Copyright: Copyright ® Douglas C. Wood 1994


Contents

Overview

Files
Insert
Extract
Delete

Volumes
Insert
Delete

Windows
Style
View
Lists


OVERVIEW

Disk Catalog maintains a simple data base of your removeable disk files. It provides the ability to quickly and easily store and retrieve files that you want to save but don't often use.

Hard disk free space can disappear quickly with today's multitude of free software, bulletin boards, etc. Save it all and keep track of it without having to purchase a bigger hard drive!

Disk Catalog performs the mundane tasks of listing the directories of your removeable disks, storing the directory lists, finding a disk with enough free space to hold the file you wish to save, and finding a particular file that you know you saved, but just can't remember which disk it is on, ....

Enjoy.


STYLE
Window Style

The catalog windows can be displayed in several ways.

Cascade
Tile

A list window can be maximized (ALT-MINUS-X) or minimized (ALT-MINUS-N). Minimized windows are shown as icons at the bottom of the main window.
Icons


VIEW

Set the columns that are displayed in the Files and Volumes lists

Size
Date
Time
Volume
Description
Font


LISTS

The catalog display is split between a volumes list on the left, and the files list on the right.

Volume List
File List


ABOUT

Copyright notice and version.


FILE INSERT

Adds a file to the catalog.

A standard file open dialog box is used to select the file to be added.

The volume dialog will be displayed to request the first volume that has enough free space to store the selected file. Once the correct volume is inserted into the removeable media drive, the file will be copied to the volume and it's location cataloged.


FILE EXTRACT

Copies a file from a cataloged volume to the destination you select.

The destination is selected using a standard file open dialog box.

The volume with the file to be extracted will be requested via the Open Volume dialog.


FILE DELETE

Removes the selected file from the catalog and deletes it from the volume.


VOLUME INSERT

Catalog all the files in the root directory of the volume in your removeable media drive.

All volumes cataloged must have a volume label - see new volume dialog.

If a volume with the same name already exists in the catalog, you will be given an option to continue or abort. Continuing results in "re-cataloging" - all the cataloged file names for the volume are removed before reading the files currently on the volume. This allows updating a volume that may have been modified using other programs.


VOLUME DELETE

Removes the selected volume and all it's files from the catalog. The volume does not need to actually be in the drive since this only affects the catalog itself.


DRIVE
CHANGE DRIVE

Allows either drive A or B (currently the only removeable media drive options) to be selected.


FONT

Select the font used for list box items. Any font on your system can be selected, as well as it's boldness and size, to suit your tastes.


SEARCH

Enter a file specification to locate files across all volumes. A search results window will be created to show the matching files. This window functions the same way that the files list window does in the normal volume-file-list pair.


EDIT DESCRIPTION

Enter a short description for the selected file or volume (depending on which list you are currently focused on). The description is displayed in the last column.


HELP CONTENTS

Quick access to the contents page of the help file.


HELP CONTEXT

Contect-sensitive help when the F1 key is pressed.


NEW
NEW WINDOW

Creates a new window showing volumes and the files in the selected volume. Each window can show a different file listing.


TILE
TILE WINDOWS

Displays all the open windows at once by dividing the screen into equal sections.


CASCADE
CASCADE WINDOWS

Displays all the open windows overlapped so that the titles are visible. The title is the currently selected volume (or the search pattern of a search results window).


ARRANGE ICONS

Arranges minimized windows' icons.


VIEW SIZE

Toggles the display of the SIZE column on and off. SIZE is the file size or the volume capacity in bytes.


VIEW DATE

Toggles the display of the DATE column on and off. DATE is the file modification date or volume creation date in Month/Day/Year format.


VIEW TIME

Toggles the display of the TIME column on and off. This is the file modification time or the volume creation time in 12-hour format.


VIEW VOLUME

Toggles the display of the VOLUME NAME column on and off. This is the volume where file is located.


VIEW DESCRIPTION

Toggles the display of the DESCRIPTION column on and off. The description is added by you using the description edit box (ALT-N).


ABOUT DIALOG

Dialog box which shows the current version and copyright.


SEARCH DIALOG

The search dialog box requests a search pattern.


EDIT DIALOG

Dialog box to display and/or modify a description for a volume or file.


DRIVE DIALOG

Dialog box to change the removeable-media drive selection.


NEW VOLUME DIALOG

Dialog box to allow adding a new volume to the catalog.


VOLUME DIALOG

Dialog box to request a volume be inserted for a file insert, extract, and delete operation.


ORDER DIALOG

Provides a form for registering Disk Catalog.


FILE MENU

File menu.


VOLUME MENU

Volume menu.


WINDOW MENU

Window menu.


VIEW MENU

View options menu.


HELP MENU

Help menu.


VOLUMES LIST

Move the highlight using the cursor up/down keys or the mouse. The files of the selected volume are shown in the files list to the right.


FILES LIST

The selected volume's contents. Each file is listed, ordered by name. Highlight a file with the mouse or cursor keys, press [Enter] to copy the file to your hard disk, or press [Del] to remove it from the catalog.


CLOSE

Message - Save changes before closing.


DELETE FILE

Message - delete file


INSERT VOLUME

Message - insert volume


DELETE VOLUME

Message - delete volume


CHOOSE VOLUME

Message - choose volume


NEW VOLUME

Message - new volume


ERROR

Message - error


LABEL

The currently inserted volume's label.


SEARCH STRING
SEARCHSTR

The file name search pattern to use in locating files.


DRIVE
DRIVE LETTER

The drive letter of a removeable-media drive.


NEW LABEL

The currently inserted volume's label will be changed to this if it isn't already.  An unlabeled volume can be labeled this way.


EDIT

Shows the current description for an item (the slected file or volume). Any modifications to the displayed text will replace the current description. Use the Clear button to erase all the text and thus remove a description for an item.


EDIT CLEAR

Clears all text for an item description.