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ZipLabel v1.4 - 5/7/97
(c) 1997
Earle F. Philhower, III
earle@geocities.com
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Introduction
ZipLabel is a small utility for the creation of labels to be placed
in Zip disk cases. It can generate many different kinds of labels,
containing directory information and more.
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Disclaimer
ZipLabel is shareware, (c) 1997 by Earle F. Philhower, III.
I make no warranties as to it's correctness or functionality. Use
it at your own risk.
Finally, I would like to make it clear that I am not affiliated with
Iomega Corp. All names are copyright of their respective owners.
Iomega and Zip Drive are copyright of Iomega Corp.
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Shareware
ZipLabel is shareware, the best in "try before you buy." If ZipLabel
is of use to you, a $5.00 registration fee is requested. Send a check
made out to:
Earle F. Philhower, III
P.O. Box 6573
Laguna Niguel, CA 92607
Please note that if you've already registered for one version, you're
registered for all newer versions, too. I'm not Microsoft! ;) Registered
users get the latest stable version of ZipLabel via email, and thanks!
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Requirements
* Windows 95 or 3.1(Win32s)
* 800x600 display recommended
* Printer (laser or inkjet recommended)
* Zip Disks
* Colored Paper (optional)
* Scissors
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Installation
ZipLabel needs no installation, simply copy the executable file to
any convenient directory.
Ziplabel will create a file called "ziplabel.ini" in your Windows
directory. Also, under Windows 3.1 you NEED to have Win32s installed,
if you don't already have it check out www.shareware.com or a
Windows archive site to get it.
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Popup Menus
ZipLabel brings up a window containing a menubar and a WYSIWYG label
display. There are also popup menus available inside the label
display by clicking your right mouse button in the window. If you
right-click within the body of a label the body menu will appear,
and if you right-click in the spine on a label the spine menu
will pop up. These are basically the same menus you see in the
menubar, but require less mouse-travel to use.
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Working on Individual Labels
There are two ways to select a label to work on. Either click on the
label in the window, or press the corresponding number. All items in
the "Body" and "Spine" menus only work on the currently selected
label.
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Menu Items
FILE
Select Zip Drive
Brings up a dialog for you to select the drive letter to catalog.
THIS DOES NOT READ IN A DISK! See "Read Zip Disk" below.
Number of Labels
Select either 1 or 4 labels to print.
Clear All Labels
Clears text from ALL LABELS, saves formatting
Load Template
Save Template
Load/Save formatting for ALL LABELS to a file
Read Subdirectories
Determines whether or not to scan(and display) sub-directories
on your Zip disk. If this item is checked you can individually
choose which subdirectories to display using
"Choose Subdirectories" in the Body menu. If this item is not
checked, ZipLabel will not scan directories.
Print
Presents a printer dialog then prints the labels being edited
About ZipLabel
Information about program and author
Exit
Leaves ZipLabel
BODY
Columns
Select either 1,2,3,4 or 0(unlined) columns of files
Display File Sizes
Show or hide the file sizes for current label
Body Font
Body Color
Chooses the font and it's color for displaying files
Sorting
Sort by Name, Extension, or File Size
Choose Subdirectories
Brings up a dialog allowing you to select which directories you
want expanded on the label.
Edit Contents
Brings up a dialog for editing the label entries and comment
line at the bottom of the label. Each line in the edit box
corresponds to one line on the label. The format is as follows:
FILENAME,SIZE
You can use any characters for the filename or size, but only the
first 60 characters of the filename, and 6 characters of the size
will be displayed. There is no need for the size field to be a
number. You can add or delete as many lines as you want.
WARNING: If you edit the contents of a disk with subdirectories,
ZipLabel will lose the subdirectory information.
Clear Extensions
Removes all extensions from the filenames present
Clear Contents
Clears all text in THIS LABEL ONLY. Preserves formatting.
Read Zip Contents
Reads the disk directory into the label. This can also be
accomplished by double-clicking on the body of a label.
Duplicate Style
Copies FORMATTING ONLY, to ALL LABELS.
Zoom
Zooms in or out of an individual label, when in x4 mode. To
switch between labels while zoomed in, use the number or arrow
keys.
SPINE
Edit Spine Text
Change the text printed on the label spine
Spine Font
Spine Color
Chooses the font and it's color for displaying files
Color ZIP Logo
Colors the box containing "100" in red.
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Using the Printed Labels
Cut out the labels, it should be pretty obvious where to cut and where
to fold. Remove the boring blue cardboard Zip case insert and place your
shiny new ZipLabel label into your case. Replace the blue label (it's
normally of much heavier stock than your printer paper, and makes the
label stay put better. Admire just how cool it looks, and then go make
some more!
Try using some colored heavy-bond copier paper. Packs of 5 colors can
be bought at any office supply store, and really make it easy to classify
your disks (i.e. RED=backups, GREEN=games, etc.)!
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Special Thanks
I'd like to thank Michel Lefort for the new program icon. It's
just a tad better than the ugly "ZL" that was there before. ;>
I'd also like to thank Jim Resinger who actually sent me a Zip Disk!
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Future Directions
Importing bitmaps, and a double-length label format are in the future.
-Earle F. Philhower, III
earle@geocities.com
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/6552