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CATADISK

About

Cataloging Diskettes

Catalog Maximum Size

Opening\Deleting Catalogs

File Comments

DOS Catalog Browser

Right Button on Mouse

Click on an item to learn more about it!

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FILE

Access to options below

About

Name,Version

ToolBar

Hide or Unhide the ToolBar

Exit

Exit the CATADISK cataloger.

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CATALOG

Cataloging Diskettes

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Insert a floppy diskette into Drive A or B.

on the menu bar click CATALOG and select DRIVE.

If your diskette has a Volume Label Cat-A-Disk will

catalog your diskette , you should then mark the

diskette with a felt pen or marker with this name.

Insert your next disk and continue cataloging your diskettes.

Free Space:

List all disks in a catalog and show their free bytes.

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VOLUMES

Create a volume label on your diskette for drive A or B.

Remove Volume from a catalog

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To remove a diskette Volume from a catalog, Highlight

its name and select VOLUMES,REMOVE DISK VOLUME.

You will be asked to verify the deletion.

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SEARCH

You can search for files by NAME...just type in a name or partial name to match.

or you can search for files by ANY....type in any text to find a match.

You can have multiple Search windows.

The menu bar "Search" can be used with multiple browse windows.

Use the Toolbar Search Icon (Binoculars Icon) for the catalog

that is active in the Cataloger window.

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MANAGER

The catalog manager lets you create,open or delete catolog file names.

Starting a New Catalog

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Open the Catalog Manager window

Click on the NEW button and type in a name for your

new catalog such as "MYDISKS".

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CATALOGER

Opens the Catadisk cataloger.

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Search
ToolBar Search

Used  for the catalog that is active in the Cataloger window.

Search for files by NAME only. Just type in a name or partial name to match.

You can have multiple Search windows.

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BROWSE

View an entire catalog. (64k limit)

You can Browse more than one catalog at a time.

Only one Browse Window is allowed per Catalog.

You can do a search on the active browse window

by clicking  "Search" on the menu bar.

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CASCADE

Arranges all open windows to cascade format.

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TILE

Arranges all open windows to Tile format.

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ICON

Arranges all icons in CATADISK'S main window.

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Browse Option

If you have cataloged disks which have many subdirectorys and

just want to browse the root directorys click here to set that option

ON or OFF before opening a  browse window.

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EXIT

Close all CATADISK windows and Exits the cataloger.

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About

Cat-A-Disk is a Diskette Cataloger for Windows 3.1.

Cat-A-Disk logs all files on your floppys,including

any directorys and files in those directorys to a catalog

file in the directory where you installed Cat-A-Disk.

The default file extension is IDX, and does not need

to be added to the catalog name.

Cat-A-Disk shows you how much free space each disk in

the catalog has. This can be very helpful when you need

to save a file to a disk but don't know which disk has

enough free space!

Catalogs are saved and updated to disk automatically.

* (MEMORY ERROR)

When viewing a Catalog in a Browse Window or Search Window only

the first 64k of text will be shown.

This is Visual Basic's(3.0) limit on list boxes.

If you want Cat-A-Disk to make your diskette Volume Labels

for you, you should have the file "LABEL.EXE" in your

path. This file is included with MS-DOS (see C:\DOS)

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Cataloging Diskettes

Insert a floppy diskette into Drive A or B.

on the menu bar click CATALOG and select DRIVE.

If your diskette has a Volume Label Cat-A-Disk will

catalog your diskette , you should then mark the

diskette with a felt pen or marker with this name.

If your diskette does NOT have a Volume Label see

(No Volume Labels on disks) below.

Insert your next disk and continue cataloging your diskettes.

No Volume Labels on disks

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If your diskette has No Volume Label,Cat-A-Disk

will ask you to enter a name for the diskette, or

you can make Volume Labels by selecting VOLUMES

on the menu bar, and then select CREATE LABEL.

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OpeningCatalogs
Opening\Deleting Catalogs

 You may switch between catalogs at any time by opening them with

 the Catalog Manager. You can also Delete unwanted catalogs at any time.

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File Comments

Add a comment to a file

(1)  Open a catalog

(2)  Open a browse window

(3)  Highlight the file you wish to add a comment to and press Enter or Double-Click on it.

(4)  Type in your message & press the Enter Key.

Deleting a File Comment:

 Follow steps 1-3 above then type a  *  (SHIFT KEY + 8) & press Enter.

Updating Catalogs with Comments:

 All File Comments are saved unless the files on the diskette

 have been changed by their Size,Date or Time.

Using Search for Comments:

 Use Search "BY ANY" when searching for files by comments

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DOS BROWSER

CATADISK Browser 1.0 for DOS:

 Included with v1.4 is the CATADISK Browser for DOS.

 It is not installed but is included on the disk or archive.

 To use it, copy the file "CATADOS.EXE"  to the same directory

 where  you have installed CATADISK for Windows.

 It will let you view your catalog(s) that were made with CATADISK for Windows.

 After you open a catalog, you can press the first character

 of the file your looking for or scroll at you lesiure.

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Maxiumum Catalog Size

Catalogs have a maximum size of 64k bytes.

To check the free bytes left of a catalog,Select CATALOG,

CATALOG SIZE from the menu bar when the cataloger is active.

Since catalogs have a maximum size of 64k its a good idea

To check the size of a catalog when it contains 30 disks

or more or has lots of comments.

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Compare

Compare & Copy

Searches a catalog and compares it to files on your hard drive.

This is a fast way to find out if you have copied the file(s) to a diskette.

IF NOT,you can copy these files to a diskette right from CAT-A-DISK!

With the Cataloger window active select COMPARE from the menu bar.

In the Compare window, select the Drive and Directory where the files are located you want to copy to diskette or just want to see if the file names are already saved to a diskette.Highlight the files you want to search for and Click on the Search Button. File Names not found in the current catalog will be listed in the right list box.

If you want to copy these files to a diskette, highlight the files in the right list box, then Click the Copy button.

After all your files are copied, Re-Catalog the diskette to keep your

catalog up to date.

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TBA
Catalogs The Diskette in Drive A:

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TBB
Catalog the Diskette in Drive B:

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TBFREE
List all disks in a catalog and show their free bytes

in accending order. (free bytes smallest to largest)

When this window is open it is automaticlly updated

when you update the catalog it belongs to.

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TBCATSIZE
To check the free bytes left of a active catalog.

Since catalogs have a maximum size of 64k its a good idea

To check the size of a catalog when it contains 40 disks

or more or has lots of comments.

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Button2
Pressing the right mouse button over a window will

 give you a pop-up menu for that window or

close the window if it doesn't have a menu.

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