LCAT19X : Listing Catalog for Windows
          Information about the program usage

Title   : LCAT
Version : 1.9
Date    : February 7, 2000
Author  : J R Ferguson
E-mail  : j.r.ferguson @ iname.com
Download: http://hello.to/ferguson (MS-Windows Tools English)
Usage   : Windows 3.1/95/NT application

This program may be used and copied freely without  charge,  but  only  for
non-commercial  purposes.  The  author is not responsible for any damage or
loss of data that may be caused by using it.

LCAT replaces the programs LSTCATV (DOS) and LSTCATW (Windows) by the  same
author. It is distributed in two versions:
 1. LCATnnX.ZIP - Executable and Help file only
 2. LCATnnS.ZIP - Source files (Borland Delphi v1.0 and EDITHELP)
In both names, nn stands for a 2 digit release number.


General information
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LCAT  is  a  listing  catalog.  It  helps you find printed source listings,
textfiles, printed  documents  or  in  fact  any  objects  connected  to  a
filename. With LCAT you can view and maintain a list of filenames connected
to group identifiers.

A  group  identifier is a code for a place you store the listings. This may
be a folder or portfolio or bookshelf number, or anything that groups  file
listings  together. Typically, the file listings are ordered alphabetically
within their groups.

To make your catalog have a more 'human'  interface,  LCAT  allows  you  to
attach a free format description to each group identifier.


The main data file
------------------

The main datafile contains only filename, extent and a group identifier for
each listing entry. This is the file you open and save using the File  menu
commands.  Its name is saved in the LCAT.INI file, so when LCAT is started,
it automatically reopens the datafiles that were used the last time.

Lcat support two main data file formats: one for 8.3 DOS filenames, and one
for long filenames as used in Windows 95, Windows 97 and  Windows  NT.  The
default extension for a DOS name data file is .lca. For long filenames it's
.lce.

You  can  convert  a  .lce  file  to  a  .lca file and vice versa using the
File|Save As menu command. When you create  a  new  catalog,  you  have  to
choose which of the two file types you want to create.

You  can  maintain  the  main  datafile from the main application window by
using the Edit menu entries Add, Change and Delete. Also, such menu entries
are provided in a pop-up menu, activated by pressing the right mouse-button
over the main window listbox.


The group data file
-------------------

The  group  datafile contains a list of group identifiers and descriptions.
This file has the same filename as the main datafile, with an extension  of
.LCG.  The  group  datafile is automatically opened and saved together with
the main data file. To maintain the group datafile, you open the group list
dialog by choosing the Group list option from the main window's Edit  menu.
The  group  list  dialog  has its own Edit menu, and also provides a pop-up
menu, activated with a right mouse-button click.


History:
v1.9 Feb 07,2000
- Changed Author's URL; added URL to aboutbox
v1.8 Apr 20,1999
- Support for long filenames.
v1.7 Oct 28,1998
(no further history logged).