ZipLabel v1.4 - 5/7/97 (c) 1997 Earle F. Philhower, III earle@geocities.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Introduction ZipLabel is a small utility for the creation of labels to be placed in Zip disk cases. It can generate many different kinds of labels, containing directory information and more. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disclaimer ZipLabel is shareware, (c) 1997 by Earle F. Philhower, III. I make no warranties as to it's correctness or functionality. Use it at your own risk. Finally, I would like to make it clear that I am not affiliated with Iomega Corp. All names are copyright of their respective owners. Iomega and Zip Drive are copyright of Iomega Corp. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shareware ZipLabel is shareware, the best in "try before you buy." If ZipLabel is of use to you, a $5.00 registration fee is requested. Send a check made out to: Earle F. Philhower, III P.O. Box 6573 Laguna Niguel, CA 92607 Please note that if you've already registered for one version, you're registered for all newer versions, too. I'm not Microsoft! ;) Registered users get the latest stable version of ZipLabel via email, and thanks! -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Requirements * Windows 95 or 3.1(Win32s) * 800x600 display recommended * Printer (laser or inkjet recommended) * Zip Disks * Colored Paper (optional) * Scissors -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Installation ZipLabel needs no installation, simply copy the executable file to any convenient directory. Ziplabel will create a file called "ziplabel.ini" in your Windows directory. Also, under Windows 3.1 you NEED to have Win32s installed, if you don't already have it check out www.shareware.com or a Windows archive site to get it. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Popup Menus ZipLabel brings up a window containing a menubar and a WYSIWYG label display. There are also popup menus available inside the label display by clicking your right mouse button in the window. If you right-click within the body of a label the body menu will appear, and if you right-click in the spine on a label the spine menu will pop up. These are basically the same menus you see in the menubar, but require less mouse-travel to use. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Working on Individual Labels There are two ways to select a label to work on. Either click on the label in the window, or press the corresponding number. All items in the "Body" and "Spine" menus only work on the currently selected label. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Menu Items FILE Select Zip Drive Brings up a dialog for you to select the drive letter to catalog. THIS DOES NOT READ IN A DISK! See "Read Zip Disk" below. Number of Labels Select either 1 or 4 labels to print. Clear All Labels Clears text from ALL LABELS, saves formatting Load Template Save Template Load/Save formatting for ALL LABELS to a file Read Subdirectories Determines whether or not to scan(and display) sub-directories on your Zip disk. If this item is checked you can individually choose which subdirectories to display using "Choose Subdirectories" in the Body menu. If this item is not checked, ZipLabel will not scan directories. Print Presents a printer dialog then prints the labels being edited About ZipLabel Information about program and author Exit Leaves ZipLabel BODY Columns Select either 1,2,3,4 or 0(unlined) columns of files Display File Sizes Show or hide the file sizes for current label Body Font Body Color Chooses the font and it's color for displaying files Sorting Sort by Name, Extension, or File Size Choose Subdirectories Brings up a dialog allowing you to select which directories you want expanded on the label. Edit Contents Brings up a dialog for editing the label entries and comment line at the bottom of the label. Each line in the edit box corresponds to one line on the label. The format is as follows: FILENAME,SIZE You can use any characters for the filename or size, but only the first 60 characters of the filename, and 6 characters of the size will be displayed. There is no need for the size field to be a number. You can add or delete as many lines as you want. WARNING: If you edit the contents of a disk with subdirectories, ZipLabel will lose the subdirectory information. Clear Extensions Removes all extensions from the filenames present Clear Contents Clears all text in THIS LABEL ONLY. Preserves formatting. Read Zip Contents Reads the disk directory into the label. This can also be accomplished by double-clicking on the body of a label. Duplicate Style Copies FORMATTING ONLY, to ALL LABELS. Zoom Zooms in or out of an individual label, when in x4 mode. To switch between labels while zoomed in, use the number or arrow keys. SPINE Edit Spine Text Change the text printed on the label spine Spine Font Spine Color Chooses the font and it's color for displaying files Color ZIP Logo Colors the box containing "100" in red. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using the Printed Labels Cut out the labels, it should be pretty obvious where to cut and where to fold. Remove the boring blue cardboard Zip case insert and place your shiny new ZipLabel label into your case. Replace the blue label (it's normally of much heavier stock than your printer paper, and makes the label stay put better. Admire just how cool it looks, and then go make some more! Try using some colored heavy-bond copier paper. Packs of 5 colors can be bought at any office supply store, and really make it easy to classify your disks (i.e. RED=backups, GREEN=games, etc.)! -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Special Thanks I'd like to thank Michel Lefort for the new program icon. It's just a tad better than the ugly "ZL" that was there before. ;> I'd also like to thank Jim Resinger who actually sent me a Zip Disk! -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Future Directions Importing bitmaps, and a double-length label format are in the future. -Earle F. Philhower, III earle@geocities.com http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/6552