
Argentum Infophilia: General information
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Please read  this  file  carefully  before installing and running the
program on your computer.

Contents
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Program information
Copyright information
Description
Installation & running
History

Program information
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Program Archive Name:
  ai060.zip
Program Name:
  Argentum Infophilia
Program Version:
  0.60
Program Release Date:
  April 12, 1999
Program Description:
  Universal cataloging & archiving software
Target OS:
  Windows 95, Windows 98
Software type:
  Freeware with expiration date (January 1, 2000)

Copyright information
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Author:
  Argentum Corporation, Vyacheslav Stepanyuchenko
Contact E-mail Address:
  argentum@bigfoot.com
Contact WWW URL:
  http://argentum.rsu.ru

Description
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This  easy  to  use  software will help you maintain large archives of
various  digital  data  e.  g.  collections of texts, graphics, audio,
video,  software  etc.  Such  data  may  be distributed over different
off-line  and  on-line media like CD-ROMs, floppies, Zip drives, local
and network volumes etc. Argentum Infophilia also can be used to store
and   manipulate   large   amounts   of   tree-structured   data  with
heterogeneous  information  on  its nodes. In fact this is a universal
DBMS-like   system,   designed   for   working   with  tree-structured
(dendritic)  data.  Every  node  of  the  tree  can hold any number of
so-called  properties:  strings  and  paragraphs, integers and floats,
dates  and  times,  check  boxes,  combo boxes, and even custom binary
streams.

With Argentum Infophilia you will be able to:

 ~ Create a browseable exact copy of your off-line disk collection. It
   may  be  a  collection  of  CD-ROMs,  Zip drives, floppies, network
   volumes and any other available file systems.

 ~ View  the  contents  of  archives  created  with  the  most popular
   archiver utilities like ZIP and RAR.

 ~ View  the  contents  of distributive packages created with the most
   commonly  used  tools  such  as  InstallShield  3, InstallShield 5,
   Microsoft Cabinet Compressor.

 ~ Communicate  with  the  program  easily  because  it has a standard
   Windows Explorer-like interface.

 ~ In  depth analyze your file structure: calculate and view CRCs, get
   packed  and  unpacked size of each archived file, see date and time
   of creation, recursively parse into nested archives.

 ~ Totally control life cycle of the tree: delete, move, copy, append,
   scan nodes and branches.

 ~ Precisely  describe  the  contents of your archive with the help of
   unlimited   number   of   properties  of  seven  predefined  types:
   string/text,  integer,  float,  date/time,  check  box,  combo box,
   binary stream.

 ~ Use  several  languages while describing in case you are working in
   international environments.

 ~ Adjust  and  setup  the  predefined properties as you wish. You may
   want  for  example  to  describe  your  digital  audio archive with
   properties  like  Track Name, Performer, Producer, Release Year and
   Style.  Create a new tree, make a new property layout in just a few
   seconds and start catalog your archive! It makes this software very
   flexible.

 ~ Look at convenient and fast search and filtering.

 ~ Work  with  Argentum  Infophilia  not only in cataloging but in any
   other  field  where  it  is  critical  to deal with tree-structured
   (dendritic)  and  heterogenious  data.  For  example:  business and
   personal  classifiers,  notebooks of any kind, production catalogs,
   science applications.

 ~ Use this software at home because it is fast and reliable.

 ~ You  may  even use it in large corporate environments for extremely
   huge informational archives. On modern computer systems it can hold
   up to 100.000.000 nodes in a single tree with up to 10 megabytes of
   data on a single node. The size of database can be as much as 1 - 2
   gigabytes though the format of database itself is quite compact.

 ~ Wonder the internals of this program. It is written entirely in C++
   and  the  project  source  is  fully object-oriented and accurately
   designed.  The type of the source is modular which makes it easy to
   use  the  property  engine  code  for  other  needs. I can send the
   property engine code anyone upon request. The database engine logic
   is also independent and separated so it can be easily ported to SQL
   environments.

 ~ Expect  new versions with enhanced features - the program is always
   under development and we have a big "to do" list.

 ~ Explore it and discover more!

Installation & running
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Important!  If  you've  got Argentum Infophilia not from our web page,
but  from  the  other  source  (magazine CD or some software library),
please visit our home page - you'll probably find the later version.

1)  Run setup.exe. This will install application.

2)  Argentum  Infophilia  may  not run correctly if the new version of
    common  controls  library  (comctl32.dll)  is  not  installed. The
    program   requires   version   4.70  or  later  (version  4.72  is
    recommended).  This new version is already available in Windows 95
    OEM  Service Release 2 and Windows NT 4.0. You may also have it if
    you're  using  Internet  Explorer  3.x  or later. The installation
    program  of  the  Argentum  Infophilia  checks what version do you
    have,  and it will ask you to update this file if it is old. If it
    will  happen,  just  run the "41comupd.exe" to update your system,
    reboot  the  computer  and start the setup program again. For your
    convenience,  we're  distributing "41comupd.exe" together with the
    Argentum Infophilia setup files.

3)  Click  on  Argentum  Infopilia  shortcut  in Start Menu. This will
    launch the application.

4)  Optionally open sample tree from Sample folder.

5)  Create new tree and start catalog your archives!

History
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0.60 (12/04/1999) First public release.

Thank you for your interest in Argentum Infophilia.
