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

CATraxx is developed by

  FNProgramvare
  Pb 721  Krapfoss
  N-1509  Moss
  Norway

  E-mail: info@fnprg.com
  World Wide Web: 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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Music recognition technology and related data are provided by 
Gracenote and the Gracenote CDDB® Music Recognition ServiceSM. 
Gracenote is the industry standard in music recognition 
technology and related content delivery. For more information 
visit www.gracenote.com.

Gracenote is CDDB, Inc. d/b/a "Gracenote." CD and music-related 
data from Gracenote CDDB® Music Recognition ServiceSM copyright 
2000, 2001 Gracenote. Gracenote CDDB Client Software copyright 
2000, 2001 CDDB, Inc. U.S. Patents Numbers #5,987,525; #6,061,680; 
#6,154,773, and other patents issued or pending.

CDDB is a registered trademark of Gracenote. The Gracenote logo 
and logotype, the Gracenote CDDB logo and logotype and the 
"Powered by Gracenote" logo are trademarks of Gracenote. Music 
Recognition Service and MRS are service marks of Gracenote.

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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 database program designed to help you catalog 
and manage your music collection. CATraxx will let you catalog all 
media types, including CDs, LPs, cassettes, mini discs, and MP3s. 
CATraxx supports CDDB - the worlds largest music database. Simply 
insert a CD into the CD-ROM drive, and CATraxx will download the 
CD data from the Internet. Designed for the Windows environment, 
CATraxx is comprehensive, intuitive, and easy to use. 

You can work with an unlimited number of databases. This means 
you can split your collection into different catalogs. CATraxx 
allows you to change the data field names to suit your personal 
preferences. You can also hide the data fields you don't want to 
use. Ultimately, this means you can customize the CATraxx database 
to suit your needs.

CATraxx has a comprehensive set of data fields for both albums 
and tracks, enabling you to catalog a wide range of information: 
artist, album title, media format, release year, label, catalog 
number, purchase price, current value, music category, 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.

CATraxx will help you catalog your MP3 file collection. You can 
automatically create albums from folders containing MP3 files 
(this could be folders on your hard drive, or folders on a CD-R 
disc). CATraxx will read artist, title, year, and genre from the 
MP3 ID3 tag. You can play MP3s, create MP3 play lists, and export 
play lists for use by Winamp (or other players).

You can effectively find the information you are looking for by 
using the search and filter features. CATraxx allows you search 
your database with any combination of data fields and operators.

CATraxx includes a report designer that lets you create 
professional looking reports with exactly the layout you want. 
Use one of the more than 100 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. CATraxx lets you preview reports on screen 
before printing, or save reports in virtually any file format.

You can quickly generate documents to be published on the 
Internet. 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 module allows you to analyze your collection in a 
variety of ways. CATraxx lets you track your initial investment 
and the total 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. From the Start menu, choose Run.

   You see the Run dialog box.

2. Type the path to the installation program in the Open 
   text box, for example 'C:\TMP\CATRAXX_SETUP', and click OK.

3. 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\CATraxx.

4. 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:\CATRAXX_SETUP', and click 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\CATraxx.

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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5.10.00 - April 24, 2002

* Upgraded help system to HTML Help.
* New field: Track.Original by (linked to the Artist lookup table). 
  Use this field to store the artist that recorded the original 
  version if a song is a cover version. 
* CATraxx automatically fills in the First Name and Last Name fields 
  when submitting disc data to CDDB.
* It is now possible to group and filter on track fields (for 
  example Producer or Studio) in the Browse window. This lets you, 
  for example, get an overview of albums produced by a specific 
  producer.
* You can copy the contents of the browse list to the clipboard 
  (right-click the list and choose 'Copy to Clipboard' from the 
  popup menu).
* MP3: Added support for ID3v2 tags.
* MP3: Added a new command to rescan folders previously scanned. 
  CATraxx will rescan folders containing MP3 files, add new MP3 
  files not already in the database, and delete tracks that link 
  to MP3 files that have been deleted.
* MP3: You can now play all MP3 tracks on an album without having 
  to create a playlist (simply right-click the track list in the 
  Tracks window and choose Play All from the popup menu).
* MP3: Track Edit window: All MP3 commands on the File menu moved 
  to the new MP3 menu. 
* MP3: Improved the 'Attach MP3 Files' command.
* MP3: You can color code MP3 tracks in the Track View window 
  (choose Tools->Preferences->Misc to set this up).
* Updated the layout of the CATraxx Explorer window, added 
  Back/Forward/Copy buttons, and a button to change the font size. 
  In addition, when viewing an album you can now click a track
  title to explore this track. To "go back" to the album, click 
  Album in the menu to the left (or simply click the Back button).
* The Playlist Manager is now merged with the Tracks window. In 
  addition, the playlist now includes the album title, and you can 
  resize the columns.
* You can use special codes in URLs you add to the Sites menu 
  (%TITLE%, %ARTIST%, %LABEL%	and %YEAR%). The code is replaced with 
  the field value from the active album when you select the menu item. 
  For example, to search All Music Guide for the selected album title, 
  use the following URL: 
     http://www.allmusic.com/cg/x.dll?P=AMG&opt1=2&sql=%TITLE%
* CATraxx now supports the use of a bar code scanner when checking 
  albums in and out of the library. CATraxx will handle any bar 
  code scanner that enters data via a keyboard interface. (These 
  are often referred to as "wedge" readers as they wedge themselves 
  in between the keyboard and your computer.) To use this feature, 
  you will have to enter the bar code number for all albums and all 
  borrowers.
* You can place reservations for albums.  
* You can send e-mail notifications to borrowers. This could be a 
  reminder that an album should be returned soon, a notification that 
  an album is overdue, or a notification that a reserved album is 
  ready for collection.
* The 'Delete Unused Items' window now includes information about 
  whether a lookup item has attached images, and whether the memo 
  field contains something. By default, such items are not deleted.
* If you haven't specified the counter stop position for the 
  previous track, CATraxx will automatically fill it in when you 
  save the current track. For example, if the start counter for 
  the current track is 1:15:00, CATraxx will fill in the same 
  counter in the Counter Stop field for the previous track.
* In the 'Track Edit' window you can use shortcut keys to open the 
  "Select Multimedia File" window (F9 to select audio file and F10 
  to select video file).
* Added a new Maintenance function on the Tools menu allowing you to
  perform various database maintenance tasks (for example regenerate
  thumbnails, and update the Track.Released and Track.Genre fields).
* When you switch to another browse layout (in the Browse window or 
  'Track View' window) the current album/track does not change (in
  previous versions the first album/track was activated).
* To delete a record in the 'Loan History' window, simply right-click 
  and choose Delete from the popup menu.
* Added the ability to export links to multimedia files.
* New property for all songwriter fields in reports: Last Name Only.
* You can now drag a report file from Windows Explorer and drop it on 
  the main CATraxx window. CATraxx will automatically copy the report 
  file to the Report folder and add the report to the Report menu. 
  Zipped report files are also supported.
* CD Player: Now works correctly under Windows XP.
* CD Player: Added support for multimedia keyboard (to start/stop 
  playback and go to next/previous track).
* CD Player: Added a Refresh command to the View menu (useful if you
  modify the disc data in CATraxx and want the CD Player to display
  the updated information).
* Upgraded to the latest CDDB Control version (1.2.0.45). 
* BUG FIX: Vertical gap between labels not set correctly.
* BUG FIX: Thumbnails are now created when importing links to images 
  using the Import / Text File command.
* BUG FIX: Suppress Repeated Values property didn't work correctly if
  the data field was located on a group header band.
* BUG FIX: Number of Tracks field not updated when splitting an album.
* BUG FIX: Send e-mail button did not work if email client was specified 
  in preferences.
* BUG FIX: Paper size reset to A4 in 'Page Setup' window.
* BUG FIX: DBCalc fields not reset if printing a report for the second
  time from the 'Report Options' window.
* BUG FIX: Problem with the 'Deleted Unused Items' when deleting items
  in the SPARS lookup table.
* BUG FIX: Error when trying to compact a database if using the 
  Access 2000 database engine and locale was set to either 
  "Norwegian and Danish" or "Swedish and Finnish".
* Various other minor fixes and enhancements.

5.01.01 - December 12, 2001

* CD Player: New Autoplay option. When this is activated the player 
  will automatically start playing when you insert a new CD.
* CATraxx Explorer: You can now use Ctrl+C to copy the selected text 
  to the clipboard.
* BUG FIX: Adjust Value command did not work if the Subset option was 
  activated.
* BUG FIX: Explore command on lookup fields popup menu not available
  if 'Automatic edit' was disabled in preferences.
* BUG FIX: Not possible to type decimal separator in report properties 
  dialog box if standard decimal separator was set to '.' in Control 
  Panel.
* BUG FIX: Some windows not resized correctly if using 'Large Fonts'.
* BUG FIX: The HTML Generator stopped generating the document if a 
  Web Links field was empty.

5.01.00 - November 13, 2001

* Upgraded to the latest CDDBControl (version 1.2.0.42). 
* New field: Track.Remixing (in Production list).
* You can resize the image in the 'Edit Image' window.
* It is now possible to send reports to standard HTML files (that 
  do not use Cascading Style Sheets). 
* Access 2000 database engine is now used by default if running
  Windows XP.
* BUG FIX: Line objects not converted when opening old (version 3/4) 
  reports.
* BUG FIX: Artist statistics did not work.
* BUG FIX: Last letter in track list (Album.Tracks) not printed
  if each track was printed on a separate line.
* BUG FIX: Export to Text File - semi colon was used as separator 
  when TAB was selected.
* BUG FIX: Error ("Access Violation") when modifying filter/sort 
  order in 'Report Options' window after first printing/previewing
  the report.
* BUG FIX: Error when searching web links/file links fields.
* BUG FIX: Long dates not formatted correctly.
* BUG FIX: 'If Empty' settings not used when printing the browse list 
  grouped by a date or numeric field.

5.00.02 - September 24, 2001

* Added support for the new CDDB genre system. 
  NOTE! You should upgrade to this version since old versions of 
  CATraxx will not handle the new genres properly (for example, 
  Rock/Folk-Rock will be registered as Easy Listening/Acoustic Rock 
  and Rock/Hard Rock as Industrial/Rock).
* BUG FIX: Border sometimes printed around report objects.
* BUG FIX: Problem with multi column reports (record at the bottom of
  one column reprinted at the top of the next column).
* BUG FIX: Regenerate Reference No command didn't work when the 'Reset
  Numbering' option was activated (numbering did't start from 1 again).
* BUG FIX: Error "GetCollect failed" when refreshing reference number
  list in preferences.

5.00.01 - September 17, 2001

* Added the ability to sort tracks in "the order ripped" (that is, 
  by the file modified property) when scanning a folder for MP3 
  files (uncheck the 'Sort by file name' option in the 'Scan Folder' 
  window). This affects the order the tracks are displayed in the 
  'Tracks' window.  
* BUG FIX: Run-time error ("EInvalidPointer") when closing the program.
* BUG FIX: When saving a CATraxx Explorer page to disk, the resulting 
  html page showed wrong info if the Browse window was active.
* BUG FIX: When executing a search criteria added to the Search menu, 
  the Track View was not displayed if the Show All option was activated
  when searching for tracks.  
* BUG FIX: Album/track length not formatted correctly in grouping list 
  if grouping on Playing Time or Length.

5.00.00 - September 7, 2001

* Version 5 released.