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- Heatsoft ADCS
- Advanced Directory Comparison and Synchronization
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- README
- =============================
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- Please read this file carefully (especially "Installation"
- chapter) before installing the program to your computer.
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- Contents
- --------
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- Program information
- System Requirements
- Company information
- Description
- Installation
- History
- Registration
- Copyright and license
- Technical support
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- Program information
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- Program Archive Name:
- ADCSv117_setup.exe
- Program Name:
- Advanced Directory Comparison and Synchronization
- Program Version:
- 1.17 build 5
- Program Release Date:
- Aug 20, 2004
- Program Description:
- ADCS is a very fast and easy-to-use Directory and File synchronizer.
- Target OS:
- Windows Me, Windows 2000, Windows XP
- copyright information:
- Shareware ($30)
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- System Requirements
- ----------------------
- This version of the program will run under Windows Me, Windows 2000, Windows XP
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- Company information
- -------------------
-
- Company Name:
- Heatsoft Corporation
- Contact E-mail Address:
- feedback@heatsoft.com
- Contact WWW URL:
- http://www.heatsoft.com
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- Description
- -----------
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- Use ADCS to compare and synchronize folder contents. Select your two
- directories to generate an easy-to follow side-by-side comparison. File
- size, time/date stamp, and attributes are prominently shown, along with
- color-coded arrows clearly marking the status of each file involved in the
- comparison. You can apply filespec filters, copy selected files to a third
- folder, and execute synchronizations with a single mouse-click. Other features
- include directories recursion, .csv and HTML-based comparison reports, custom
- sorting and display options, and support for bookmarking frequent
- synchronization tasks.
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- Features list of Heatsoft ADCS
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- Comparison and Synchronization features
- - Side-by-side comparison of two directories.
- - Comparison and Synchronization with subdirectories.
- - Extended synchronization mode for fast performing the operations of Mirror copy and Backup.
- - Ability to do simultaneous multi-directories comparison (Directories pairs basket).
- - Comparison files by content.
- - Detect differences in file size, timestamps, attributes.
- - Ability to change copy direction for synchronization.
- - Ability to copy and synchronize files which are used in other programs.
- - Allows unlimited # of levels of sub-directories to be included in the
- synchronization.
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- Display features
- - Visibility filters.
- - Explorer-style tree of embedded directories.
- - Color emphasis for different files.
- - Preview synchronization window.
- - Comfortable navigation in file list, including mask selection.
- - Multiple files filter. Allows to use Include and Exclude
- files filters.
- - Advanced include filter by file date, file size, file attributes.
- - List of compared directories (Navigator). Allows to quickly
- move through the comparison table.
- - Refresh drives in the directories tree.
- - Ability to refresh comparison table.
- - Ability to sort the comparison by name, type, date, size of files.
- - Controlling which files will be shown.
- - Configurable directories tree and comparison table by changing
- settings of the directories tree and settings of the comparison table.
- - Ability to define where the ADCS icon will be shown.
- - Ability to show or hide hidden and system files in the comparison table.
- - Ability to customize the main button bar.
- - Shows refresh progress window when you activate ADCS.
- - Shows file's path in the comparison table.
- - Ability to controling which files will be show in the preview synchronization window.
- - Ability for change ADCS GUI language (multi-language).
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- File and Directory Operations
- - Ability to create, delete and rename directories.
- - Ability to copy and delete files.
- - Copying of files with conservation of directories structure.
- - Change date/attributes for selected files
- - Add the network neigborhood in the directories trees.
- - Ability to adjust date/time stamps relatively.
- - Ability to explore folders in the directories trees.
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- Comparison Criteria
- - Comparison rules. You can change directory comparison criteria
- (file timestamp, file size, file attributes).
- - Ignore NTFS/FAT differences (can ignore FAT 2 second rounding).
- - Ability to ignore daylight savings (in most time zones the difference is 1 hour).
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- Information features
- - System information. You can see system information about software, hardware
- and network of your computer.
- - Disk space viewer. Allows to view a directories structure and their size
- via piechart.
- - Shows the properties window for drive, directory or file.
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- Services features
- - Network connections. Allows to connect and disconnect network drives.
- - Ability to generate comparison report.
- - Saves your favorite directories for fast repositioning.
- - Ability to open files in their associated application.
- - Ability for changing method for refresh comparison table.
- - Ability to enable/disable sound confirmation.
- - Ability to define which confirmation window will be shown.
- - Ability to remove empty folders.
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- Other features
- - Allows easy to install and uninstall.
- - Available the context help.
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- Installation
- ------------
-
- Important! If you've got ADCS not from our web page, but from
- the other source (magazine CD or some software library), please
- visit our home page:
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- http://www.heatsoft.com
-
- - you'll probably find the later version
- usually, we release new version of ADCS about once a month.
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- To install ADCS, just run the "ADCSv117_setup.exe" and follow the
- instructions. You'll need to select the target directory
- and the components to install.
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- History
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- See "history.txt" file.
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- Registration
- ------------
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- See "order.txt" file.
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- Copyright and license
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- See "License.txt" file.
- See "Privacy Policy.txt" file.
- See "Return Policy.txt" file.
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- Technical support
- -----------------
-
- Before you contact us, please do the following:
- - Be sure that you're doing everything right. We all make
- mistakes sometimes... Be attentive.
- - Look at the Help file: it may already contain an answer to
- your question. A lot of people ask us something like "how
- do I:", though the complete information is there.
- - Visit Heatsoft ADCS home page in the Internet at
-
- http://www.heatsoft.com
-
- It's a good chance that you'll find the newer version of
- ADCS there. If the serious bug has been found in the program,
- but the new version is not ready yet, we make the hot fix for it.
-
- But if you still have a problem with ADCS and noting else helps,
- please contact technical support at
- feedback@heatsoft.com
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- Please inform us about the following:
- - Advanced Directory Comparison and Synchronization version
- (from "About" dialog)
- - where did you get Advanced Directory Comparison and Synchronization
- (http or ftp site)
- - Windows Me/2000/XP version (including service packs and other
- fixes installed), US or international, OEM or not
- - computer information: CPU type and speed, installed memory
- - description of your problem (as much information as possible
- to retrieve the problem)
-
- In order to get the complete computer information (working under
- Windows Me/2000/XP), open the Control Panel, click on
- "System" applet and press "Print" on "Device Manager" tab.
-
- If you have any comments or suggestions for the next releases,
- please don't hesitate to email them to us:
- feedback@heatsoft.com