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THE ULTIMATE CD-ROM MANAGER
Version 3.2
SHAREWARE
All Rights Reserved
(c) 1992 Vince Sorensen
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Registration Fee: $15 includes support and BBS membership
Author Address: Vince Sorensen BBS Info:
6 Armstrong Bay Superboard
Regina, Sk., Canada (306)789-8682
S4N 4G7 14400 v.32/v.42bis
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This program was written originally to keep track of what programs were on
what CD-ROM, and to eliminate duplicate files on floppy. It allows the user to
quickly find and view/run/copy any file on any CD-ROM, as well as reporting
on duplication and/or unique files between CDs, whether in the user's
collection or not. Text file format conversion is also supported, with
the ability to fill in information found on the actual CD if it was not
included in the text files originally.
Quick Set-Up
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Note: Pressing F1 gives context sensitive help wherever available.
You should have a copy of UCDMGR.EXE somewhere in your path. The
databases will be built in the current directory.
To run this program:
(1) You need text files containing the file listings for your CD-ROMs.
Although you can create file listings with THE ULTIMATE CD-ROM
MANAGER directly from the CD-ROM, its preferable to use the listings
that come with the CD so that you have accurate descriptions.
(2) Configure THE ULTIMATE CD-ROM MANAGER to reflect your equipment
set-up, and to use the "Format File Listings" option to enter the
format of the text files you will be importing (if not already
set up - some, such as PCBoard, already are). This means
checking the text files in (1) above, and noting the column
that the file name, date, size, and description information
begins in, and their length (in the case of the date, its format).
If a field is missing, set its column to zero. You can fill in
the date and size information later with the "Correct Date and
Size" function.
(3) If you will be importing a large number of text files, it is
recommended that you set up a file called "IMPORT.CNF" that
contains information on what CD and directory will be
imported, and which text file will contain the file names, etc.,
for that directory. The format of IMPORT.CNF is explained when
you select the "Import File Listings - IMPORT.CNF" feature on
page one of the Utilities (CDUTIL.EXE). If you are still unsure
of how to use the IMPORT.CNF, or are only importing a small
number of directories, simply use the "Import File Listings -
Interactive" feature, on the same page.
(4) Use one of the "Import File Listings" features to import the
information you require.
Notes:
If you are using a previous version of the Ultimate CD-ROM Manager,
and wish to convert your current databases, you'll need to download
the file "CVTUCD32.ARJ from the Superboard BBS 306-789-8682.
This program has been thouroughly tested under 4DOS, MS-DOS 5.0, Windows
3.1, Stacker 2.0, and SMARTDRV.EXE. If you encounter any problems, feel
free to contact the author on the aforementioned BBS.
The "Check Floppy Disk" feature will be slower if you have insufficient
memory to call COMMAND.COM directly. If there isn't enough memory, it
will swap to DOS to get the directory information after warning you.
If possible, create a backup of your data files before importing new
file listings with an untried format. You can always reverse the
import with the "Remove Files in a Directory" feature, but it is always
faster, and saves disk space, if you simply revert to a back-up.
If you have done a lot of deletions, get a copy of "THE_CDpk.ARJ
and pack your database.