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BookCAT 98 - README.TXT                                         
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This README file contains important, last minute information 
about BookCAT 98.

BookCAT 98 is developed by

  FNProgramvare
  Pb 721  Krapfoss
  N-1509  Moss
  Norway

  E-mail: info@fnprg.com
  World Wide Web: http://www.fnprg.com

We appreciate and encourage all comments, suggestions, 
and bug reports. Both your registration and your comments
will help improve BookCAT and keep it on the leading edge.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1. WHAT IS BOOKCAT?
2. FEE FOR DISTRIBUTION OF SHAREWARE VERSION
3. TO INSTALL BOOKCAT
4. TO REMOVE BOOKCAT
5. VERSION HISTORY

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1. WHAT IS BOOKCAT?
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BookCAT is a powerful 32-bit Windows application designed to 
catalog and manage a personal, club, school, church, or 
business library. BookCAT will help you know what you have, 
where it is (including books lent out) and the total value of 
your collection. BookCAT is easy-to-use for the amateur, with 
sophisticated features for the professional.

BookCAT has a comprehensive set of fields, enabling you to 
catalog information like author, title, publisher, ISBN number, 
publish date, number of pages, editor, original title, 
translator, binding, edition, type of book (Fiction, 
Non-fiction, etc.), category and sub-category (Drama, Science 
Fiction, Thriller, etc.), purchase date, price, current value, 
condition, status (Own, Want, For sale, etc.), personal rating, 
owner, location, keywords, awards and nominations, comments, 
synopsis, reviews, and more.

You can work with an unlimited number of databases. This means 
you can split your collection into different catalogs and 
organize it to meet your needs. BookCAT allows you to change 
the name of all data fields. You can hide the fields you don't 
want to use. These fields will disappear from all windows, 
menus, lists etc. This way you can customize the database to 
suit your needs.

You can effectively search the database for information that you 
require. Search in all fields with any combination of fields and 
operators. In addition, BookCAT lets you cross reference up to 
five fields. This is an extremely flexible way to search and 
query data.

The report designer lets you create almost any type of report. 
Use one of the more than 80 pre-defined reports, or create your 
own reports from scratch. You have full control over data fields, 
groups, sort order, columns, fonts, colors, paper size, margins 
and print orientation. BookCAT lets you preview reports on screen 
before printing. Using BookCAT you can easily create professionally 
looking reports with exactly the layout you want.

With the HTML Generator you can quickly generate documents to be 
published on the World Wide Web. The loan module lets you keep 
track of books on loan. Check the program periodically to see 
what is still out on loan. You will always know who has what 
and since when.

The statistics function allows you to analyze your collection 
in a variety of ways. BookCAT lets you track both initial 
investment and the value of your collection. Use the backup 
function to make backup copies of your valuable data.

BookCAT uses popup menus for quick feature access and navigation. 
BookCAT comes with a sample database to get you started and a 
comprehensive context sensitive on-line help system. 

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2. FEE FOR DISTRIBUTION OF SHAREWARE VERSION
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Disk Vendors, Shareware Distributors and BBS(s) may have 
charged a nominal fee for the distribution of the shareware 
version of BookCAT. This fee does not constitute payment for 
the licensed version of BookCAT, and does not entitle the 
end-user to use the shareware version for longer than the 
30-day evaluation period.

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3. TO INSTALL BOOKCAT
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From diskette
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1. Insert diskette number 1 into your diskette drive.
 
2. From the Start menu, choose Run.

   You see the Run dialog box.

3. In the Open text box, type the path to the installation 
   program, for example A:\SETUP, and choose OK.

4. Follow the instructions on the screen. When requested, 
   specify the folder where you want to install BookCAT. 
   Unless you specify a different folder, the application 
   will be installed to C:\Program Files\BookCAT32.

5. To start BookCAT, choose Programs / BookCAT 98 from the
   Start menu.

From hard disk
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1. Ensure that the BookCAT installation files 
   
      SETUP.EXE
      SETUP.2
      SETUP.3

   are in the same folder, for example C:\TMP.

2. From the Start menu, choose Run.

   You see the Run dialog box.

3. Type the path to the installation program in the Open 
   text box, for example C:\TMP\SETUP, and choose OK.

4. Follow the instructions on the screen. When requested, 
   specify the folder where you want to install BookCAT. 
   Unless you specify a different folder, the application 
   will be installed to C:\Program Files\BookCAT32.

5. When the installation is completed, you can delete the 
   files (SETUP.EXE, SETUP.2 and SETUP.3) in the temporary 
   folder.

6. To start BookCAT, choose Programs / BookCAT 98 from the
   Start menu.

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4. TO REMOVE BOOKCAT
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1. From the Start button, choose Settings / Control Panel.

2. In Control Panel, double click the Add/Remove Programs icon.

3. Locate BookCAT 98 in the program list.

   Click on it to select it.

4. Click the Add/Remove button.

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5. VERSION HISTORY
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4.00.00 - February 27, 1999
  
* BookCAT 98 v4.0 released.

4.00.B3 - February 11, 1999

* Beta 3 released.

4.00.B2 - January 20, 1999

* Beta 2 released.

4.00.B1 - December 21, 1998

* Beta 1 released.