DiscoMania 2.04 Read Me File      December 29 1998

Author: Mehrdad Hatteffi
Email: [email protected]
Homepage: http://www.fortunecity.com/skyscraper/jobbs/79/index.html
Platform: Win95/NT

WARRANTY

Users must accept this disclaimer of warranty:
THE SOFTWARE IS FREEWARE AND SUPPLIED "AS IS". THE AUTHOUR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND OF FITNESS FOR ANY PURPOSE. THE AUTHOR ASSUMES NO LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES, DIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL, WHICH MAY RESULT FROM THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE.

A Note Of Appreciation:

Many many thanks to Craig Plath, whose bug reports and wonderful ideas have transformed DiscoMania into a high quality software package. I could not have done it without you. Thank you, Schvenn.

What is DiscoMania?

If you happen to have a lot of diskettes and CD-Roms, you know that it can be really time consuming when you want to find a file(s). DiscoMania offers a solution to this problem, without breaking your pocket. DiscoMania is a utility to create catalogs of removable, CD-ROM, and local drives. You can create, search, and organize catalogs using various options.

How To Install DiscoMania 2.04

Simply unzip the files, of which there are only two: DiscoMania.exe and this Readme.txt file, into a directory of your choice. Create a shortcut (optional) for the program and you are done.

How To Upgrade From Earlier Versions (1.36 - 1.48)

Use the "Upgrade To v2.xx" option under the "General" menu.

How To Un-Install DiscoMania

Delete the installation directory, all the files in it, and all sub-directories. There are no registry entries or external DLL's to delete after versions 1.48. If however, you have used a previous version of DiscoMania, you may wish to remove the DiscoMania registry entry.

What's New Dec 29/98

  1. Under the search window added an option to select/unselect all categories with one click.
  2. Fixed a problem with the DEL key prompting to remove a row while editting a file comment directly in the table.
  3. Fixed the <> buttons looking cut off when focused.
  4. Added an option to clear the table at any given time.
  5. Fixed a problem with the sort indicator. When you sort the table based on a particular column and then do a completely unrelated search, the search results come up sorted by name as they always do, but the column header from the previous list still indicates that this new table is sorted based on that column.
  6. Fixed a problem with the include date and time check boxs under Print table.
  7. Added an option under "Search And Replace" window to ask for confirmation before replacing a comment.

What's New Dec 23/98

  1. Added an option "Fit To Page" under print table.
  2. Added an option "Table Lines Visible". Hide/show visual table lines.
  3. Took out the option "Select Text Color". It was causing error messages to be produeced.
  4. Added an option to control how long tooltips stay visible. 1 to 10 seconds.
  5. Corrected a problem with smart update. Now both a file name and size are used when updating a catalog.
  6. Corrected a problem with the Delete key while editting a file comment directly in the table.
  7. If setting a disk label fails, a warning dialog will be displayed.
  8. Added an option to save the contents of the visual table as a comma delimited text file (CSV).

What's New Nov 11/98

  1. Corrected a problem with indexing of drives containing large amount of ZIP files (500 MB or more) with the option "Include contents of Zip files" on.
  2. Improved print preview and printing.
  3. Corrected a problem with openning of a second instance of the program by accident while the program was running.
  4. Some speed improvements (up to %200) while displaying items in the treeview.
  5. Added a new option to open a file from a catalog for viewing. For example an image, a text file,...

What's New Sept 20/98

  1. Replaced the search by word/phrase edit box with a drop down combo box which keeps a history list.
  2. Fixed the search by date routine. Now it is not limited to US date format. Supported formats are MM/DD/YY, DD/MM/YY, YY/MM/DD.
  3. Fixed drag and drop. Now, Moving catalogs using drag and drop works properly.
  4. Added a new option to edit catalogs and categories names directly from the tree view.

What's New Sept 15/98

  1. Fixed a bug causing DiscoMania to hang while attempting to index a corrupted Zip file.