DISPLAY CAT 1.0 THIS PROGRAM IS FREELY DISTRIBUTABLE. I have had many requests for a program which can display more that 100 files, and they can spread around to display their lists. Well this is the answer, you can simply load the catalog, sort it, and of course display it. This will display any Disk Cat Catalog up to version 2.9 There are two versions of it, both are identical, execpt one is half meg version, and the other is 1+ meg version. DCDisp1 - Half Meg Version, 5,000 Files Max DCDisp2 - 1+ Meg Version. 10,000 Files Max They have messages built in, have a read. When you load a catalog, the catalog information is filled in, and the title, authoir and date of the catalog are displayed in one of these information screens. NOTE: Please if you have a registered copy spread this, not the registered copy. The more people who register the more better it gets. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you are unfamiliar to the workings of Disk Cat, read on. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- DISPLAY FILES This is the most often used of all the options, i'd think. So it has the most features. The editing features are identical to enter files, you can point and click anywhere on the editing windows, and the cursor will go there. Done, exits. But first, if you have modifyed any of it it will do a smart process, because processing the whole damm thing when you have 5000 entries takes for ever, it will only process the parts that were modifyed. Any entry that has no name will be erased, even if an id, or comment is present. Top, Pg Down, PG up and Bottom, do what they say. Search, The use of wild cards ONLY! is like this. *WORD WORD* or The entire word. *WORD* The search routine will search for name or Id only, No comment search has been installed, not worth it really. How it operates: It searches for the name given to look for, or the id given, if both the name and id are given it will look for occurances, of either the name or id, irrespective of wether the id and name appear in the same entry. You can scroll up and down, by clicking at the blank spot at the top or bottom of the text windows. Don't use the cursors to scroll, it's too slow. You can also enter new files here, if you really want to. Block Functions. By using the right mouse button in the editing display you can highlight a block of text, by holding the right button down and draging the cursor down the list, the text can be selected. From this point, you may choose to cut or copy the selected text. Notice that the paste button will not be ON until you have cut/copyied text. Once you have cut or copied some text then you can either cut or copy some more, or paste it in any location you like. When you paste the item(s) in the list AT AND below that point will be moved down to make room for it. EDITING MODE: You Can change the editing mode you wish to use, from Either: INSERT, which will move everything along when you enter a letter, and move everything back when you press the delete button. OVERWRITE, does Not Care what you do, it will simply overwrite the existing letter with a new one, no inserting at all. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- SORT FILES Sort.. it does it..... Just..... Don't complain to me about the slowness of it, right!, it's not my fault, it's the languages sort command. Well the above is sorta, still true, but I have added the quickest custom sort routine I could find, it is quick, for small amounts of items, but not for large. So I have allowed some trickery to take place. If you sort by name, and you have under 1500 files, then you will be using the shell sort routine, which has a full slider time display, it flashes from bule tyo grey, as it fills up each line. (You'll see), also the sam applys for the id sort, but under 1000 this time. However what about over this amount, well, then the Amos sort command will take effect, it is quick for a large amount of items. IMPORTANT: ========= FOR AMOS SORTING: You get NO, progress display, so don't worry if it appears to have frozen up, it is normal. The bar will go to the center, and freeze, then sort the files, and then the sort will be done, it will seem like the program will crash but it hasn't. So you get the best of both worlds. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LOAD, you can either load a new cat, or merge/append another cat to the end of the current one, the cat description will be that of the new one, or current one. IMPORTANT: ========= To Get a list of Devices Mounted, from the file requestor, when loading or saving, press right mouse button. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- END..... EXTRAS: Helpful info, to avoid you banging your head against a wall. IMPORTANT, if you get a request saying NO DISK IN DRIVE 0, THEN YOU BETTER PUT A DISK INTO DRIVE 0!!!!! GOT IT, OR THE GURU "WILL" Visit. DON'T WHAT EVER YOU DO, PUSH THE CANCEL BUTTON. FAULT OF THE COMPILER. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Possible problems you might encounter: Q. The program has frozen, the slider counter is stuck, and no matter how many foul things I say to it it won't move. A. Memory problem, unless you have heaps of mem, more than 1 1/2 meg, because of the language it happens. It shouldn't and there is no logical reason why but it does, However, don't switch off, it will resume, give it time, it just has to move a few things in memory around to make room. Q. How come it takes a while to sort files, A. The language's sort command, has to sort every file name, which means the blank ones too. I hate it, but it's quicker than a custom sorter, for large files. Q. How can I contact The cool guy who wrote this. A. Dial RAMOS BBS (Vic), mail me, Paul Somers, Fido 3:633/255. Internet: psom2@cfs01.cc.monash.edu.au IF you Must, Direct Mail Address is, PO BOX 1061 Dandenong 3175 Victoria Australia. In order to get a registered version of this program. Contact me, and give me details of your system, and I will make one to suit your system, in order to get the maximum amount of files. You also get the next upgrade to the program, a step above what you already had.