MagCat

MagCat is a magazine article cataloging program and is being distributed as shareware. MagCat provides a method of cataloging all of the magazine articles, books, files, and other pieces of information lying about in a form that allows fast searching for information based on keywords.

Information kept about articles includes the article name, its location, a short description about the article, and a list of keywords used to search for the article. A database is created to contain all of the information about the articles. This database is accessed via three windows. The Article window displays all of the articles in the database. It can display the locations, keywords, and descriptions of each article and allows searching. The Location window displays all of the unique locations where articles are stored along with how many articles are stored in each location. The Keyword window displays all of the keywords and the number of times each keyword has been used. Multiple databases may be open at the same time to allow easy viewing of different databases. Articles may be imported and exported from other databases. The entire database or just the results of a search may be printed.

Searches are performed using the Article window. Articles may be searched by locations and keywords. All articles that match the search criteria are displayed in the article window. Their locations and descriptions may be displayed to help determine which articles are the most appropriate.

Requirements

MagCat is a Microsoft Windows application and requires Windows 3.1 or above. It requires Windows to be run in either Standard or Enhanced mode. The program, help file, and DLL (magcat.exe, magcat.hlp, and magcatdb.dll) must be in the same directory. The data files may be anywhere (including the same directory).

Computer:

386 PC

Memory:

4 MB RAM

Disk Space:

2 MB

Operating System:

Windows 3.1 or above.

MagCat Registration

This program is being distributed as shareware. If you make use of this software you are expected to pay a registration fee of $30.00.

Registration entitles you to a disk with the current version of the software, a registration number good for all 1.xx versions, a printed manual, and notice of updates to the software. Future versions of this software are available to registered users at a significant discount. Contact us for site licensing information.

MagCat Pricing

Individual Use.

• Individual Use Diskette with program and documentation $30.00
• Upgrade to Version 1.42 $10.00 (only if you are a registered user)

Multiple Use Site license for the use of MagCat. Includes one diskette with programs and documentation.

• 2 to 9 computers at $23.00 each computer
• 10 to 24 computers at $18.00 each computer
• 25 to 49 computers at $15.00 each computer
• 50 to 99 computers at $12.00 each computer
• 100 to 499 computers at $8.00 each computer

Download

The current version of MagCat is 1.42.

Download now: magcat14.zip (192K)

Release History

Version 1.42 - August 1995

• Cosmetic fix to scroll bars to work under Windows 95.

Version 1.41 - January 1995

• Minor speed improvements.
• Minor corrections to help file.

Version 1.4 - March 1993

• Added an author field and Starting and Ending page number fields to each article.
• A Copy Article in Bibliography Format command has been added to facilitate using MagCat to write research papers.
• Article window now contains a status line to indicate search criteria.
• Windows and listings now contain column headings.
• Article listing of search results contains search criteria.
• Listings now contain the name of the database file in the header.
• When searching for articles from a particular location, leaving any of the month, day, year, volume, issue fields blank is treated the same way as if the field contained an asterisk (*). It matches any value.
• Changed all references to Volume Major/Volume Minor to Volume/Issue.
• Main window now contains scroll bars to allow database windows to be moved out of view.
• You can now use the Delete key to delete a selected article.
• The first mouse click in a window is used to activate the window. It does not change any selections made in the window.
• Minor fixes to Remember Window Positions.
• Faster startup, windows are not redrawn multiple times.

Version 1.3 - June 1992

• Dialogs are now positioned relative to the main MagCat window instead of centered on the screen. The Edit and Search dialogs still remember their previous positions if "Remember Settings" is checked.
• Better checking for invalid characters in edit fields.
• The Article Edit and Search dialogs are now modeless. This allows keywords to be copied from the keyword window and pasted into the dialogs to facilitate edit articles and performing searches.
• MagCat now supports the current keyboard shortcuts for Undo, Cut, Copy, and Paste (Ctrl+Z, Ctrl+X, Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V). The Windows 3.0 conventions (Alt+Bksp, Shft+Del, Ctrl+Ins, Shft+Ins) are still supported.
• The Sort By and View Options are now also remembered for each window when Remember Settings is checked in Preferences.

Version 1.2 - June 1992

• Drag and Drop support if running under Windows 3.1.
• Open databases and window positions are remembered when "Remember Settings" is checked in Preferences.

Version 1.1a - May 1992

• Fix for database error when editing an article which causes window display problems.
• Better optimizations.

Version 1.1 - April 1992

• Delete now allows you to delete the article, skip it, or cancel the delete procedure.
• Pressing the F1 key will now bring up help in dialogs.
• The Common Dialogs are now used for creating and selecting files if they are present under both Windows 3.0 and 3.1. If they are not present, the default file selection dialogs are used.
• The Common Dialogs are now used for printing if they are present under both Windows 3.0 and 3.1. This allows changing the characteristics of a print operation. If the Common Dialogs are not present, the default print dialogs are used which only provides printing to the default printer.
• Fix for displaying selections. Some color combinations were not handled correctly.

Version 1.0.2 - January 1992

• Minor optimizations.

Version 1.0.1 - December 1991

• Minor update to e-mail addresses.
• Major speed improvements to list handling.
• Better handling of out of memory conditions when "select all" or a search is being performed.
• During a Search, a Select All, or a Copy operation the cursor changes to an hourglass to indicate that the operation is in progress.
• Better handling of memory while copying to the clipboard.
• Fixed problem in calculating margins when using metric measurements.

Version 1.0 - November 1991

• First Release