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- WinCat/PRO 4.1 Disk and CDROM Catalog
- Copyright 1992-1995 by Mart Heubel. All rights reserved.
-
- Contents of this file :
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- * Overview of WinCat/PRO features
- * System Requirements
- * How to install WinCat/PRO
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- WINCAT/PRO FEATURES
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- * WinCat/PRO is easy to use
- * WinCat/PRO is FAST ! (developed with Turbo Pascal for Windows)
- * WinCat/PRO uses state-of-the-art graphics to display data from it's
- catalog.You can choose from a variety of display modes.
- * English, French, German and Dutch language support
- * Ability to restore files or extract files from archives. WinCat/PRO
- interfaces to all DOS and Windows unarchive utilities (like ARJ, LHA,
- PKUNZIP, WUNA, WINZIP etc.) and other programs using user-defined
- associations.
- * WinCat/PRO can play WAV soundfiles
- * Kingsize comment fields (up to 500 characters) on both file- and
- volume-entries
- * Reads subdirectories up to 6 levels deep
- * Supports various disktypes (floppydisk, CD-ROM, harddisk, networkdisk etc.)
- * Extensive file-search and -view capabilities, fast SPLLASH sorting
- * 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
- it's catalog
- * User-definable reports : Volume Summary, Volume Contents, Files sorted by
- Filename, 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.
- * WinCat/PRO can automatically label your floppy-disks
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- Free utilities included :
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- * WOODLE, a graphic disklabel print utility with WYSIWYG layout editor
- * WinCat/UnZIP, a utility which unpacks ZIP and ARJ archive files
- * WinCat/DIZ, a utility which extracts FILE_ID.DIZ descriptions from
- archive files
- * WinCat/MC, a utility to search for files in multiple catalogs.
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- SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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- In order to run properly, WinCat/PRO requires
- * MicroSoft Windows 3.1 or Windows for Workgroups 3.11
- * (S)VGA display mode (EGA mode not supported)
- * at least 4 MB memory
- * at least 2 MB space on your harddisk
- * at least 1 diskdrive, harddisk or CD-ROM drive
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- Recommended :
- * Mouse or other pointing device
- * WinZip ((c) Nico Mak Computing, Inc.) for extracting archive files
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- Optional :
- * if you want to print disklabels : a printer capable of printing graphics
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- INSTALLATION
- ------------
- The easiest (and recommended) way to install WinCat/PRO is to use the
- INSTALL program.
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- MANUAL INSTALLATION
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- If you don't want to use the automatic installation procedure, you
- can install WinCat/PRO this way. Refer to WINCAT.HLP for more information.
-
- 1) create directory C:\WINCAT
- 2) create directory C:\WINCAT\ARCHIVES
- 3) copy the files to the C:\WINCAT directory
- 4) Rename file INSTALL.BIN to INSTALL.ZIP
- 5) extract INSTALL.ZIP into C:\WINCAT (using PKUNZIP)
- 6) edit WINCATRS.BAT (specify directory of LHA, ARJ and PKUNZIP.EXE)
- 7) move file CTL3DV2.DLL to the \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory
- 8) add WINCAT.EXE and WOODLE.EXE to a Windows program group
- (specify C:\WINCAT as 'working directory')
- 9) GO!