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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1. Welcome ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Welcome to CD in a Box. This is a CD player based on the folders used in OS/2. It supports standard folder actions like direct editing of track or CD title's, Context sensitive Popup menus and different views of the information in the folder. This Program is Freeware. Enjoy it. If you like this program then all I ask is that you send me a postcard from your home town and if you really like it then please send me a map of your home town area so I can add it to my map collection. Please send comments (good or bad) to- Lyndsay Roger PO Box 260 Invercargill New Zealand. Internet lroger@ins.co.nz ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.1. FILE_ID.DIZ ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ (v1.5) CD in a Box OS/2 CD Player. This is an Object Oriented CD Player where tracks appear as icons in a folder and you use direct editing to enter track and Title names. Add tracks to a Disc to create custom CD's and many more features. FREEWARE lroger@ins.co.nz ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.2. File List ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The following files make up CD in a Box version 1.5 CDinaBox.exe 10 Sept 1995 1211p 110005 CDBoxL00.DLL 10 Sept 1995 1211p 15724 CDinaBox.hlp 10 Sept 1995 1228p 18928 CDBoxcvt.exe 10 Sept 1995 1207p 35221 CDBoxout.cmd 10 Sept 1995 1214a 1814 FILE_ID.DIZ 10 Sept 1995 1216p 273 Read.me 10 Sept 1995 1142a 4522 If your copy is different then please let me know. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2. Copyright ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ (C) Copyright Lyndsay Roger 1994-1995. All Rights Reserved. This program is Freeware. Enjoy it. CDinaBox LICENSE CDinaBox is copyright (C) 1994-1995 by Lyndsay A Roger. CDinaBox not public domain software. It is FREEWARE and is provided AS IS. I MAKE NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND/OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. No one may modify CDinaBox in any way, including but not limited to decompiling, disassembling or otherwise reverse engineering the program. All users are granted a limited license to copy CDinaBox for the use of others subject to the above limitations, and also the following: CDinaBox must be copied in unmodified form, complete with this file containing license information. No fee, charge or other compensation may be accepted or requested by any person. CDinaBox may not be distributed in conjunction with any other product. Operators of electronic bulletin board systems (Sysops) may post CDinaBox for downloading by their users only as long as the above conditions are met. Distributors of public domain or user supported software may distribute copies of CDinaBox subject to the above conditions. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3. Files that make up CD in a Box ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ This program contains 5 files. They are: CDinaBox.hlp This is the help file for the program. CDinaBox.EXE This is the actual program file. Copy this file to a directory of your choice and create a program object in the desired location from the program object in the Templates folder. No command line Parameters are required. CDinaBox.INI This file holds information on the current settings for the program. If you wish to revert to the default settings then just delete this file. If any settings are changed then it is recreated. CDBox.DAT This file contains data about each CD that you have entered. It must be in the same directory as CDinaBox.EXE or the program will not find it. CDBoxOut.CMD This file can be used to remove CD in a Box from your system. It will also remove the entry from the OS2.INI file. CDBoxcvt.exe ( use CDBoxcvt.exe /? for instructions ) This program will convert a CDinaBox.dat file to CDBox.dat file that is used from version 1.4 upwards. After the conversion it can be deleted if required but it may be a good idea to keep the CDinaBox.old file as a backup. ( It is a copy of your old CDinaBox.dat file ) CDBoxL00.DLL This contains the English Language text used in the program. When the program is first run it will rename this file to CDinaBox.DLL . ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4. Keyboard Control of Player ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ You can control most of the functions of the player from the Keyboard using the following keys. Alt+P Play the Disc using the current play type for that Disc. Alt+O Play Ordinary Tracks on the Disc. Alt+F Play Favorite Tracks on the Disc. Alt+H Play Horrible Tracks on the Disc. Alt+A Play All Tracks on the Disc. Note: Shift+Alt+... will start playing from the highlighted track in the folder. Alt+S Stop playing. Alt+U Pause or Resume playing. Alt+M Mute or Restore Sound. Alt+E Eject the Disc. Alt+<Left Arrow> Skip to prevoius Track. Alt+<Right Arrow> Skip to next Track. Alt+<Up Arrow> Volume up by 10. Alt+<Down Arrow> Volume Down by 10 Alt+<Home> Volume to Maximum. Alt+<End> Volume to Minimum. F3 Exit Program F1 Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5. Features ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5.1. Custom CD's ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ You can add tracks to a CD to create a Custom CD if you wish. If you select the Options->Add Track selection on the main pop-up menu a new track is added to the end of the Disc. You can then give it a name and track status as for a normal track. You then use direct editing on the Start Position and Track Length fields in Details View to set what the new track will play. If the program does not understand or does not accept the information you enter then the existing data will be restored. This may be useful if you have CD's with only 1 track but many songs as now you can create a track for each song and make the original track horrible then hide horrible and be left with the tracks you created. Also if you do not like the start of a song you can create a track and set the start position to the part of the song you like and adjust the track length so it ends at the correct time and you have a Custom Track. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5.2. Hold Mode ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Hold Mode allows you to remove the current Disc from the CD-ROM Drive but still keep all the selections you have made. If you are playing songs from a music Disc and you want to copy a file from a data CD-ROM then you can Activate Hold Mode, remove the music Disc then insert the data Disc and copy the files you want then, reinsert the music Disc and Release Hold Mode and the program will start playing from the same place it stopped. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5.3. Play Options ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The following play options are available from either Play From Start or Play From Highlighted menu options. You can press mouse button 1 over any track and use Play From Highlighted to start from that track. If Quick Sample is active (Clock button down on Control Panel or Menu item checked) then only the first 15 seconds of each track will play. Play All Tracks This will play all tracks. Play Ordinary and Favorite Tracks This will play any Ordinary or Favorite track until the end of the CD. Play Favorite Tracks This will play Favorite tracks only. Play Ordinary Tracks This will play Ordinary tracks only. Play Horrible Tracks This will play Horrible tracks only if you really want to play them. Play Personal Selections This option will appear if you have stored a personal selection for this Disc and will play the tracks in the order you stored them. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5.4. Personal Selections ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ You can select Tracks on the CD ( double click the Icon ) in any order you want and store the selection in the dat file so you can play the same tracks in the Future. After you have selected Tracks there is a Save Personal Selections option on the Options menu. There is a Play Personal Selections menu option under the Play submenu if you have stored a Personal Selection for the current Disc. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5.5. Track Status ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ You can change the status of any track at any time to Favorite, Ordinary or Horrible, depending on what you think of it. You can then use the play options to play only the track you want. To change the status of a track use the Track Popup Menu. Click here to see how to start playing different track types. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5.6. Track Playing Selection ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ If you wish to play a selection of tracks in a particular order then double click on the track Icon's with mouse button 1 in the order you want to play them. The Icon for the track will change to the selected track Icon to show that track is part of a playing selection. Click here for information on how to Release Track Selection. When you have made a selection you can store the track selections in the 'dat' file and play the same selections again. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5.7. Popup Menu's ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The Popup menus allow you to change items for the CD player. The Menu's available are the Track Popup menu and the CD in a Box Popup Menu. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5.8. Direct Editing of Titles ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Use standard OS/2 methods of direct editing to change the name of a track or of the CD Title. Hold down the ALT key and press mouse button 1 (usually the left button) on any title to change it's name. Select Save Changes from the main pop-up menu to save changes to file. Changes are always saved when the program is closed. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5.9. CD Player Views ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Different views are available for the CD Player. You can see either Icon, Detail, Name or Text Views. .*------------------------------------------------------------ ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5.10. Control Panel's ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The Control Panel can be used to control the operation of the CD Player. (You can also use the Popup Menus or the Keyboard.) You can also use the Mini Control Panel. It is smaller than the normal Control Panel and does not include the volume control, the track selection box and the time and player status information. There are 5 Buttons at the Top. They are: Exit This button will close down CD in a Box. Folder This button will show the main CD in a Box window and give it focus. Quick Sample ( Clock Icon) When this button is down it means only the first 15 seconds of each song of the current selection will play. Also available from the Popup Menus. Mute. This button will switch sound on and off. Eject. This button will eject the CD from the player if this is possible. Play Options. The Drop Down Selection Box allows you to select the type of tracks you would like to listen to. Status Information. While stopped this area will show the number of tracks on the CD and the total playing time. While playing a track this area will show the current track number and the remaining time for this track. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5.11. Icon Selection ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The default Icons suppiled with the program can be changed to any other Icon from an "*.ICO" file. All you have to do is drag the ".ICO" file to the CDinaBox window and drop it. A dialog box will appear and allow you to select which Icon you would like to change. You can see what Icons are currently associated with which track status by selecting the Options/Icons... item from the Popup menus. Click here to see how to Restore the Default Icon for a track status. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6. Popup Menu's ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.1. Track Popup Menu ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The Track popup menu appears when you press mouse button 2 over a track. It gives you the option to do the following: Make Ordinary Allows you to change the track status to Ordinary if it is not currently that. Make Favorite Allows you to change the track status to Favorite if it is not currently that. Make Horrible Allows you to change the track status to Horrible if it is not currently that. Restore Default Icon This option allows you to restore the icon for this track status to its default. Click here to see how to restore the Icon for Selected Tracks. Delete Track If the track has been added to the CD then this option will delete the track data from the CD. Mark Position. - Start Position This will mark the current playing position as the start of this added Track. - End Position. This will mark the current playing position as the end of this added Track. - End with Next Start This will mark the current playing position as the end of this added Track and also create a new added Track with the start position also as the current playing position. Track Repeat If this is checked then this track will continue to play until stopped. Play Track This will play the selected track only. If track repeat is checked then it will continue to play. Stop Track This will cause the CD player to stop playing. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.2. Main Popup Menu ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ This popup menu appears when you press mouse button 2 in the CD player but not on a track. It gives you the following options: Open This option Allows you to change the way the Track Information is Displayed. Click Here For More Information on the Views available. Arrange This appears if you are in icon view and allows you to arrange the icons in the container. Help This option provides access to this help file and to the Product Information Dialog. Release Selected Tracks If you have selected tracks to play in a particular order then this option will allow you to release the selections when you have finished or if you want to make a new selection. Save Changes This options allows any changes to CDinaBox.INI and CDBox.DAT to be saved. Any changes will be saved on program Exit. Play Quick Sample When this is checked only the first 15 seconds of any track will play. Also available from the clock button on the Control Panel. Disc Repeat If this is checked then when the CD player has completed playing the tracks you requested it will start again from the start and play the same selection of tracks. Eject Disc This will eject the CD from the player if this is possible. Mute This will switch off sound from the CD player. Sound This will restore sound from the CD player. Pause This will pause playing of the current CD. Resume This will resume playing of the CD after it was paused. Skip Forward This option will stop playing the current song and start playing the next song with the same Track Status. Skip Back This option will stop playing the current song and start playing the previous song with the same Track Status. Stop This will stop playing the CD. Play Click Here for Play Options. Exit This shuts down the CD player and saves any changes to CDinaBox.INI and CDinaBox.DAT ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.2.1. Options Menu ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ This submenu allows you to change the following - Icons This option will display the Icon selection Dialog which will show you the current Icons for each Track Status and allow you to find an Icon file if you want to replace any of the default Icons. You can also drag and drop any *.ico file to the main window and the Icon selection Dialog Box will also appear. Show Control Panel Click Here for information on the Control Panel. Restore Selected Icon If the Icon for Selected Tracks has been changed this menu option allows you to restore it to the default. Show / Hide Horrible Tracks These menu options will allow you to hide or show the Icons for Tracks you have made status Horrible. Scramble / UnScramble Tracks These menu options will Scramble (Random Play) or UnScramble the tracks of the CD. Show Elapsed Time With this option checked the time display on the main Control Panel will show how much of the CD Track has played. Auto Play If this option is checked the player will start playing when it is started or when a new Disc is inserted. Auto Scramble ( Random Play ) If this option is checked the Tracks on the Disc will be Scrambled when a Disc is inserted or on program start. Add Track Click Here to see how to add a track to the current Disc. Mini Control Panel When this is checked the Mini Control Panel will be shown. Activate / Release Hold Mode Click Here for more information on Hold Mode. Save Personal Selections Click Here for more Information on Personal Selections. Delete Current Disc Data This option will remove all the data from the dat file for the current Disc in the Drive. Play Quick Sample If this option is checked then only the first 15 seconds of each track will be played. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.2.2. Open Options Menu ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ The following selections are available from the Open option on the popup menu: Name Name/Flowed This will display the CD tracks in coloums with the Icon to the left. Text Text/Flowed This will display the CD track titles only. Icon This will display CD tracks as icons. This is the Default View. Details This will display CD tracks in the container detail view. Extra information is available in this view. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7. Version Release Information ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Version Release Information. Version 1.5 Released September 1995 Version 1.4 Released 21 May 1995 Added features - Add a Track, Hold Mode, Hide/Show Horrible Tracks, Mini Control Panel, Save Personal Selections. Changed format of the dat file so it can store Multi-Line Titles and it is now able to store personal Selection data and details on added Tracks. Version 1.3 Released 11 April 1995 Bug Fix - Unable to run program on versions of OS/2 prior to Warp. I had left some test code in that called functions that were introduced in Warp so previous versions failed. Added Quick Sample option to play only the first 15 seconds of each track. Enabled the Play Track menu item on a track popup menu so you can start playing the selected track at any time. Version 1.2 Released 12 March 1995 Added Auto Play feature. (Popup menu option) Version 1.1 Released 17 October 1994. Added Control Panel. Window Position will now be saved. ( Popup menu option). Colour and Font used will also be saved when program is closed. Icon selection can now be made from the Popup Menu's. Version 1.0 Released 19 August 1994. First public release. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8. Features On The Drawing Board ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ Planned new features include (but are not limited to) the following. (Send me Email if you have any ideas) World Wide Web Home Page. In the near future there will be a WWW page where you can download the latest version and beta copies of new versions. National Language Support Support for different Languages. If you are able to translate from English to another language then let me know! Control Panel An improved Control Panel. Similar to a real CD Player. Data file Editor I have started to write a program that will allow you to edit information in the data file without having the Disc in the CD-Rom Drive. You will be able to change the Disc and Track Titles, the Track Status and view information about a Disc. You will also be able to import and export data to text and "dat" files to make it easier to share information with others. When this program is complete I will build a master database of track information that you can download from our WWW page. This space free! Send me ideas on what you want to be included.