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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 :
* Overview of WinCat/PRO features
* System Requirements
* How to install WinCat/PRO
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
Free utilities included :
* 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.
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
Recommended :
* Mouse or other pointing device
* WinZip ((c) Nico Mak Computing, Inc.) for extracting archive files
Optional :
* if you want to print disklabels : a printer capable of printing graphics
INSTALLATION
------------
The easiest (and recommended) way to install WinCat/PRO is to use the
INSTALL program.
MANUAL INSTALLATION
-------------------
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:\WINDOWS\WINCAT
2) create directory C:\WINDOWS\WINCAT\ARCHIVES
3) copy the files to the C:\WINDOWS\WINCAT directory
4) Rename file INSTALL.BIN to INSTALL.ZIP
5) extract INSTALL.ZIP into C:\WINDOWS\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:\WINDOWS\WINCAT as 'working directory')
9) GO!