Tri-Edre Tri-Catalog - 5 User Handbook
Tri-CATALOG 5
USER
HANDBOOK
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1 - Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.1 Welcome!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.2 Thank you for registering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.3 Latest version of the software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.4 Program Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.5 Tri-CATALOG first use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.6 Technical support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.7 Contacts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.8 Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2 - Getting to know Tri-CATALOG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.1 Importing an existing catalog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.2 Adding volumes to the catalog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2.3 Browsing analysed volumes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2.4 The file window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.5 Opening a file or a folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.6 Organising analysed volumes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.7 Search functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.8 Watching applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.9 Global functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
3 - Analysing volumes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
3.1 Adding volumes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
3.2 Managing the catalog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
4 - File windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
4.1 Browsing files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
4.2 Opening a file or folder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
4.3 Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
4.4 «Volume» menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
4.5 «Item» menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
4.6 Printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
4.7 Information about the selected item. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
5 - Picture windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
5.1 Displaying pictures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
5.2 Selecting a volume or mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
5.3 Thumbnails display mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
5.4 List display mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
5.5 Picture function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
5.6 Using comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
5.7 Using marks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
5.8 Error display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
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5.9 Printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
5.10 Information about the selected item. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
6 - Volume List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
6.1 Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
6.2 Volume management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
6.3 Category management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
6.4 Finding a volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
6.5 Information about volumes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
6.6 Category storage on disk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
6.7 Information about the selected item. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
7 - Searches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
7.1 Searching for a file. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
7.2 Search results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
7.3 Searching for a picture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
7.4 Searching for a volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
7.5 Searching for duplicates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
7.6 Find more. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
8 - Application list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
8.1 Watching an application. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
8.2 Searching the application list. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
8.3 Menu functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
8.4 Importing and exporting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
9 - Bookmarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
9.1 Displaying bookmarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
9.2 Activating a bookmark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
9.3 Adding bookmarks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
9.4 Classifying bookmarks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
9.5 Deleting bookmarks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
9.6 Use examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
10 - Picture libraries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
11 - Export . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
11.1 Exporting volume list or file list. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
11.2 Exporting pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
11.3 PDF export. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
11.4 HTML layout files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
12 - Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
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1.1 - Welcome!
1 - Introduction
1.1 Welcome!
We would like to thank you for using our product Tri-CATALOG!
With the volume cataloger Tri-CATALOG you will be able to:
• index your volumes—CDs, cartridges, hard disks, and so on,
• browse your files and pictures in these volumes, even when they are
not located on your computer,
• organize and classify your volumes into categories,
• organize and classify your pictures with marks and comments,
• search files and pictures in these volumes,
• create and distribute picture libraries,
• publish picture catalogs on the web, and
• watch your volumes to be sure that you are using the latest version of
your applications.
1.2 Thank you for registering
1 - Introduction
You will find a registration card (enclosed in the package) for your
software license.
we receive your registration card, you may call us for technical support
and we will inform you of news about and updates to this product.
Thank you for completing it and sending it back
1.3 Latest version of the software
Check our web site «
latest version of this software.
If you do not have the current version, you may download it. Use your
existing serial number when you install it.
Note: Serial numbers are compatible with all versions having the same main
version number. For example, a serial number for version 5.0 is usable with
versions 5.01, 5.02, and so on.
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. Once
» to know if you have the
1 - Introduction
1.4 Program Installation
On the CD, you will find the installer. You can also download it from our
web site:
http://www.tri-edre.com
1.5 Tri-CATALOG first use
Double-click the application icon to run it.
The application asks you to enter your serial number. You can find the
serial number on the CD sleeve. This personal serial number activates all
the functions of your software.
Keep your serial number in order to access our technical support or to
install updates of your program.
1.6 T echnical support
Our technical support is free and can be used by e-mail, by fax or by
phone. (Contact information is included below.)
You should have your serial number and the software version number
ready before calling.
1.4 - Program Installation
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1.7 - Contacts
1.7 Contacts
1.8 Updates
1 - Introduction
You can contact us with the information below.
If you have comments about this product, problems or questions you were
unable to answer using this user guide or with our web site, or you are
interested in obtaining a site license, please contact TRI-EDRE. Please
have your version and serial number(s) ready when you call or include
them if your write.
• E-mail:
contact@tri-edre.com
• Phone or fax:
Phone.: (33) 4 98 10 10 50
Fax: (33) 4 98 10 10 55
• Mail:
TRI-EDRE
22 Place de l’Eglise - BP 111
83510 Lorgues (France)
You can download updates from our web site:
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2 - Getting to know Tri-CATALOG
2.1 - Importing an existing catalog
2 - Getting to know Tri-CATALOG
This chapter includes the basics you will need to know to start using TriCATALOG.
Tri-CATALOG creates a catalog of the content of your volumes. Volumes
can include hard drives that are permanently installed in your Mac, and
removable drives, such as FireWire hard drives, removable disks, CDs,
network devices, and so on. You can browse and find files even when
removable volumes are not available on the desktop or on the network.
2.1 Importing an existing catalog
If you have already used an older version of Tri-CATALOG, you can keep
the previously analyzed volumes, without scaning them again.
Be careful, you should not copy old Tri-CATALOG files to the new TriCATALOG «Volumes» folder. Instead, you must use the import functions
described below.
To import a catalog, you can use one of these methods:
• When you first start Tri-CATALOG, you can import an old catalog. T o
do so, select the «Volumes» folder located next to your old Tri-CATALOG version. You can also import old application lists. For Tri-CATALOG 4: Select the file «Tri-CATALOG Applications» of folder «TriCATALOG Infos». For Tri-CATALOG 3: Select the file « ##ƒTCP3
Applications» of folder «TCP Infos».
• Any other time, you can select «Import Existing Catalog» in the
«Catalog» menu. Then, select the folder containing the existing catalog (usually the name of this folder is «Volumes»). During import,
volumes are copied in a new category named «(Import)».
Note 1: Volumes are duplicated during import, the existing catalog remains
unchanged.
Note 2: If volumes have been analyzed with Tri-CATALOG 2.0 (or an older
version), you should analyze them again with Tri-CATALOG 5. If you don’t,
information such as applications version number , v olume type , and so on, will be
missing.
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2.2 - Adding volumes to the catalog
2.2 Adding volumes to the catalog
To add a volume (that is to say, to make Tri-CATALOG analyze it), you
can:
• insert a volume (such as a CD or Zip disk) into a drive,
• select the name of a volume in the «Volume» menu,
• drag and drop a volume onto a Tri-CATALOG window,
• drag and drop a volume onto Tri-CATALOG icon.
Tri-CATALOG is also able to analyze the content of one folder (and of its
sub-folders). To catalog a folder, drag-and-drop it onto the Tri-CATALOG
window.
2.3 Browsing analyzed volumes
After analyzing a volume, you can browse its files and pictures.
File window
The first file window is opened after launching Tri-CATALOG. The file
window allows you to browse the files located on analyzed volumes.
Several file windows can be displayed at the same time.
To display a new file window, select «New File Window» in the «File»
menu.
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Picture window
Picture windows allow you to browse the picture thumbnails located on
analyzed volumes. Several picture windows can be displayed at the same
time.
To display a new picture window, select «New Picture Window» in the
«File» menu. You can also click this button in a file window toolbar to
activate a picture window:
Figure 1. «Picture List» button
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2 - Getting to know Tri-CATALOG
2.4 The file window
After opening Tri-CATALOG, a file window is opened. It contains:
• a «browser» to browse the content of analyzed v olumes (in the center),
• an information area about the selected file or folder (at the bottom),
• a toolbar giving access to the main functions (at the top).
2.4 - The file window
Figure 2. File window
The main part of this window is divided into hierarchic columns. Each list
displays the content of one level within the volume selected in the first
column.
The left list displays the volumes belonging to the selected category in the
popup menu located at the top of this list (for instance «Software»).
By selecting a volume or a folder, you can display its content in the next
column. Selecting an item in the right-most column adds a new column
and moves existing columns to the left.
The number of columns depends on the size of the window, but it can be
defined in the settings (see «Settings» page 57).
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2.5 - Opening a file or a folder
The sorting criterion of these lists can be modified in the «Edit» menu.
Several file windows can be displayed at the same time by selecting «New
File Window» in the «File» menu.
2.5 Opening a file or a folder
T o select a file (or a folder) in the Finder , double-click it in T ri-CATALOG.
If its volume is not mounted, a dialog asks you to insert the volume.
To open a file with its application (or to open a folder in the Finder)
double-click it while pressing the Option key.
You can also click a file (or a folder) while pressing the Control key to
display a contextual menu allowing you to select a folder in its hierarchy
(«Select parent…» submenu).
2.6 Organizing analyzed volumes
Analyzed volumes can be classified into categories. It is easier to browse
and search sorted volumes.
For instance, it can be useful to separate your bac kup CDs from y our application
and demo CDs.
To sort analyzed volumes, you must use the Catalog Edition window.
Select «Volume list…» in the «Catalog» menu to display this window.
Then you will be able to create, modify, and move categories and volumes.
Each analyzed volume is saved in a separate file inside the «Volumes»
folder on the hard disk. For example, if a catalog is composed of 10
volumes, it is saved in 10 separate files. In the same way, pictures
contained in these volumes are saved in a second separate file (the picture
file is saved next to the volume file; its name ends with «.img»).
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2.7 Search functions
To search files, pictures, and volumes use the «Find» menu commands.
Tri-CATALOG searches files, pictures, or volumes and displays the list of
found items at the bottom of the search window.
2.8 Watching applications
Tri-CATALOG makes it possible to watch the latest version of your
favorite applications. Tri-CATALOG can inform you, after a volume
analysis, that a new version of one of your favorite applications is present
on the volume.
This function is very useful with shareware because new versions of these
programs are often available on CDs.
T o watch an application, select «Application List» in the «W indo w» menu,
and check the applications to watch. You will be automatically informed
about any new version Tri-CATALOG finds.
2.7 - Search functions
Figure 3. File search window
2.9 Global functions
In this section, you will find very important tips that can be used in any T riCATALOG window.
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2.9 - Global functions
Information lists
Keyboard tips
Confirmation dialogs
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Tri-CATALOG often uses multi-column lists. If you cannot display all of
the columns on your screen, you can resize them by clicking between two
column names, then moving the mouse while pressing the mouse button.
To sort lists, click a column title.
To quickly scroll to an item, you can type the first characters of the item’s
name. You can also move through items in lists using arrow keys and the
page up and page down keys.
To delete the selected item, press the backspace key or the delete key.
To select several consecutive items, click the first one and Shift-click the
last one. To select several non-consecutive items, press the Command key
while clicking each item. When you have selected multiple items, you can
change marks or comments for all of them at the same time.
Many actions display a confirmation dialog—when you delete a volume,
for example. To bypass these dialogs, you can hold the Option key down.
Windows ordering
When many windows are opened, the «Window» menu allows you to
easily change the front window. You can also select «Order windows» to
order them in a convenient way.
Contextual menus
To display a contextual menu on an item, click it while pressing the
Control key. Contextual menus allow you to easily perform associated
actions on the selected item(s).
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2 - Getting to know Tri-CATALOG
AppleScript
Tri-CAT ALOG is scriptable. This means that you can program AppleScript
scripts to run repetitive actions in Tri-CATALOG. To know what
AppleScript instructions Tri-CATALOG recognizes, open the program
«Script Editor», select «Open Dictionary...» in the «File» menu and select
«Tri-CATALOG».
2.9 - Global functions
Figure 4. Picture contextual menu
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3.1 - Adding volumes
3 - Analyzing volumes
Tri-CATALOG was designed to manage the large amount of data always
growing into our computers and on our shelves. The spread of large
capacity disks, such as CDs, DVDs, and removable disks, has made
finding files or information difficult and time-consuming.
Tri-CATALOG keeps the content of every volume in a highperformance database. The program includes many ways to browse
and find items. Furthermore, the catalog is always present and
accessible, even when the original volumes are not.
Tri-CATALOG also stores a reduced view thumbnail for every picture file
it encounters.
3.1 Adding volumes
The first thing to do with Tri-CATALOG is to start building a catalog by
analyzing your volumes with one of these methods:
• by inserting a volume such as a CD or a removable hard disk into a
drive. Tri-CA TALOG detects the inserted volume and analyzes it automatically. (Automatic scans can be disabled in the settings.)
• by using the «Volume» menu to analyze one of the mounted volumes.
• by drag and dropping the volume onto a Tri-CATALOG window.
• by drag and dropping the volume onto the Tri-CATALOG icon.
Tri-CATALOG is also able to analyze the content of one folder (and its
sub-folders). To catalog a folder, drag-and-drop it onto the Tri-CATALOG
window.
The content of the volume is analyzed by T ri-CATALOG and added to the
catalog. The analysis occurs in two steps. The first step sav es the content of
the volume (even the files that reside inside Compact Pro® or Stuffit®
archives). The second step, creates a thumbnail for each picture file. (You
can deactivate picture scans in the settings, see «Settings» page 57). After
analyzing an inserted volume, Tri-CATALOG automatically ejects
removable volumes. (You can override automatic ejection by holding
down the Option key at the beginning or at the end of the analysis).
3 - Analyzing volumes
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3 - Analyzing volumes
Tri-CATALOG is able to create thumbnails for JPEG, GIF, PNG, EPS,
TIFF, PICT, BMP, PCX, TARGA, QTIF, SGI, FlashPix, QuickDraw GX,
ILBM and MacPaint pictures. Tri-CATALOG is also able to read
thumbnails created by Photoshop, Illustrator, XPress, and others.
Note: Tri-CATALOG 5 has been entirely rewritten for Mac OS X, it takes
advantage of Mac OS X’s multitasking capabilities. If your computer has
sufficient memory and processing power, you can use other applications while
Tri-CATALOG is performing demanding tasks, such as analyzing a CD or
searching files.
Updating a volume
If you try to analyze a volume already in the catalog, T ri-CATALOG gives
you the choice of updating the volume or adding it a second time without
removing the first volume.
Note: Marks and comments are kept (when possible) after the update. Although
less reliable, the«Quick volume update» feature improves analysis speed. (You
can activate Quick volume updates in the settings, see «Settings» page 57).
Tri-CATALOG is also able to update only picture thumbnails. To use this
function select «Update Volume» in the «Volume» menu.
Tri-CATALOG can also automatically analyze volumes at regular intervals
(see «Settings» page 57).
3.2 - Managing the catalog
3.2 Managing the catalog
Catalog content
When you first start Tri-CATALOG, it creates a folder named «Volumes»
whose purpose is to hold catalog files for analyzed volumes.
For each volume, Tri-CATALOG creates a file whose name is the volume
name. These files reside in the folder of the active catalog. (If the volume
name already exists, Tri-CATALOG adds a number to its name.) This file
contains information about the content of the volume.
A second file containing the picture thumbnails is also created for each
analyzed volume. Its name is the volume name followed by «.img».
A file containing the catalog index («Tri-CATALOG.index») and a file
containing the marks («Tri-CATALOG.marks») are also saved in the
current catalog folder.
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If you move the files in your catalog folder, you must select «Update
Index» in the «Catalog» menu to make Tri-CATALOG aware of your
changes.
Sorting volumes into categories
As the number of analyzed volumes grows, it can be useful to sort your
volumes into categories to make your work easier. Select «Sort
Volumes…» in the «Catalog» menu to display the Volume List window
where you can apply categories.
A category is a subgroup of catalog volumes. For example, you can create
a «Backup» category to hold your backup cartridges.
It is even better to create subcategories in the «Backup» category to sort
your volumes by year, by customer, by project, and so on.
Information about the catalog
At any time, you can read the number of analyzed volumes, the number of
analyzed files, the number of analyzed pictures, and the size of these files
at the bottom of file windows, picture windows, and the Volume List
window.
Using several catalogs
Tri-CATALOG creates a «Volumes» folder when it first runs, but you can
use several catalogs, each located in a different folder. To create a new
catalog, you simply create an empty folder to hold its volumes. Then, you
change the current catalog by selecting «Load Another Catalog…» in the
«Catalog» menu. Only one catalog can be used at a time, but one catalog
can be located inside another.
The «Recent catalogs» submenu allows you to quickly load recent
catalogs. To remove this list, select «Clear List».
3 - Analyzing volumes
Catalog size limit
The number of catalogs in unlimited. In each catalog, the number of
volumes is unlimited. In each volume, the number of items (files, pictures,
and folders) is unlimited. The only limit is the available free space on your
disk.
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Cleaning files in the catalog
To reduce the catalog size, you can select «Clean-up Catalog…» in the
«Catalog» menu while viewing any file window. The features cleans the
content of catalog volumes.
Tri-CATALOG can clean every volume or only the ones located in a
specific category. We encourage you to create a special category to hold
the volumes you want to clean up.
3.2 - Managing the catalog
Figure 5. Clean-up dialog
When cleaning-up, you can choose to:
• delete aliases or items with invisible names,
• delete empty folders,
• delete masked files, and
• delete marks and comments associated with the file.
Caution: You cannot undo these changes. We recommend you preview your
changes by searching for these items before removing them (see «Find more»
page 45).
Cleaning pictures in the catalog
To display the picture cleaning dialog, select «Clean-up Catalog…» in the
«Catalog» menu while viewing a picture window.
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