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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1. About ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- DiskCat V. 1.2
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- DiskCat is a shareware disk catalog program for archiving your diskettes,
- CD-ROM's, audio CDs, hardisks, lan drives and magneto-optical disks.
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- All comments ands bugs are welcome.
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- Rainer Falkner
- Auf der Bleiche 2A
- 31157 Sarstedt
- Germany
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- Phone: +49-5066-63397
- Fax: +49-5066-65637
- Email: falkner@ibm.net
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2. Files included in this package ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The following files are included in the zip file:
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- FILE_ID.DIZ bbs file
- BMTMICRO.REG BMTMicro registration form
- INSTALL.CMD installation procedure
- DiskCat.EXE the executable
- DiskCat.MSG message file
- DiskCat.INF help information file
- DiskCat.INI will be created after first execution
- LCD.FON required font file
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3. Window overview ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- ΓûáThe first row of buttons shows your currently connected disks to your system.
- Pressing one of them starts the cataloging procedure for that drive. At the
- right side of the window you see a smaller one which holds the number of disks
- you cataloged.
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- ΓûáThe second row of buttons have several funtions which are also described in
- the menu options section of this document. If you move the mouse arrow over
- them there is also a short description in the title bar of the program. At the
- right side of this row you see a smaller window which displays the number of
- files contained in the currently selected volume.
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- ΓûáThe first listbox in the main window holds all cataloged volumes sorted by
- the volume name. The type column identifies the volume like follows:
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- FD - floppy disk
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- CD - compact disk or cdrom
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- HD - hard disk
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- MO - optical disk
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- The disk column holds the volume names and if it is an audio cd the
- interpreter and cdrom title. The free KB column shows how much kilobytes are
- available on the volume and the used KB column shows the kilobytes that are in
- use by all files. The last column total KB/time lists the total amount of time
- an audio cd has recorded on it or the total capacity in kilobytes of that
- volume.
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- ΓûáThe second listbox in the main window identifies the filename and the path
- where it is located. The size, date and time are the appropriate attributes of
- the file.
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- ΓûáIn the last field at the bottom of the main window you can type any comment
- for the currently selected disk. It will be saved automatically when another
- volume is selected.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4. Menu Options ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- You can get a context menu if you press the right mouse button in the program
- main window.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.1. File ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.1.1. Print current disk ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- This selection prints the currently select disk to your printer. Feel free to
- use also the the second button of the second button bar.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.1.2. Printer selection ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- With the printer selection you can choose one of your installed printer
- queues. After the selection the ouput of printing goes to the correct printer
- queue. In this window you also can choose the job properities for your output.
- If you press this button, there comes up the job properties window for the
- selected printer.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.1.3. Exit ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Like the menu item says.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.2. Edit ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.2.1. Copy ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The copy functions copies the currently selected volume with all its files and
- attributes to the clipboard. Either you the context menu or the third button
- of the second button bar for this function.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.2.2. Delete volume ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The delete functions deletes the currently selected volume from your database.
- You can also use the first button of the second button bar for this
- functionality.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.2.3. Search files ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- With the search files function you can search your database for files. You can
- enter any string to search for but wildcards are not supported. You also can
- use the fourth button of the second button bar.
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- The result looks like follows:
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- The arrow button brings you back to the main window.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.2.4. Search comment ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The search comment function operates like the search files function. You can
- also press the fifth button of the second button bar. Please have a try.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.2.5. Search audio titles ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The search audio titles function operates like the search files function. You
- can also press the sixth button of the second button bar. Simply try it.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.3. Catalog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.3.1. Drive x ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- This function gives you the oppurtunity to catalog any volume of your system
- like the buttons of the first button bar in your main window. If some drives
- are disabled please check under options the harddisks / lan drives selection.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.4. Options ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.4.1. Compressed files ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- If any of the above check boxes are enabled the appropriate files will be
- expanded to their contents if the files have the following extensions:
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- ZIP - *.zip
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- LZH - *.lzh / *.lha
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- ZOO - *.zoo
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- ARC - *.arc / *.pac
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- ARJ - *.arj
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.4.2. Harddisks ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- You can check/uncheck this menu item to enable/disable cataloging of hardisks.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.4.3. LAN drives ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- You can check/uncheck this menu item to enable/disable cataloging of lan
- drives.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.4.4. Eject CD drive ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Activating this item opens your cdrom drive door.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.4.5. Import CD titles ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- PMDCAT
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- Only for users of the predecessor version of DiskCat called PMDCat.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.5. Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.5.1. Product Information ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Simply brings up a product information window.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.5.2. Registration ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The registration window is for entering your name and code for a legal use of
- DiskCat. After becoming a registered user you will get a registration code
- that you must enter here. If the program then was closed in a normal way the
- code was saved in ite ini file. After registering there will never be a
- registration information window at program startup.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5. Registration ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- This program is shareware so you can use it free for 30 days. Usage of the
- program after this trial period requires a registration. The registration fee
- is 20$ US (30 DM). Please send a check or money cash to the:
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- Rainer Falkner
- Auf der Bleiche 2A
- 31157 Sarstedt
- Germany
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- Phone: +49-5066-63397
- Fax: +49-5066-65637
- Email: falkner@ibm.net
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- Credit cards are not accepted at this time. Please don't forget your name,
- address and EMAIL address (if you have one) or FAX number to receive the
- registration key. After you got it you must enter it with your name in the
- registration panel. This key is valid for all versions of this program. There
- also is a BMT Micro registration form included or use their web site to
- register and download new versions.
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- BMT Micro web site: http://www.wilmington.net/bmtmicro/
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6. History ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- 96/02/22 V. 1.0 initial release
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- 96/02/29 V. 1.1 changed delete volume key from DEL to Ctrl+D
- changed MLE buffer size from 1024 byte to 8192 byte
- bug fix: drive not ready popup at pogram start
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- 96/03/03 V. 1.2 removed the not registered limitation
- added: help file in inf format
- changed: audio titles / interpreter can now be typed
- in upper and lowercase characters
- bug fix: also the cd drive gives a popup at program
- start if the drive is not ready
- bug fix: copy into clipboard function if audio cd is
- selected
- bug fix: delete volume does not function properly
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