PIC	STATION

© 1996 by Tatulis.Tools

General

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PicStation is a powerful picture-browser. Thumbnails of the pictures on your harddisk and CD-Rom are generated and stored on your harddisk in the directory < PicStationPath \ temp >. So if the thumbnail-files already exist, you get a very quick overwiev of your pictures.

The content of the <temp> directory can be deleted at any time, but needs to be rebuild the next time PicStation starts.

You can look at pictures by:

- directory	Select <Choose Path>  in the System-menu

- drag'n drop	Drag picture-files in the Filemanager or Explorer (Win 95) and drop them to PicStation.

- command-line	Start PicStation on Command-line:
(only functions if System-menu command <Path-Dialog after start> is disabled)

Syntax:	picstat path\wilcard.ext

(wildcard = *, a-z, 0-9,

 ext = *, BMP, GIF, ICO, JPG, PCD, PCX, TIF, TXT, WMF)

File-Menu

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Choose path	Show Path-Dialog in order to choose a path. You can type in a filter in the

editfield for the extension, e.g.  PIC*.GIF  or  ANIMAL*.BMP.

PicStation recognizes the formats: BMP, GIF, ICO, JPG, PCD, PCX, TIF, WMF and ASCII.

Export	Show Export-Dialog in order to export the selected picturefiles as: BMP, GIF, JPG, PCX, TIF.

Create Thumbnails	Popupmenu: Create Thumbnails of the selected pictures. Choose between one  of the formats BMP, GIF, JPG, PCX, TIF.

Diashow	Popupmenu: New, Open, Close, Save, SaveAs, Play a Diashow. To add pictures to the Diashow, drag the thumbnails and drop them to the Diashow-Window.

Quit	Terminate PicStation.

Edit-Menu

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Copy To Clipboard	Copy the selected picture to clipboard.

Show Original	Show selected picture in either original or stretched size depending on the Flag:  Show streched.

Delete	Delete selected thumbnail(s) on harddisc.

Refresh	Actualisize the current selected Thumbnail.

Refresh All	Actualisize all Thumbnails.

Run Associated 	Start the program, which is associated with the file-extension of the selected picture. (eg. Paint Brush)

Sort-Menu

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None	The Thumbnail-order is determined by the drag and drop mechanism.

Name	Sort Thumbnails by filename.

Date	Sort Thumbnails by date of file.

Options-Menu

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Always on top	Enable: PicStation Window is the topmost window.

Show filename	Enable: show picture filenames beyond the picture.

Path-Dialog after start	Enable: path-dialog will be shown at startup time.

Show streched	Enable: picture fits into PicStation window.

Thumbnail size	Change thumbnails width and height.

?-Menu

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Help/Ordering 	Shows Online Help and Ordering Informations.

Registration	Choose if you get a registration ID to change unregistered PicStation to registered PicStation.

About	About PicStation and Tatulis.Tools, Contact-Points.

Mouse

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LeftClick	Select thumbnail.

LeftClick & MouseMove 	Drag thumbnails and drop them inside to get another order, or drop them outside to a different target. (To drop Thumbnail release Mousebutton).

LeftClick & Strg	Mark thumbnail as in the Windows Filemanager.

LeftClick & Shift	Mark thumbnails as in the Windows Filemanager.

LeftDoubleClick	Show selected Picture.

RightDoubleClick 	Run associated program.

Keystrokes

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Return	Show selected Picture.

Esc	Go back to thumbnail-page.

Cursor left	Skip to thumbnail or picture left to the current position.

Cursor up	Skip to thumbnail or picture up to the current position.

Cursor down 	Skip to thumbnail or picture down to the current position.

Cursor right	Skip to thumbnail or picture right to the current position.

Space	Skip to thumbnail or picture right to the current position.

Tab	Skip to thumbnail or picture right to the current position.

Home	Skip to first thumbnail or picture.

End	Skip to last thumbnail or picture.

PgUp	Skip to thumbnail or picture of previous page.

PgDwn	Skip to thumbnail or picture of next page .

Del	Remove selected thumbnail(s)  (not physical).

F5	Refresh thumbnail, eg. after Thumbnail-Size changes.

Credits

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The Jpeg compression/decompression features of PicStation were made possible through the use of code produced by the Independent JPEG Group.

Other format conversions of PicStation were made possible through the use of code produced by author Thomas W.Lipp, Synergy Verlag, Munich, Germany.

Support, new versions

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Please visit our homepage on internet: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/tatulis

Ordering  PicStation

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Ordering by check/cash:  To order by check send this order form and a check to Tatulis.Tools, Mainstr.4, 63322 Roedermark, Germany.  To print this order form, select it and click on Print Topic in the File pull-down menu. Payments must be in US dollars, or you can send international postal money orders in US dollars.

Credit card ordering:  You can order with MC, Visa, Amex, or Discover from Public (software)

Library in the following ways:

-	Online: Go to our Web site at http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/tatulis and click on

Order PicStation.

- FAX:  To 713-524-6398 ask for product #15194 and

please type or block print very plainly.

- Email: To PsL at 15194@pslweb.com

- Mail credit card orders to PsL at P.O.Box 35705, Houston, TX 77235-5705.

- Phone: PsL's operators are available from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Monday-Friday at 800-242-4775 Ext.15194 or at 713-524-6394 Ext.15194

THE ABOVE NUMBERS ARE FOR CREDIT CARD ORDERS ONLY.

THE AUTHOR OF THIS PROGRAM CANNOT BE REACHED AT THESE NUMBERS.

Any questions about the status of the shipment of the order, refunds,

registration options, product details, technical support, volume

discounts, dealer pricing, site licenses, non-credit card orders, etc,

must be directed to Tatulis.Tools (for contactinformation select About Menu).

To insure that you get the latest version, PsL will notify us within one

business day of your order and we will ship the registration-ID directly to you.

CompuServe Registration:  To have the registration fee added to your CompuServe bill type GO SWREG at the ! prompt and follow the menus. PicStation's order-registration id is 9535.

After payments you get a registration-ID to unlock PicStation.