data. In fact, when a cd is deleted, its reference
pointer is just removed from the index and placed in a special
deletion tracking file allowing undeletion which will be
discussed soon. The information stored in the main data file is
not modified in any way, this eliminates the possibility of disk
error and minimizes disk operations. When a cd is modified, a new
copy of the cd is added to the end of the data file and the old
pointer in the index is updated to point to the new copy. After
many modifications have been made, the speed of the program may
be affected. This is where Optimization comes in. What
Optimization does is reads each cd from the index and writes a
new copy of the data file, writing the cds in their correct
alphabetic order and eliminating obsolete data. Optimization need
only be performed when many modifications have been made.

When Optimize is selected from the Utilities Menu a backup of the
catalogue is automatically made. You must not disturb the disk
activity in any way until the Optimization is complete or data
may be lost and unrecoverable.

Note: With a large catalog, an XT type computer or a floppy disk
system may take a while to perform the Optimization. Please be
patient and don't disrupt the operation.

After Optimization has finished, searching and browsing will be
more efficient and the main data file will probably be smaller.
If something does go wrong during Optimization the old files
which were renamed with the BAK extension may be renamed with the
DAT extension and the old catalog restored. See your DOS manual
with regard to renaming files.

10.2 UNDELETING CDS:

If you accidentally deleted a cd or you just decide that you want
back a cd which has been deleted, and if you haven't Optimized
the catalog, you may Undelete it. When "Undelete Cds" is selected
from the Utilities Menu an attempt to locate a deletion tracking
file is made. If found, you will be asked if you wish to undelete
any cds contained in this file. If you undelete the cds at this
point they will be added to the index again and will be
accessible. If you choose not to undelete the cds at this point
and decide to Optimize the catalogue they will be lost forever as
the obsolete data will be removed from the main data file.
(obsolete data includes deleted cds or old copies of a cd which
have since been modified). The Deletion Tracking File
"DELETED.DAT" will be deleted when the catalog is Optimized.

10.3 MERGING CATALOGUES:

This facility allows two catalogs to be merged into one. If you
know someone who has already cataloged some cds which you have
obtained and don't wish to re-type all of the details, you may
incorporate that complete catalog into your own.

*** Warning! ***

Read Carefully to avoid disaster: Rename the catalog files to be
merged before copying them into your CD-SCAN directory as
follows:

REN CD.DAT CD.MRG REN CD_INDEX.DAT CD_INDEX.MRG

Then copy these files to your CD-SCAN directory as follows:

COPY *.MRG C:\CD-SCAN

Finally, run Cd Scan and select Merge Catalogs from the Utilities
Menu. When you next browse, your index will contain the new
merged catalogues, sorted the same way as your original
catalogue. You may then delete the .MRG files.

10.4 REBUILD INDEX:

If your "CD_INDEX.DAT" file is accidentally deleted or corrupted,
and results in the message "Index is Empty" when you know that it
shouldn't be, just select Rebuild Index from the Utilities Menu
and the Index file will be rebuilt. Note: if the file is
corrupted rather than deleted, you should delete it altogether
before rebuilding it. This process will not work if your CD.DAT
file is not present. If this is missing or corrupt, unless you
have a backup, you're in trouble!!!

10.5 CALCULATING STATISTICS:

When you select this item from the Utilities Menu, Cd Scan will
go away and calculate some information about your cd collection.
(all the vital statistics you just were dying to know about and
which will cure your insomnia) ((at least for tonight)). The
following information will be presented in a table:

minimum, average (mean) and maximum track length

minimum, mean and maximum cd length

minimum, mean and maximum number of tracks per cd

number of cds in index,
total number of tracks and
approximate playing time.

11 ERRORS AND TROUBLESHOOTING:

If Cd Scan does not run correctly, check the following:

1. Your CONFIG.SYS file contains at least 15 files and
buffers. (See your DOS manual for more information)

2. Your CD_INDEX.DAT and CD.DAT files are both present in    the
same directory as the CDS.EXE file. If the    "CD_INDEX.DAT" file
is missing just rebuild the index    from the Utilities Menu.
Otherwise, restore a backup    of your catalog if you have one.

3. If Cd Scan runs too slow, try Optimizing it.

4. If your system locks up on start up, check how much    memory
your system has free. You may have to get rid    of a TSR or
something.

5. When the index is either empty or full, you will be
notified. If full, no more cds may be added and if    empty,
there will be no data to search, browse or    print.

6. A printer error can usually be rectified just by    ensuring
that the printer is on line and that the    paper is correctly
aligned. If you still have trouble    printing, consult your
printer manual.

7. Note on Deletion: The deletion tracking file, created    when
a cd is deleted, is called DELETED.DAT. Do not    delete or
modify this file or you will not be able to    undelete any cds.
Do not try to undelete a cd from an    obsolete deletion tracking
file as its reference may    not be valid. Suffice to say, don't
try to do the    programs work for it or you may find yourself in
trouble!

FINAL WORD:

This completes the discussion of the Cd Scan cataloging system. I
sincerely hope it meets your cataloging requirements. All
suggestions are welcome.

For more information about the program or author, all
correspondence should be sent to the address below.

Joseph Dunn: 1/58 Murray Terrace, Oaklands Park S.A. 5046
Australia

Phone: [phone]