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WELCOME TO CATDISK V6.21
If you received this release on a floppy disk, please make a copy of the
original, put the original in a safe place and work from the copy.
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WE WILL BE MOVING ON SEP 30, 1992.
Effective on this date, our new address will be:
Rick Hillier
98 Toynbee Crescent
Kitchener, ON
Canada N2N 1R9
We do not know the new numbers for telephone support and The Shareware
Connection BBS yet, but we will post them online (on the bbs) when they
become available. We would imagine that Bell Canada will maintain a
number-change notice for a time after the move.
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As CATDISK has evolved during its development, it has grown in size and all of
the programs and documentation no longer fit on a 360K floppy disk. The
program files are provided in a self-extracting LHA archive file called
CATPROGS.EXE and the documentation is in a similar file called CATDOCS.EXE.
If you are running on low density floppy disks, do the following:
1) Put the CATDISK disk in drive B:
2) Put a blank, formatted disk in drive A:
3) Log onto Drive A:
4) Type "B:CATPROGS" <Enter> (without the quotes, of course).
5) The program files will be uncompressed to the blank disk in A:
6) Remove that diskette and label it "CATDISK PROGRAM FILES".
7) Insert another blank diskette and type "B:CATDOCS" <Enter>.
8) The documentation files will be decompressed to the blank disk in A:
9) Copy the file README.1ST to the disk in A:
10) Remove that diskette and label it "CATDISK DOCUMENTATION FILES".
All other forms of disk should have enough capacity to accept all of the
files. Simply execute CATPROGS and CATDOCS.EXE from the current directory and
delete CATPROGS.EXE and CATDOCS.EXE when done.
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FILE LIST
README .1ST - important program notes. Please read before using CATDISK!
CATPROGS.EXE - Self extracting archive containing the CATDISK program files.
CATDISK .EXE - The main CATDISK program file... The ULTIMATE disk cataloger.
CATLOOK .EXE - A command line driven CATDISK reporting program.
CATMGR .EXE - A catalog management program for manipulating catalog entries.
DISKFILL.EXE - A utility to assist you in offloading files. Minimizes wasted
disk space.
CDISKCFG.EXE - The CATDISK configuration program.
CDISKCVT.EXE - Converts catalogs from V3.10 - V3.28 for use with this release
CLEANCAT.EXE - A catalog cleanup utility (see README.1ST).
CATDOCS .EXE - Self extracting archive containing the CATDISK documentation.
PRINTDOC.EXE - A utility to facilitate printing the various CATDISK
files. It can optionally print the documentation in a two-
sided format to minimize wasted paper.
CATDISK .DOC - The CATDISK user manual.
CATDISK .HST - The complete CATDISK revision history since its initial
release in October 1986.
REGISTER.FRM - The CATDISK registration form (single user).
SITE .LIC - The CATDISK site license form (multiple registrations).
VENDOR .DOC - The CATDISK vendor application form/agreement.
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Due to the popularity that CATDISK has achieved, and the resulting workload in
keeping up with correspondence, the development of CATDISK PLUS has been
significantly delayed. Work is progressing, albeit slowly, as we adapt to
the increased workload. Additionally, as development progresses, new ideas
pop up that are too good to pass up, both on the shareware version of CATDISK,
as well as in CATDISK PLUS.
Recently, we have been receiving pre-paid orders for CATDISK PLUS from a fair
number of individuals and corporations. Unfortunately, these orders cannot be
processed before the product is ready. Before ordering CATDISK PLUS, please
check with us either by voice at (519) 888-6763, or on our bulletin board
system, The Shareware Connection at (519) 888-6924 for information on CATDISK
PLUS's availability.
At the time that this package was created, we cannot commit to any release
date.
Thank you for your patience.
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To print this README.1ST file, the revision history, the CATDISK user manual,
or any of the registration forms, run the program PRINTDOC.EXE, contained in
the self-extracting documentation file. This is a menu driven program that is
capable of printing the longer files, such as the user manual in a two-sided
format (i.e. on both sides of the page). The documentation files and
PRINTDOC.EXE must be in the same directory.
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Please read at least the section on configuring CATDISK in the configuration
section of the manual.
One important note to consider in the user manual. When ARCHIVE files are
mentioned, it is in reference to any type of file that contains a collection of
files, compressed or not. This currently includes ARC, ARJ, DWC, HYP, LBR,
LZS, LZH, PAK, ZIP, and ZOO files.
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IF YOU ARE UPGRADING TO THIS RELEASE FROM V3.61 OR LATER
Before copying the new program files to your work disk, you might want to
rename the executable file from the previous installation (CATDISK.COM or
CATDISK.EXE) to another name. The new configuration utility, CDISKCFG.EXE
now has the ability to read the configuration information from the release that
you were using for easy installation into this release. This can save you some
time in setting the program up for your preferences, particularly if you've
customized all the screen colors.
When you run CDISKCFG, hit <F8> and follow the prompts.
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IF YOU WERE USING A VERSION OF CATDISK PRIOR TO V2.10
As there is now more information being stored in the summary file, you will
have to discard your old catalog files and start from scratch. Any .SUM files
created with CATDISK versions before V2.10 are NOT compatible with this one.
IF YOU WERE USING A VERSION OF CATDISK FROM V2.10 to V3.28
Starting with CATDISK V3.50, file comments are fully supported. You do *NOT*
have to purge your old catalog files and start over... just run the program
CDISKCVT.EXE on each catalog file that you have, and it will be converted to
the new format.
The syntax of this command is:
CDISKCVT catalog_name
- where catalog_name is the name of the catalog file to be converted.
(do NOT include the filename extension of .DTA on the command line)
If you were using V3.50 or later, you do _NOT_ need to run this conversion
program - your files will work as they are.
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IF YOU'VE EXPERIENCED MISALIGNED FIELDS ON PRINTED REPORTS
Some disk labelling programs have an annoying habit of placing null characters
at the end of a volume label. While this is not a fatal problem, it can have
a nasty effect on the printed reports that CATDISK produces by causing
misalignment of some of the fields.
The program CLEANCAT.EXE has been provided to correct this problem in catalog
files that have been created with V3.50 to 4.10, or those that have been
converted by the above mentioned CDISKCVT.EXE utility.
If you have noticed your printed reports appearing in this strange manner,
CLEANCAT can help you. This program will simply change all the null characters
to spaces, which will appear correctly on your printer.
The syntax for CLEANCAT is:
CLEANCAT catalog_name
- where catalog_name is the name of the catalog file to be "cleaned up".
(do NOT include the filename extension of .DTA or .SUM on the command line)
If you created your catalog files with a release after V4.10, the corrective
procedures have been built right into the program, therefore this procedure
will not be necessary.
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*** NOTE TO ALL SINGLE DRIVE FLOPPY DISK USERS ***
Please read the note in the configuration section regarding setting CATDISK up
to function correctly with your system, particularly the section dealing with
the disk cache. Failure to do so could result in lost data on your floppy
diskettes.
If you are running on a hard drive, this note does not apply.