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- This file has been installed as README.TXT, and you can view it again at
- any time by double-clicking on the README Icon in SmartCat's group in
- Program Manager. Please take the time to read it. Use the scroll-bar at
- the right to move down the text.
-
- SmartCat is Shareware!
-
- The registration fee for SmartCat is $39-95 + $4-00 Shipping & Handling. You
- are entitled to evaluate SmartCat for a period of up to 30 days. If after
- that time you intend to continue to use the program you must register it.
- If you do not intend to continue to use the program you must delete it from
- your system.
-
- You can access an order form which you can use to register SmartCat from within
- the program itself. There is also a file ORDRFORM.TXT on the distribution disk
- which you can use and which contains address, phone, fax and E-Mail contacts.
- Alternatively a handwritten note will do just fine.
-
- The shareware copy of SmartCat that you have is not restricted in any way.
- However there are significant benefits to registering your copy.
-
- Upon registration you will receive:-
-
- A copy of the most up-to-date version of SmartCat, without the start-up screens.
-
- A printed manual (with screen-shots).
-
- A SmartCat configuration Editor, to allow you to modify the user-defineable
- elements of SmartCat "on-the-fly" without needing to edit the .INI file.
-
- A SmartCat catalog splitter, to allow you to divide catalogs if they become too
- large to manage, without having to re-catalog your disks.
-
- Routines to allow you to find duplicate files amongst your cataloged disks. and
- If appropriate you can then reclaim the wasted space they use.
-
- Routines to allow you to export the catalog information in Comma Delimited
- ASCII format, an almost universal standard file format for transferring data
- to and from database packages.
-
- Additional user-defineable file processing buttons.
-
- You also get support via the phone, by fax, mail or Compuserve, and we can keep
- you up to date with information about enhancements and new and complementary
- products.
-
- A 30 day money-back guarantee.
-
- And apart from all that, the knowledge that you are helping to support the
- Shareware concept, a distribution system that brings you quality software
- at realistic prices.
-
- So what is Shareware?
-
- Shareware is copyrighted software which is distributed by authors through
- bulletin boards, on-line services, disk vendors, and by copies being
- passed among friends. It is commercial software that you are allowed to try
- before you pay for it. This makes shareware the ultimate in money back
- guarantees.
-
- Shareware is a distribution method, not a type of software.
- There is good and bad shareware, just as there is good and bad retail
- software. The primary difference between shareware and retail software
- is that with shareware you know if it's good or bad before you pay for it.
-
- You benefit because you get to use the software to determine whether it
- meets your needs, before you pay for it. Authors benefit because they are
- able to get their products into your hands without the expenses it takes
- to launch a traditional retail software product.
-
- The shareware system and the continued availability of quality shareware
- products depend on your willingness to register and pay for the shareware
- you use. It is the registration fees you pay which allow us to support and
- continue to develop our products. Please show your support for shareware by
- registering those programs you actually use and by passing them on to
- others. Shareware is kept alive by your support!