Copyright: What is This? (c) M.Pacchiarotti - Jimjams 1997


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Table of Contents
W.I.T. - What is This?

	Introduction Overview F.A.Q. Known Problems Licence Registration Acknowledgment


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Introduction

How many files do you have on your computer?

How often have you downloaded a file, examined it, saved it because it looked useful and then later on realized that you can't remember it's name or where it's stored on your computer?

How many times have you wound up downloading the same file more than once because of this?

How many times while cleaning up your hard disk have you found that you can't remember what

many of those files you're looking at are for?

How much of your precious time do you lose checking out a file, and then a week later when you come

across it again, having to check it out all over again?

"What is this?" will help you to manage your files and remember their description, in an easy and unobtrusive way.

Wit integrates with your Windows 95 or NT4.0 shell and is always ready to use in the right clock context menu of Windows Explorer and on Desktop objects.

Wit uses only a little disk space and stores your data in a small, quick database.

Wit provides these useful functions:

•	Easily activated from the Explorer context menu;

•	Wit give you the file information summary which includes the Drive the file is located on, the folder name, file name, size, attributes, and dates (creation, access and update);

•	View, update and delete file descriptions;

•	Simple and quick string search;

•	Extract and show archive description from archive (ZIP,LZH,ARC,ZOO,ARC,ARJ, SFX);

•	JPEG thumbnail preview;

Try "What is this?", it’s worth the time.


Overview

"What is This?"  (Wit) is easy to use. While you are in Windows Explorer, click the right mouse button to activate the context menu for a file and then select "What is This?" from the menu. You can also do this from your Desktop (and even from standard "Open Dialog").

If the selected file has an entry in Wit's database then Wit will show the file’s associated description.

You can edit the description and it will automatically be saved when you close Wit.

You don't need to close Wit manually since it will close by itself if you click anywhere outside Wit's window.

If the file doesn’t have a description in the database and the file is an archive (ZIP,LZH,ARJ,ARC,ZOO) then Wit will try to extract a description from the archive. Wit will use for descriptions files such as file_id.diz, readme.txt and more. If some kind of description is found Wit will auto extract and show that file.

Even some .EXE files will be scanned to get a description.

By selecting the "File Info" tab you can obtain more information about the physical file:

This view is also automatically selected if you call Wit for a file without a database entry.

If the file is a picture (GIF,JPG,BMP) Wit gives you also the picture pixel size and color depth.

If the file is a JPEG picture (JPG extension) Wit will show a thumbnail picture preview. (Click on the little sun under Jimjams logo to preview if Autoload is unchecked).

Wit has a context menu which you can activate by using the right mouse button:

"Help" will show this help guide;
"Register" will start the witreg.exe program to help you to tell you how to pay for and register Wit;
"Insert Key" allows you to insert your name and registration code to use all of the features found in the registered version of Wit (the unregistered version can store only 50 database items and shows only gray tone images);
"Properties/Memo Color" enables you to change the memo background color and "Properties/Tab Color" enables you to change the selected tab color;
"Properties/Memo Font" enables you to change the memo font.

"Properties/Tab Color" enables you to change the notebook tab color.

"Auto Load Picture" enable auto-preview for JPEG images.

"Language" let you chose a language (some system dialog and error messages are unaffected).

"Search" activates a simple string search routine. You will be asked to insert a string to find and the results are quickly shown:

To the left you have the list of all files matching the search criteria, to the right there is the memo where file's description is shown anytime you select a file from the list.

You can edit a file's description from this window and even delete a file description (select the file from the list and press Del key).

Some of these functions are also available from the "About" tab:

Since Wit is so easy to use and I have no more time to explain it, I wish you the best of luck.


Licence

License Agreement

By installing this software you accept the following license agreement.

This software is distributed through a means known as Shareware.  Shareware is not a type of software, but a means of distribution.  Shareware is not free software. You are granted a right to use the software for an evaluation period of 31 days.  If you continue to use the software after the evaluation period you are required to either register or remove the software from your computer.

The software is considered registered once the author has received the appropriate payment for the software and the "registration ID" has been entered to the program.

Your registration ID code is for your personal use only.  You may not publish your registration ID code or distribute it in any way nor may you distribute the software once it has been registered.  Distributing your registration ID is illegal and is no different from distributing illegal copies of the registered software.

You may freely distribute the SHAREWARE (not registered) version provided that

•	you distribute the original ZIP file containing all the original files

•	it's clearly stated that the software is Shareware

Shareware distribution systems can distribute the SHAREWARE (not registered) version in their CD-ROMs.

The software and documentation are copyrighted.

Warranty

This product comes with the ultimate warranty.  You can try it, use it and test it for 31 days without spending a cent.  If you are satisfied with the product (as I hope you will be) then register. If you are not satisfied with the product simply remove it from your computer and that’s it.

Disclaimer

THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES RELATING TO THIS SOFTWARE WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND ALL SUCH WARRANTIES ARE EXPRESSLY AND SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMED.  NEITHER THE AUTHOR NOR ANYONE ELSE WHO HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THE CREATION, PRODUCTION, OR DELIVERY OF THIS SOFTWARE SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE SUCH SOFTWARE EVEN IF THE AUTHOR HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES OR CLAIMS.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR'S LIABILITY FOR ANY DAMAGES EVER EXCEED THE PRICE PAID FOR THE LICENSE TO USE THE SOFTWARE, REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF CLAIM, THE PERSON USING THE SOFTWARE BEARS ALL RISKS AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE SOFTWARE.  SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF THE LIMIT OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.


Registration

By registering Wit you help Jimjams and the Shareware system.

The registration fee for Wit is $20.

A special price of $15 available for Jimjams customers who registered at least one other Jimjams product..

To register you can use the attached witreg.exe program, or use the on-line internet registration page:

http://order.kagi.com/?JJ

or the secure one:

http://order.kagi.com/?JJ&S

Kagi will manage the registration stuff and you will receive a key to unlock the program in a few days.

After you received the key you should activate the "Insert Key Dialog" selecting "Insert Key" from the context menu, clicking the "Key" button on "About" tab or pressing ALT-K from Wit and then you have to type in your name and the unlock code.

You can find the latest version of this software at our internet site:

http://www.jimjams.com

Author contact:

Mario Pacchiarotti
Development & Support, Jimjams
mario@jimjams.com
jimjams@mclink.it
http://www.jimjams.com


Known Problems

There are no know problems or bugs.


F.A.Q.

1	I have many files in my computer and I don't want to waste the time to describe all of them. Is Wit really useful?
Yes it is! If you don't care to describe all of your files. Simply start describing files you acquire from this point on. If you archive a file somewhere on your hard disk for future use, then use Wit to provide it with a description. This way you can find it easily when you need it.
For many of your archive files you don't need to enter a description by hand, Wit will extract it from your archive by itself. Open WIT and see what’s already there!
I plan to release some prefilled Wit archive at a later date.

2	The unregistered copy only stores a few items. Is performance going to be a concern if I store hundreds of items?
Obviously Wit performance will slowly degrade if you have a big database, but we tested it with about two thousands items and only the search function is really affected by performance degradation (it took less than 2 seconds on a 100mhz Pentium).

3	Picture are loaded in gray.
The unregistered version previews picture in gray. The registered version uses colors.

4	Can I view a full windows picture ?
Double click on the preview to expand it to a full window view. Note, if the picture is greater than your screen definition you will be unable to see the whole picture. Wit is intended to be a desktop file utility not a picture viewing program.


Acknowledgment

I used a powerful and easy to use freeware component to manage the Wit database: QDB.

I want to thank the author, Robert R. Marsh, S.J.

If you are a Delphi programmer you can find the Quick Data Base component very useful.

You can get more information about QDB here:

http://members.aol.com/robmarsh/qdb.htm

To display JPEG picture I used a Shareware component from Alfredo Milani Comparetti:
ALMICO SOFTWARE.
http://ascu.unian.it/~milani/delphi

To manage archive file I used a Shareware component from Carl Bunton:
Microcip Data Systems
http://www.concentric.net/~twojags

To manage multilingual support I used a Shareware component from Peter Tiemann
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/Homepages/Peter_Tiemann/