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- BookCAT 98 - README.TXT
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- This README file contains important, last minute information
- about BookCAT 98.
-
- BookCAT 98 is developed by
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- FNProgramvare
- Pb 721 Krapfoss
- N-1509 Moss
- Norway
-
- E-mail: info@fnprg.com
- World Wide Web: http://www.fnprg.com
-
- We appreciate and encourage all comments, suggestions,
- and bug reports. Both your registration and your comments
- will help improve BookCAT and keep it on the leading edge.
-
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- TABLE OF CONTENTS
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-
- 1. WHAT IS BOOKCAT?
- 2. FEE FOR DISTRIBUTION OF SHAREWARE VERSION
- 3. TO INSTALL BOOKCAT
- 4. TO REMOVE BOOKCAT
- 5. VERSION HISTORY
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- 1. WHAT IS BOOKCAT?
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- BookCAT is a powerful 32-bit Windows application designed to
- catalog and manage a personal, club, school, church, or
- business library. BookCAT will help you know what you have,
- where it is (including books lent out) and the total value of
- your collection. BookCAT is easy-to-use for the amateur, with
- sophisticated features for the professional.
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- BookCAT has a comprehensive set of fields, enabling you to
- catalog information like author, title, publisher, ISBN number,
- publish date, number of pages, editor, original title,
- translator, binding, edition, type of book (Fiction,
- Non-fiction, etc.), category and sub-category (Drama, Science
- Fiction, Thriller, etc.), purchase date, price, current value,
- condition, status (Own, Want, For sale, etc.), personal rating,
- owner, location, keywords, awards and nominations, comments,
- synopsis, reviews, and more.
-
- You can work with an unlimited number of databases. This means
- you can split your collection into different catalogs and
- organize it to meet your needs. BookCAT allows you to change
- the name of all data fields. You can hide the fields you don't
- want to use. These fields will disappear from all windows,
- menus, lists etc. This way you can customize the database to
- suit your needs.
-
- You can effectively search the database for information that you
- require. Search in all fields with any combination of fields and
- operators. In addition, BookCAT lets you cross reference up to
- five fields. This is an extremely flexible way to search and
- query data.
-
- The report designer lets you create almost any type of report.
- Use one of the more than 80 pre-defined reports, or create your
- own reports from scratch. You have full control over data fields,
- groups, sort order, columns, fonts, colors, paper size, margins
- and print orientation. BookCAT lets you preview reports on screen
- before printing. Using BookCAT you can easily create professionally
- looking reports with exactly the layout you want.
-
- With the HTML Generator you can quickly generate documents to be
- published on the World Wide Web. The loan module lets you keep
- track of books on loan. Check the program periodically to see
- what is still out on loan. You will always know who has what
- and since when.
-
- The statistics function allows you to analyze your collection
- in a variety of ways. BookCAT lets you track both initial
- investment and the value of your collection. Use the backup
- function to make backup copies of your valuable data.
-
- BookCAT uses popup menus for quick feature access and navigation.
- BookCAT comes with a sample database to get you started and a
- comprehensive context sensitive on-line help system.
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- 2. FEE FOR DISTRIBUTION OF SHAREWARE VERSION
- ----------------------------------------------------
-
- Disk Vendors, Shareware Distributors and BBS(s) may have
- charged a nominal fee for the distribution of the shareware
- version of BookCAT. This fee does not constitute payment for
- the licensed version of BookCAT, and does not entitle the
- end-user to use the shareware version for longer than the
- 30-day evaluation period.
-
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- 3. TO INSTALL BOOKCAT
- ----------------------------------------------------
-
- From diskette
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- 1. Insert diskette number 1 into your diskette drive.
-
- 2. From the Start menu, choose Run.
-
- You see the Run dialog box.
-
- 3. In the Open text box, type the path to the installation
- program, for example A:\SETUP, and choose OK.
-
- 4. Follow the instructions on the screen. When requested,
- specify the folder where you want to install BookCAT.
- Unless you specify a different folder, the application
- will be installed to C:\Program Files\BookCAT32.
-
- 5. To start BookCAT, choose Programs / BookCAT 98 from the
- Start menu.
-
- From hard disk
- --------------
-
- 1. Ensure that the BookCAT installation files
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- SETUP.EXE
- SETUP.2
- SETUP.3
-
- are in the same folder, for example C:\TMP.
-
- 2. From the Start menu, choose Run.
-
- You see the Run dialog box.
-
- 3. Type the path to the installation program in the Open
- text box, for example C:\TMP\SETUP, and choose OK.
-
- 4. Follow the instructions on the screen. When requested,
- specify the folder where you want to install BookCAT.
- Unless you specify a different folder, the application
- will be installed to C:\Program Files\BookCAT32.
-
- 5. When the installation is completed, you can delete the
- files (SETUP.EXE, SETUP.2 and SETUP.3) in the temporary
- folder.
-
- 6. To start BookCAT, choose Programs / BookCAT 98 from the
- Start menu.
-
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- 4. TO REMOVE BOOKCAT
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-
- 1. From the Start button, choose Settings / Control Panel.
-
- 2. In Control Panel, double click the Add/Remove Programs icon.
-
- 3. Locate BookCAT 98 in the program list.
-
- Click on it to select it.
-
- 4. Click the Add/Remove button.
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- 5. VERSION HISTORY
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-
- 4.01.00 - June 9, 1999
-
- * Report Designer: The Detail band has a new "Keep Together"
- property. When this property is set, BookCAT keeps the band
- (including the Sub Detail band, if applicable) together,
- either on the current page (if there is room) or on the
- next (if not).
- * Added a new option to the Create New Database dialog box:
- "Add default items to lookup tables".
- * Added buttons to generate the item/Sort by value when
- adding/updating a lookup item.
- * It is now possible to sort on the Contents.Position field.
- * The Database Properties dialog box now displays the current
- locale setting.
- * BUG FIX: Problems with tool tips if Internet Explorer 5
- was installed.
- * BUG FIX: Problems with filter in reports.
- * BUG FIX: Problems with the Return Book command.
- * Various minor enhancements and bug fixes.
-
- 4.00.02 - May 11, 1999
-
- * BUG FIX: Export to Ascii (numeric fields) didn't work if
- Decimal Separator was set to "." in Control Panel.
- * Added a "Shift With Band" property to all report objects.
-
- 4.00.01 - April 22, 1999
-
- * BUG FIX: Report Designer: Problem with WordWrap property.
- * BUG FIX: Problem with dates if date setting in Control Panel was
- set to YY-MM-DD.
- * BUG FIX: Contents View: The Show Next command on the Search
- menu didn't work.
- * BUG FIX: Pressing "C" or "O" when performing a speed search in
- a dialog box will no longer activate the "Cancel" or "OK"
- buttons.
-
- 4.00.00 - February 27, 1999
-
- * BookCAT 98 v4.0 released.
-
- 4.00.B3 - February 11, 1999
-
- * Beta 3 released.
-
- 4.00.B2 - January 20, 1999
-
- * Beta 2 released.
-
- 4.00.B1 - December 21, 1998
-
- * Beta 1 released.