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WizCat/PRO 4.2 Disk and CDROM Catalog
Copyright 1992-1996 by Mart Heubel. All rights reserved.
Contents of this file :
* Overview of WizCat/PRO features
* System Requirements
* How to install WizCat/PRO
WIZCAT/PRO FEATURES
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* WizCat/PRO is easy to use
* WizCat/PRO is fast ! (developed with Turbo Pascal for Windows)
* WizCat/PRO uses state-of-the-art graphics to display data from
its catalog. You can choose from a variety of display modes.
* Multi-language support : choose from English, French, German and Dutch
* Full Drag-and-Drop support
* The æWork with fileÆ function shows icons of your favorite applications ;
with a simple double-click on an icon you can start a program, which then
opens the selected file. This makes it easy to extract archive files, edit
textfiles, display graphics etc.
* Supports Windows 95 Long Filenames
* For each file you can enter a description of up to 500 characters.
* Reads subdirectories up to 8 levels deep
* Supports various disktypes (floppydisk, CD-ROM, harddisk, networkdisk etc.)
* Extensive file-search capabilities (you can use multiple arguments with
and/or/not operators) and the View filter ensure that youÆll quickly find
what youÆre looking for.
* ClipBoard interface for easy editing file-descriptions
* Includes an import/conversion tool that extracts file-descriptions from BBS
Allfiles-listings, CompuServe CAT listings or listings from other disk catalog
programs
* Automatically copies file-descriptions from (4DOS) descript.ion files to its
catalog
* User-definable reports : Volume Summary, Volume Contents, Files sorted by
Filename, Files sorted by Class, Duplicate Files and Archive Contents
* Allows you to create easy-to-work-with groups of volumes
* Expensive looking '3D metallic' windows
* Ability to catalog the contents of ARJ, ZIP, LZH, ZOO, PAK and ARC archives
* Ability to export the catalog to a dBase compatible databasefile.
* WizCat/PRO can automatically label your floppy-disks
Free utilities included :
* WOODLE, a graphic disklabel print utility with WYSIWYG layout editor
* WizCat/UnZIP, a utility which unpacks ZIP and ARJ archive files
* WizCat/DIZ, a utility which extracts FILE_ID.DIZ descriptions from
archive files
* WizCat/MC, a utility to search for files in multiple catalogs.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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In order to run properly, WizCat/PRO requires
* MicroSoft Windows 3.1, Windows for Workgroups 3.11 or Windows 95
* at least 4 MB memory
* at least 2 MB space on your harddisk
* at least 1 diskdrive, harddisk or CD-ROM drive
Recommended :
* Mouse or other pointing device
* WinZip ((c) Nico Mak Computing, Inc.) for extracting archive files
Optional :
* if you want to print disklabels : a printer capable of printing graphics
INSTALLATION
------------
The easiest (and recommended) way to install WizCat/PRO is to use the
INSTALL program.
MANUAL INSTALLATION
-------------------
If you don't want to use the automatic installation procedure, you
can install WizCat/PRO this way. Refer to WIZCAT.HLP for more information.
1) create directory C:\WIZCAT
2) create directories C:\WIZCAT\ARCHIVES and C:\WIZCAT\CATALOGS
3) copy the files to the C:\WIZCAT directory
4) Rename file INSTALL.BIN to INSTALL.ZIP
5) extract INSTALL.ZIP into C:\WIZCAT (using PKUNZIP or WinZip)
6) move file CTL3DV2.DLL to the \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory
7) move file SAMPLE.CAT to the \WIZCAT\CATALOGS directory
8) add WIZCAT.EXE, WIZCATMC.EXE and WOODLE.EXE to a Windows program group
(specify C:\WIZCAT as 'working directory')
9) GO!