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Tri-CATALOG 5

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HANDBOOK

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Licensing and Copyright Agreement

Except as permitted under copyright law, no part of the program or this manual may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of TRI-EDRE

The program, and this manual, are licenced only for individual use on a single computer. you are permitted by law to make working copies of the software program, solely for your own use. No copy (original or working) may be used while any other copy is in use.

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Tri-CATALOG is a trademark of TRI-EDRE. All other products are trademarks of their respective companies.

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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.

http://www.tri-edre.com

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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:

http://www.tri-edre.com

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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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2.4 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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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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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).

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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».

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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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This function allows you to permanently remove duplicate pictures located on the same volume.

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Figure 6. Picture clean-up dialog

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You will spend most of your time using ﬁle windows. A ﬁle window has three parts: The browser lets you bro wse the content of your volumes. The information area gives you details on the selected volume. And the toolbar gives you access to Tri-CATALOG’s main functions.

Note: You can view several ﬁle windows at the same time («New File Window» in the «File» menu).

4.1 Browsing ﬁles

The content of your volumes is displayed in ﬁle windows. The browsing area consists of several columns in which the program hierarchically displays the content of your volumes and folders.

4.1 - Browsing ﬁles

Figure 7. File window

The volume list appears on the left side of the window. It can show all the volumes in a catalog or only those belonging to a speciﬁc category . Use the category popup menu located at the top of this list to change your view.

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The category popup makes it easy to browse your volumes, even if the catalog is composed of hundreds of volumes.

Browsing within a volume is easy. When you select a volume or a folder, its contents are shown in the next column. Selecting an item in the rightmost column adds a new column and makes the existing columns move to the left.

The number of columns automatically with the size of the window unless you adjust the number of columns (between 3 and 5 columns) in the settings (see «Settings» page 57).

Each list displays the items (ﬁles and folders) of the folder (or the volume) selected in the column to its left.

By default, ﬁles are sorted by name. You can use the «Edit» menu to change the sort order.

4.2 Opening a ﬁle or folder

To select a ﬁle or a folder in the Finder, double-click it in Tri-CATALOG. If the volume that contains the ﬁle is not mounted, a dialog asks you to insert it.

T o open a ﬁle with its application, or to open a folder in the Finder, doubleclick it while pressing the Option key.

If you click a ﬁle or a folder while pressing the Control key, a contextual menu appears in which you can select a folder within its hierarchy («Open Parent…» submenu).

This trick is particularly useful when using slow disks such as CDs. With it, you can go directly to whatever folder you want to open on the volume.

After a double-click, Tri-CATALOG checks whether the volume containing the ﬁle is currently mounted. If not, a dialog asks you to insert the volume (and waits until you insert it). If another volume is already mounted in the drive, a button allows you to eject it.

Caution: All cataloged, mounted volumes are present in the popup men u (e xcept the one containing the active system) and this function can unmount a hard drive, removing it from the desktop. If you mistakenly unmounted a disk, restart your computer to remount it.

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Displaying other windows

Search functions

4.3 - T oolbar

The buttons located at the top of the ﬁle window give you quick access to Tri-CATALOG functions.

These functions are also available in the menus and in the contextual menus. This section describes these functions.

Click this button to open the Volume List window (same function as the «Catalog» menu command). This window displays the list of analyzed volumes, allows you to sort them into categories, and displays important information about each of them, such as a volume’s free space, which can help you decide where to save a large ﬁle.

This button opens a new picture window.

This button opens the ﬁle search window. See «Searching for a ﬁle» on page 40

This button opens the picture search window . See «Searching f or a picture» on page 43

Selected item actions

This button allows you to modify the selected volume—its name in Tri-CATALOG, its category, and its icon. For example. with this function, you can make CD names more explicit.

This button displays an information window about the selected ﬁle . From this window, you can change its comments and its marks.

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4.4 «Volume» menu

The «Volume» menu can be used from any Tri-CATALOG window. It allows you to edit and remove an analyzed volume, and it allows you to scan new volumes.

Information window

The information window displays information about the selected volume, such as the number of ﬁles on the volume.

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This button allows you to modify the selected volume—its name in Tri-CATALOG, its category, and its icon. For example. with this function, you can make CD names more explicit.

This button selects in a picture window the thumbnail corresponding to the selected ﬁle.

This button removes the selected item. If the selected item is a volume, the ﬁles containing its information in the «Volumes» folder are moved to the Trash and the volume no longer appears in TriCATALOG. If the selected item is a ﬁle, it is moved to the Trash. (If the volume containing this ﬁle is not mounted, Tri-CATALOG asks you to insert it.)

Figure 8. Volume information window

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Display volume hierarchy

Modify volume

4.4 - «Volume» men u

Click the triangle at bottom of this window to edit the volume marks and comments.

To display the content of this volume in a separate window, use this command. A search function in this window allows you to ﬁnd ﬁles by their names.

This command allows you to modify the selected volume—its name in TriCAT ALOG, its category and, its icon. F or e xample, with this fuctnion, you can make CD names more explicit.

Figure 9. Edit volume dialog

Note: To revert to the original name, leave the «Volume name» ﬁeld empty.

Update volume

This command updates the selected volume, retaining its marks and comments. A settings option allows you to use a fast update mode (see «Settings» page 57).

Remove volume

This button removes the selected volume. The ﬁles containing its information in the «Volumes» folder are moved to the Trash and this volume no longer appears in Tri-CATALOG.

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4.5 - «Item» menu

Remove pictures

Analysis

4.5 «Item» menu

Information window

4 - File windows

This command only removes pictures within a volume. After using this function, the volume still appears in T ri-CAT ALOG and you can bro wse its content, but its pictures and thumbnails are no longer visible.

«Scan all mounted volumes», «Automatic scan» and the mounted volume list allow you to scan new volumes.

The «Item» menu can be used from any Tri-CATALOG window. It allows you to edit and remove analyzed ﬁles.

This command displays an information window about the selected ﬁle. From this window , you can also change its comments and its marks (do not forget to click «Save» to save your modiﬁcations).

Figure 10. File information window

The content of this window depends on the type of the selected item (ﬁle or picture). These information windows can help you compare information, comments, and marks for different ﬁles because you can

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display several information windows at the same time.

Delete item

This button removes the selected item from Tri-CATALOG and deletes it from your disk. The selected item is moved to the Trash. If the volume containing this ﬁle is not mounted, Tri-CATALOG asks you to insert it.

Edit comments

Comments of unlimited length can be attached to any item—file, picture, folder or volume—in the catalog. See «Using comments» on page 33.

Edit marks

Marks can be attributed to any item—file, picture, folder or volume—in the catalog. See «Using marks» on page 34.

Edit mask

Some ﬁles—Read Me ﬁles, for example—may be uninteresting to you. the Edit Mask command gives you the opportunity to hide them in your searches. (This command also lets you remove masks.)

Masked items are no longer displayed in Tri-CATALOG and are ignored during searches. (To view masked items, you must change your settings.)

If the selected item is a folder, you can apply its mask to every item it contains.

Note: To permanently remove masked items from the catalog, select «Clean-up catalog» in the «Catalog» menu).

Find

The «Find…» submenu allows you to search ﬁles associated with the selected item—for example, the application used to create this ﬁle.

Favorite marks

The «Favorite marks» submenu allows you to easily attribute marks to the selected item using keyboard shortcuts. To deﬁne your 10 favorite marks, see «Mark palette» on page 34.

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Use special icon

The «Special icon» submenu allows you to replace the classic icon used for the selected ﬁle with another icon deﬁned in Tri-CATALOG.

For example, if you select a JPEG picture created with Photoshop and change the icon for ﬁles of this type, all JPEG pictures created with Photoshop will display the same customized icon within Tri-CATALOG.

By selecting «Edit icons...», you can (if you wish) erase the creator code corresponding to Photoshop so that all JPEG pictures—regardless of the application that created them—display the same icon in Tri-CATALOG.

File commands

The last few commands focus on files. If your selection is a ﬁle, you can open it with its creator application using the «Open» command, or you can open with another application using the «Open with» submenu. The applications displayed in this menu can be deﬁned in the settings, see «Settings» page 57). You can also select the ﬁle in the Finder using «Select in Finder», display its Finder information window using «Finder information», or if it is a picture, preview an image using «Preview picture».

4.6 Printing

You can select «Print…» in the «File» menu from any active file window to print the scanned volume list, volume contents, and so on.

4.7 Information about the selected item

To get information about the selected item, you can open the information area in the ﬁle window either by selecting «Information Area» in the «Window» menu, or by clicking the disclosure triangle located at the bottom left corner of the window.

You can also display floating palettes using the «Window» menu. The information palette provides information about the selected item. The marks palette displays the selected item’s marks. And ﬁnally, the preview palette displays the picture of the selected ﬁle.

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Figure 11. Preview palette

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5 - Picture windows

To display the ﬁrst picture window, select «New Picture Window» in the «File» menu, or click the «Picture List» button in the ﬁle window toolbar.

Figure 12. Picture widow

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5.1 Displaying pictures

Browsing mode

Picture windows offer two different browsing modes. You can either browse pictures located on a volume, folder, and category, or browse

pictures according to their marks:

To display the pictures located in a volume, a folder, or a category, click the «By Volume» button, and then select the desired item in the left list. Its pictures will be displayed on the right.

To display all pictures, pictures with a desired mark, or pictures with no mark at all, click the «By Mark» button, and then select the desired item in the left list.

Display level

You can either display the pictures that are immediately located in the selected item, or any pictures located in the selected item and in its sub-

items (sub-folders or sub-marks):

After selecting a CD, click this button to only display pictures that are located in the top folder of the CD.

After selecting a CD, click this button to display any pictures located in this CD or in one of its sub-folders.

Display mode

Pictures can be displayed as thumbnails or in a detailed list:

To display pictures as thumbnails, click this button.

T o displa y pictures in a detailed list (with their name, siz e, date, and so on), click this button.

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5.2 Selecting a volume or mark

When the volume list is displayed, the number of pictures in each volume is displayed next to the volume name (if it contains any pictures). To browse the category or volume content, use the disclosure triangles. By clicking individual items, you can display just the pictures located in this folder or its sub-folders.

Figure 13. Picture window - Volume mode

When the mark list is visible, you can select a speciﬁc mark in the list to display pictures associated with the mark. The mark list also allows you display all pictures, and pictures without any mark.

Figure 14. Picture window - Mark mode

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5.3 Thumbnails display mode

When the thumbnail display mode is on, new buttons are available:

Figure 15. Thumbnail options

With the popup menu in the top right corner of the picture window, you can select the thumbnail display size (48 x 48 pixels, 64 x 64 pixels, 96 x 96 pixels, 128 x 128 pixels, 192 x 192 pixels, or 256 x 256 pixels).

Note: If you are displaying thumbnails at a resolution different than the size TriCATALOG used to create them, the thumbnails may appear jagged. For example, if you scanned the pictures at 96 x 96 pix els and are displa ying them at 256 x 256 pixels. To change thumbnails creation size select «Settings…» in the «File» menu..

The button with the question mark icon allows you to display an information area inside every thumbnail.

The button with the percent icon allows you to display thumbnails proportionally with their real size. (If this option is not activated, thumbnails occupy the largest available space.)

Pictures can be sorted with the «Edit» menu.

5.4 List display mode

When the list display mode is on, the picture list contains many columns. You can sort and resize the columns to ﬁt your needs (see «Information lists» page 13).

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5.5 Picture function

To get information about a picture, edit its marks, or edit its comments, you can click the «Information» button in the toolbar:

Figure 16. «Information» button

You can also open the Information window by pressing Command-I (see ««Item» menu» page 25).

5.6 Using comments

To make picture searches easier, you can give each picture comments. Comments can be deﬁned for volumes, folders, and ﬁles. Comments are not limited to pictures. To edit an item’s comments, you can either:

• select the item and choose «Edit Comments…» in the «Item» menu, or

• select the item, display its information window (select «Information Window…» in the «Item» menu, or in the «Volume» menu), then edit its comments. Click «Save» to keep you changes.

To deﬁne comments for a group of pictures, select these pictures and choose «Edit Comments…» in the «Item» menu. Each selected picture will use the new comments.

Tip: Before deﬁning comments for a large number of ﬁles, close any unnecessary window. Tri-CATALOG works faster when fewer windows are open.

The comments deﬁned for the ﬁrst item are visible in the information palette and in the item information window. Then, comments can be used to search ﬁles or p.ictures (For instance, you can search ﬁles with «dog» or «cat» in their comments).

Note: Comments can be used for many purposes: keywords, picture descriptions, and the like.

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5.7 Using marks

To make picture searches easier, you can also give them marks. Marks can be deﬁned for volumes, folders, and ﬁles. Marks are not limited to pictures. To edit an item mark, you can:

• select the item and choose «Edit Marks…» in the «Item» menu, or

• select the item, display its information window (select «Information Window…» in the «Item» menu, or in the «Volume» menu), edit its marks, and ﬁnally click «Save».

To deﬁne marks for a group of pictures, select these pictures and choose «Edit Marks…» in the «Item» menu. Each selected picture will use the new marks.

Tip: Before deﬁning marks for a large number of ﬁles, close any unnecessary window.s Tri-CATALOG works faster when fewer windows are open.

The marks deﬁned for one item are visible in the mark palette and in this item information window. Then, marks can be used to search ﬁles or pictures.

Mark palette

Tri-CATALOG also offers another method to edit item marks. You can display the mark palette by choosing «Mark palette» in the «Window» menu. Then, you simply drag and drop the item onto a mark in the mark palette. The mark that receives the drop will be added to the item.

To remove a mark, drag and drop the item onto a mark in the mark palette while pressing the Option key.

To remove each mark, drop the item on «No Mark». To deﬁne marks for a group of items, select these items, drag them onto a

mark in the mark palette. The drag and drop works from any Tri-CATALOG window, you can drag

and drop pictures from a picture window, ﬁles from a search window, volumes from the Volume List window, and so on.

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Figure 17. Mark palette

Tri-CATALOG can manage as many marks as you want, there is no limit. To create a new mark, click the «+» button. To edit the name of a mark, click the pencil button. To remove a mark, click the trash button. You can also drag marks and drop them on any other mark to create sub-marks. (To move a mark to the top or “root” level, drop it on «No Mark».)

You can also deﬁne your 10 favorite marks. Select the mark, display its contextual menu (click the mark while pressing the Control key), and choose «Favorite Mark 3», for instance. Now, from any Tri-CATALOG window, you can add this mark to the selected item by using the keyboard shortcut Command-3. See «Favorite marks» on page 26 for more information.

The mark palette also allows you to see the marks deﬁned for any selected item. To enable this feature, check the box at the bottom of the mark palette. Now marks deﬁned for the selected item will be displayed with a red icon.

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5.8 Error display

Different errors can occur while scanning pictures that prevent TriCATALOG from reading them. When an error occurs, a special icon is displayed instead of the picture thumbnail.

An icon with a blue question mark means that the thumbnail has not been created for this picture because you have cancelled picture analysis before its ends. This icon may also mean that the thumbnail has not been created because the picture ﬁle format was not recognized by Tri-CATALOG.

An icon with a read question mark means that the thumbnail was not created for the picture because the ﬁle is damaged. (To check it, try opening this picture with the appropriate image editing application.)

Tip: To scan large picture ﬁles with Mac OS 8 or Mac OS 9, increase the memory allocated to Tri-CATALOG in its Finder information window.

5.9 Printing

You can select «Print…» in the «File» menu while viewing a picture window to print every thumbnail or only selected thumbnails.

5.10 Information about the selected item

The picture window offers the same functions as the ﬁle window for getting information about the selected item. See «Information about the selected item» on page 27.

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6 - Volume List

To display the Volume List window, select «Sort Volumes…» in the «Catalog» menu (or «Volume List» in the «Window» menu), or click the «Volume List» button in the ﬁle window toolbar.

The Volume List window lets you manage the volumes you added to the catalog—allowing you to rename or delete volumes, move them into categories, or get their information. You can quickly organize your volumes by grouping them into categories and sub-categories, making browsing and searching the catalog easier and more efﬁcient.

Figure 18. Catalog Edition window

It is advisable to create several categories and sub-cate gories. You will ﬁnd that they are extremely useful and efﬁcient. Leave the main level empty (for volumes without categories). The main level will receive new catalogued volumes that you can move later to the appropriate category.

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6.1 T oolbar

This button displays the volume search window.

When this button is on, the right side list displays the content of the selected item in the left list (including sub-categories and volumes).

When this button is on, the right list displays the full volume list (whatever the left list selected item is). It may be slow; by default, this button is off.

This button creates a new category.

This button edits the name of the selected category.

This button edits the selected volume.

This button removes the selected category or volume.

6.2 V olume management

To move a volume into a category, select it in the right column and drag it onto the desired category.

6.3 Category management

You can also move categories into others (making them into subcategories) by using drag-and-drop.

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6.4 Finding a volume

In the top right corner of the window, the ﬁeld next to the «Find» button allows you to quickly search a volume by its name:

Figure 19. Quick search ﬁeld

To ﬁnd a volume, you can click on the «Search» button of the toolbar and enter the name of the volume you are looking for. If the volume is displayed among the results, click it to automatically select it in the Volume List window.

6.5 Information about volumes

The volume list contains many useful columns: original name, used space, free space, and so on. Y ou can sort them and resize them to adapt their size to your screen (see «Information lists» page 13).

To get more precise information about a volume, select it in the list, and choose «Information Window...» in the «Volume» menu.

6.6 Category storage on disk

The category and volume organization in T ri-CATALOG is the same as the one for ﬁles (within volumes) and folders (representing categories) in the «Volumes» folder on the hard disk.

Any modiﬁcation of a category in Tri-CATALOG is passed on to folders and sub-folders on the disk. The same way, when you move volumes into categories, ﬁles within them are moved into the corresponding folders.

6.7 Information about the selected item

The Volume List window offers the same function as the ﬁle windows to get information about the select item (information area, information palette, mark palette, preview palette, and so on.) See «Information about the selected item» on page 27.

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7 - Searches

Ever-increasing amounts of data on our computers and on removable storage media has made it harder and harder to quickly ﬁnd the ﬁles we need. Tri-CATALOG is able to manage hundreds of volumes representing millions of ﬁles. Search functions are its raison d'être.

Every Search window offers a simple search mode (based on the name of the items to ﬁnd) as well as an advanced search mode (based on other characteristics). The results appear at the bottom of the window.

7.1 Searching for a ﬁle

To ﬁnd a ﬁle, select «Search Files...» in the «Find» menu.

Simple mode

In simple mode, you can serach for text within filenames. You can also select the volumes where to do the search. The advanced option tabs are disabled:

Figure 20. Search window in simple mode

The popup menu and the text ﬁeld let you reﬁne the name search. You can ask Tri-CATALOG to ﬁnd all ﬁles whose name contains, is equal to, begins with, or ends with the entered string.

If you enter several words separated by spaces, you can search for ﬁles whose name contains all the words (e.g., the name contains «report» and

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«April») or one of them (e.g., the name contains «report» or «April»). In simple mode, you can also indicate where to look for ﬁles. You can limit

the search to a category. You can search ﬁles according to their volume name (the volume name you type must contain every w ord in this ﬁeld) or by their volume modiﬁcation date. For example, a ﬁle modiﬁed in January 2001 cannot be located in a volume last modiﬁed before this date.

Advanced mode

The «Advanced mode» radio button lets you enter many criteria. These are accessible through different tabs on the top of the window.

You can reﬁne searches by limiting them to application or text ﬁles, or by entering ﬁle types (you can use the «?» button to choose the codes of an existing ﬁle).

Example: Looking for ClarisWorks ﬁles only. Note: Type and creator codes are made up of 4 characters (any different code is

ignored).

If you know the modiﬁcation date (even approximately) or the ﬁle size, enter information in the dedicated ﬁelds to reﬁne the search and decrease the length of the results list.

You can also search using the version number of applications, by control panels and extensions, or by Finder labels.

You can restrict searches to ﬁles which comments contains some words or ﬁles associated with some marks. (In this case, ﬁles must be associated to all checked marks.)

Tip: If do not need advanced search criteria, use the simple search mode. Simple searches are faster than advanced searches.

Tips and tricks

• When you start a new search, the «Reset» button lets you empty all ﬁelds in the dialog.

• T o search folders, uncheck «Files only» and enter «xxxx» as type (it is unlikely that a ﬁle of this type exists).

• If too many items are found, click the «Stop» button to stop the search process, then reﬁne your criteria and search again.

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7.2 Search results

Found ﬁles are displayed at the bottom of the window. The list can be sorted by name, date, size, and so on, by clicking the column headers. As usual, columns can be resized.

Figure 21. Search results

Manipulating results

Clicking a ﬁle in the result list selects it in the ﬁle browser window. To select the ﬁle or folder icon in the Finder, double-click the item. To

open a ﬁle with its application or to open a folder in the Finder, Option double-click the item. With the toolbar buttons you can:

• Save the ﬁnd results and the criteria.

• Open saved results and criteria.

• Export the ﬁnd results to a text ﬁle.

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• Print the results of your search.

• Filter the results list to include only items whose name contains the string entered in the ﬁeld in the middle of the toolbar.

• Display all found items, without considering the ﬁlter string.

7.3 Searching for a picture

Searching for pictures is done the same way as searching for ﬁles. (It, too, provides simple and advanced mode). Found thumbnails are displayed at the bottom of the window.

Figure 22. Picture search window

• You can search for pictures by name, type, modiﬁcation date or size.

• You can also specify criteria such as width and height, color numbers (aka bit-depth, from 1 - black and white - to 32 bits - millions of

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colors) or resolution.

• You can also consider a picture’s marks or comments.

As in the picture windows, the found pictures can either be displayed as thumbnails, or as a detailed list. Use the button above the list, at the right, to change the display mode.

7.4 Searching for a volume

Searching for volumes is done the same way as searching for ﬁles. Found volumes are displayed in the result list at the bottom of the window.

Figure 23. Volume search window

7.5 Searching for duplicates

Duplicates are strictly identical ﬁles. Tri-CATALOG allows you to search the catalog for duplicates («Find Duplicates» in the «Find» menu).

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Figure 24. Duplicate search window

You can search every volumes or a subset. Likewise, you can search all types of ﬁles or just a few. Check boxes are available to setup the process. It can be useful to focus on criteria other than filenames. For example, if you duplicate a ﬁle in the Finder, the copy will have another name («copy of ﬁle»). This ﬁle may be an exact copy, it simply has a different name.

Note: With a large catalog, searching for duplicates can take a long time. Therefore, it is done in background and can be stopped at any time.

7.6 Find more

Some speciﬁc searches in the catalog are grouped in the function «Find More...» of the «Find» menu:

Figure 25. Find more dialog

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8 - Application list

The «Application list» is accessible from the «Window» menu. This list contains all catalogued applications (as well as extensions and control panels). This database is always updated when you catalog a new volume (unless you deactivate the option in the settings).

Figure 26. Application list window

8.1 Watching an application

W atching applications lets T ri-CATALOG alert you when it catalogs a new version of a program. To watch an application, check it in the list.

Note: To sort the list, click a column title.

After a volume analysis, Tri-CATALOG checks whether new versions of watched applications were found on the volume. If it has found a match, it diplays a window showing the new application(s).

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8.2 Searching the application list

You can search the list for applications by name. Only found items will remain. Enter the name in the ﬁeld on the top of the window and validate with the «Magnifying Glass» button. The search is not case sensitive.

8.3 Menu functions

The menu located on the top left of the applications window allows you to:

• Only display watched applications.

• Change the watching state of an application.

• Erase the version number of an application.

• Remove an application from the list.

• Update or rebuild the application list.

Note: You can rename an application by double-clicking it in the list.

8.4 Importing and exporting

Select «Add Items (from Tri-CATALOG ﬁle)...» to import a saved application list.

Tri-CATALOG 3 stores applications in a ﬁle named «##fTCP3 Applications» in the «TCP Infos» folder.

Tri-CATALOG 4 stores applications in a ﬁle named «Tri-CATALOG Applications» in the «Tri-CATALOG Infos» folder.

You can also import a tab-delimited text ﬁle (contain the name, type and creator) by selecting «Add Items (from text ﬁle)...» in the «File» menu. Conversely, to export the list to a text ﬁle, select «Export as Text File» in the «File» menu.

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9 - Bookmarks

Bookmarks in Tri-CATALOG behave like bookmarks in web browsers. They store the position of some items (ﬁles, folders, or volumes) in the catalog so you can quickly access them at any time.

9.1 Displaying bookmarks

Bookmarks are displayed in the «Bookmarks» menu. Y ou can also display a bookmark palette by selecting «Bookmark list» in the «Window» menu.

The menu at the top the palette allows you to display all the bookmarks or only those contained in a speciﬁc group (or in one of its sub-groups).

Figure 27. Bookmarks palette

9.2 Activating a bookmark

To activate a bookmark, select it in the «Bookmarks» menu or in the «Bookmarks» palette. Selecting it in the menu, while holding the Option key, automatically opens it.

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9.3 Adding bookmarks

You can create a bookmark referencing a ﬁle or a folder by selecting the item and choosing «Add Bookmark» in the «Bookmarks» menu. You can also drag-drop item onto the bookmark palette.

9.4 Classifying bookmarks

Bookmarks can be classiﬁed into groups and sub-groups (as volumes are classiﬁed into categories).

Creating and removing bookmark groups

To create and remove a group, you must click this button in the bookmark palette. In the resulting window, you can drag-and-drop one group into another to create a sub-group.

Classifying bookmarks in groups

To classify a bookmark in a group, select it in the bookmark palette then choose the destination group in the pop-up menu.

9.5 Deleting bookmarks

Select the bookmark you which to delete, then click the «Trash» button.

9.6 Use examples

There are many possible uses of bookmarks:

• Keep items you want quick access to.

• Organize your work by grouping applications related to your different activities: typing letters, desktop publishing, computation, and so on. You can create as many groups and sub-groups you wish.

• Group documents and applications needed for a speciﬁc project.

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10 - Picture libraries

Choose «New Picture Library…» in the «File» menu to create a picture library. Each library is stored in a ﬁle (that holds picture thumbnails) and is independent of the catalog. So you can distribute libraries to friends, colleagues, or customers. Anyone with a demonstration version of TriCATALOG can view these ﬁles. (The demo can be downloaded from www.tri-edre.com).

Figure 28. Picture library

You can add pictures by dragging them onto any Tri-CATALOG window. Pictures can be removed from the library by selecting them and clicking the «Remove» button.

The «Search in Catalog» button displays in the main picture window the selected picture in the library. If the v olume containing the picture is not in the catalog, a search is automatically run over the whole catalog (trying to ﬁnd a duplicate ﬁle).

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11 - Export

11.1 Exporting volume list or ﬁle list

Tri-CATALOG can export the volume list, the contents of selected folders in the ﬁle window, the contents of the current volume, or the contents of every volume belonging to category. (Volume lists do not contain the ﬁle or folder contents.) It is also possible to export only ﬁles. You can choose what information to export by checking or unchecking boxes in this dialog (except the ﬁle name, which is always exported).

Text export

If you wish to export information to a text ﬁle (a tab-delimited text ﬁle, which you can open with a spreadsheet or database), choose «Export as text ﬁle…» in the «File» menu while viewing a ﬁle window.

Figure 29. Export dialog

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HTML export

If you wish to export information to an HTML ﬁle, choose «Export as HTML ﬁle…» in the «File» menu while viewing a ﬁle window.

You can choose the layout ﬁle used to create the export. To export a volume list, it is better to select a layout ﬁle whose name starts with «Volume list». To export a ﬁle list, it is better to select a layout ﬁle whose name starts with «Files».

11.2 Exporting pictures

Text export

If you wish to export the picture list of a picture window to a text ﬁle (a tab-delimited text ﬁle you can open with a spreadsheet or database), choose «Export as text ﬁle…» in the «File» menu while viewing a picture window.

HTML export

If you wish to export the picture list of a picture window to an HTML ﬁle, choose «Export as HTML ﬁle…» in the «File» menu while viewing a picture window.

You can either export all pictures, or selected pictures. You can also select the thumbnails size, the thumbnails quality, and the number of thumbnails per row. To export a picture list, it is better to select a layout ﬁle whose name starts with «Pictures». Then, click «Export». You will have to select an empty folder (click «New folder» to create a new empty folder if necessary). Tri-CATALOG will export the HTML page («index.html» usually) to the folder you choose, as well as the pictures («.jpg» ﬁles) associated with the HTML ﬁle. You can then publish these ﬁles on Internet. (Note that pictures must always be in the same location relative to the HTML page.)

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Figure 30. HTML Export dialog

11.3 PDF export

In Mac OS X, you can export lists to an Acrobat PDF ﬁles. As with other exports, you can export the volume list, the contents of selected folders in the ﬁle window, the contents of the current volume, pictures, or the contents of every volume belonging to category. (Volume lists do not contain the ﬁle or folder contents.)

Select «Print…» in the «File» menu as if you wanted to print a list, check the desired options, then click «Preview» in the standard printing dialog. The «Preview» application opens automatically. Finally, select «Save as PDF…» in the «File» menu.

This creates a PDF ﬁle, which can be read by anyone who has Acrobat Reader, a free program available at http://www.adobe.com.

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11.4 HTML layout ﬁles

Several HTML layout ﬁles com with Tri-CATALOG. These ﬁles are located in the «HTML» folder located in the «Tri-CATALOG Infos».

If you are familiar with the HTML language, you can also create your own layout ﬁles. To do so, duplicate an existing layout ﬁle and edit it.

Volume list export layout ﬁles

Layout ﬁles whose names start with «Volume list» are for exporting volume lists. They are classic HTML ﬁles (you can insert pictures, add text, change colors, and so on, in these ﬁles) except that you can also add special Tri-CATALOG tags in these ﬁles:

Tableau 1 : Volume export tags

et   This tag will be replaced by the name of the

This tag will be replaced by the comments of

File list export layout ﬁles

Layout ﬁles whose names start with «Files» are for exporting file lists. They are classic HTML ﬁles (you can insert pictures, add text, change colors, and so on, in these ﬁles) except that you can also add special TriCATALOG tags in these ﬁles:

These tags delimit the HTML code that will be repeated for each exported volume.

exported volume.

the exported volume.

Tableau 2 : File export tags

et   et   This tag will be replaced by the name of the

This tag will be replaced by the name of the

These tags delimit the HTML code that will be repeated for each exported volume.

These tags delimit the HTML code that will be repeated for each exported item.

exported item.

volume containing the exported item.

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This tag will be replaced by the size of the

exported item.

This tag will be replaced by the label of the

exported item.

This tag will be replaced by the version of the

exported item.

This tag will be replaced by the creation date

of the exported item.

This tag will be replaced by the modiﬁcation

date of the exported item.

This tag will be replaced by the type code of

the exported item.

This tag will be replaced by the creator code of

the exported item.

This tag will be replaced by the comments of

the exported item.

This tag will be replaced by the level of the

This tag will be replaced by the full path name

exported item.

of the exported item.

Picture export layout ﬁles

Layout ﬁles whose names start with «Pictures» are for exporting pictures. They are classic HTML ﬁles (you can insert pictures, add text, change colors, and so on, in these ﬁles) except that you can also add special TriCATALOG tags in these ﬁles:

Tableau 3 : Picture export tags

et   et  et   This tag will be replaced by the name of the

This tag will be replaced by the thumbnail of

This tag will be replaced by the bit depth of the

These tags delimit the HTML code that will be repeated before each thumbnail row.

These tags delimit the HTML code that will be repeated for each exported picture.

These tags delimit the HTML code that will be repeated after each thumbnail row.

exported picture.

the exported picture.

exported picture.

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This tag will be replaced by the width of the

exported picture.

This tag will be replaced by the height of the

exported picture.

<!-- // TC_Horizontal_Resolution //

-->  This tag will be replaced by the vertical