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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
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.
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
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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
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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
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1. Ensure that the BookCAT installation files
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.