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CATraxx 2000 - README.TXT                                         
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This README file contains important, last minute information 
about CATraxx 2000.

CATraxx 2000 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 CATraxx and keep it on the leading edge.

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

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1. WHAT IS CATRAXX?
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CATraxx is a powerful 32-bit Windows application designed to 
help you catalog and manage your music collection. Using CATraxx 
you can quickly catalog CDs by downloading disc data from the 
Internet CDDB database. CATraxx is easy-to-use for the amateur, 
with sophisticated features for the professional.

CATraxx has a comprehensive set of fields for both albums and 
tracks, enabling you to catalog information like artist, album 
title, format (CDs, vinyl records, cassettes, videos etc.), 
release year, label, catalog number, purchase price, current 
value, music category, status (own, want, for sale etc.), 
condition, playing time, song titles, songwriters, producers, 
recording studios, musicians and instruments. You can store 
an image of the album cover, attach a MP3 file to each track,
and add your own personal comments for both albums and tracks. 

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. CATraxx allows you to 
change the name of all data fields. For example, you might want
to rename Artist to Performer, Songwriter to Composer, Format 
to Media, or Musicians to Soloists. 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, CATraxx 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 pre-defined reports, or create your own from 
scratch. You have full control over data fields, groups, sort 
order, columns, fonts, colors, paper size, margins and print 
orientation. CATraxx lets you preview reports on screen before 
printing. Using CATraxx you can easily create professional 
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 albums 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. CATraxx lets you track both initial 
investment and the value of your collection. Use the backup 
function to make backup copies of your valuable data. With 
the built-in CD controller you can control the playback of 
audio CDs in your CD-ROM player.

CATraxx uses popup menus for quick feature access and 
navigation. CATraxx 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 CATraxx. This fee does not constitute payment for 
the licensed version of CATraxx, 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 CATRAXX
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From hard disk
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1. Ensure that the CATraxx installation files 
   
      SETUP.EXE
      SETUP.2
      SETUP.3
      SETUP.4
      FileCopy.EXE

   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 CATraxx. 
   Unless you specify a different folder, the application 
   will be installed to C:\Program Files\CATraxx32.

5. When the installation is completed, you can delete the 
   files in the temporary folder.

6. To start CATraxx, choose Programs->CATraxx->CATraxx from the
   Start menu.

From CD
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1. Insert the CD into your CD-ROM 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 D:\SETUP, and choose OK.

4. Follow the instructions on the screen. When requested, 
   specify the folder where you want to install CATraxx. 
   Unless you specify a different folder, the application 
   will be installed to C:\Program Files\CATraxx32.

5. To start CATraxx, choose Programs->CATraxx->CATraxx from the
   Start menu.

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 CATraxx. 
   Unless you specify a different folder, the application 
   will be installed to C:\Program Files\CATraxx32.

5. To start CATraxx, choose Programs->CATraxx->CATraxx from the
   Start menu.

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4. TO REMOVE CATRAXX
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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 CATraxx 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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4.12.00 - June 27, 2000

* Fixed submit to CDDB problem. 
  NOTE! You must upgrade to this version if you want to submit disc 
  data to CDDB.
* You can now, in the 'Download from CDDB' window, update the track 
  year for all tracks on the current CD in one operation (choose 
  Update Year from the Track menu).

4.11.00 - May 23, 2000

* It is now possible to specify which words that should not be
  capitalized when downloading disc data (in the 'Download from
  CDDB' window, choose 'Do not Capitalize' from the Options menu).
* The 'Use Lineup' command is now available when the Track View
  is active.
* The 'Check for Update' command now uses the proxy settings 
  specified in Preferences.
* BUG FIX: On some NT 4 systems, the left part of tree view lists 
  had a black background.
* BUG FIX: Read-only license file not accepted.
* BUG FIX: The program didn't work with Windows Media Player 7 Beta.
* BUG FIX: CD AutoPlay not disabled while CATraxx was running.
* BUG FIX: The Track View window sometimes disappeared if a grouping 
  definition was active.
* BUG FIX: Contents of boolean fields (Yes/No fields) not displayed 
  in Show Info dialog box in CD Player.
* Various minor fixes and enhancements.

4.10.00 - May 3, 2000

* CATraxx now uses CDDB2. The new CDDB2 database begins with the 
  massive database already established for CDDB, and updates it 
  with a great deal more information for each disc, including 
  expanded album and track-by-track credits, genres, web-links, 
  and segments. Here is an overview of the most interesting new 
  CDDB2 features for CATraxx users:
  - Separate Artist and Title fields. This means that you can 
    finally say goodbye to problems with varying artist/title 
    separators when downloading compilation CDs. 
  - New album fields: Release year, Label, and Compilation. 
  - New track fields: Year, Beats per Minute, and Lyrics. 
  - Better genre classifications (CDDB2 has 252 genres and 
    sub-genres, with categories for metal, house and rap among 
    others). 
  - Credits; a list of persons/companies with their roles, for 
    example composer, director, producer, engineer, studio, and 
    musicians/instruments. 
  - Other nice features like links to artist sites and a music 
    browser (open the Sites menu to use these features). 
* You can download disc data from the main window (choose 
  New - Query CDDB from the Album menu) if you don't want to use 
  the separate Download from CDDB window.
* You can update existing CDs by downloading additional information 
  from CDDB (choose Update - Query CDDB from the Album menu). 
  NOTE! You will have the rescan the CD for this to work.
* You can now preview the disc data before a CD is submitted to CDDB.   
* Simplified the data entry process. You no longer have to use a 
  separate dialog box to register credits information like songwriter, 
  producer and musician. Simply type the information directly into 
  the list (the same way you register artists). 
* The Genre/Sub-genre fields (previously called Category/Sub-category) 
  are now linked together. If you select a genre, for example House, 
  only the sub-genres belonging to this genre are available in the 
  Sub-genre list.
* New track fields: Author, Copyright, Librettist, Publisher, Score, 
  Songwriter (Music & Lyrics), Conductor, Director, Orchestrator, 
  Assistant Engineer, Associate Producer, Coproduser, Executive 
  Producer and Programming.
* Track.Songwriter renamed to Track.Author/Publisher.
* Track.Music by renamed to Track.Composer.
* Track.Lyrics by renamed to Track.Lyricist.
* Album.Category renamed to Album.Genre.
* Album.Sub-category renamed to Album.Sub-genre.
* Track.Category renamed to Track.Genre.
* Track.Sub-category renamed to Track.Sub-genre.
* Album.Sort by renamed to Album.Title Sort. 
* Track.Sort by renamed to Track.Title Sort. 
* In album and track browse lists, the filter is now linked to 
  the active grouping definition. For example, if you have
  grouped by Artist, and select a filter that only lists
  live albums, only the name of the artists that have released 
  live albums are displayed in the grouping list.
* The Title Sort field is automatically updated when you modify 
  the album/track title.
* It is now possible to split CDs if you used the 'Merge CDs' 
  command by mistake.
* Sample database updated, and renamed to Sample2000.mdb.

4.01.00 - December 7, 1999

* You can now edit lyrics in the CD Player Lyrics window 
  (right-click and choose Edit from the popup menu). 
* CD Player is automatically closed when you compact/repair a 
  database, or exit CATraxx.
* You can now use Ctrl+A to select all text in text boxes.
* BUG FIX: Problem printing JPEG images (run time-error: "the 
  handle is invalid").
* BUG FIX: Show Track Info button in CD Player didn't work.
* BUG FIX: Total playing time not always updated when merging 
  albums.
* BUG FIX: Speed search feature in Track View window stopped
  working after going into edit mode for a track, then returning 
  to the Track View window.
* BUG FIX: First track of an album being edited replaced with 
  the first track of another album when double clicking on the 
  track to edit in the Tracks window.

4.00.02 - November 19, 1999

* BUG FIX: Error when backing up to a diskette that contained
  an old backup file.
* BUG FIX: Not possible to deactivate subset when no albums/
  tracks were marked.
* BUG FIX: Error when changing field in Summary Search dialog.
* BUG FIX: Not possible to use drag-and-drop to rearrange artists, 
  awards and nominations.
* BUG FIX: Not possible to use Winamp to play MP3 file containing
  spaces in the file name.

4.00.01 - October 22, 1999

* BUG FIX: "List index out of bounds" when searching for tracks
  if no track sort order was active.
* BUG FIX: "Access Violation" if opening another database when a 
  grouping definition was active.
* BUG FIX: Backup reported disk full under Windows 95.
* BUG FIX: List of tracks in the Tracks window not updated after
  two CDs were merged.
* BUG FIX: Top border line on the Title band appeared only over the 
  first column in a report with multiple columns.
* BUG FIX: Problems printing to Adobe Acrobat file.

4.00.00 - October 6, 1999

* CATraxx 2000 released.