Welcome
SDC is a cataloging program for all those data discs you've collected over the years. Ever try to remember on which disc you burned your CV or where that shareware program you downloaded last year is but couldn't remember, so you ended up going through all your CDs? Well, with SDC you can catalog all your discs. When you need to find something, the simple search engine in SDC will find it in no time. You can even add comments to any folder or file which can be searched.
Installation / Upgrading (Read before uninstalling or upgrading)
To install SDCIf you have a previous version
of SDC installed, you can install the new version to a separate folder,
in which case you will have both fully functional versions on your
computer. Or you can install the new version into same folder where
the old version resided. In this case the new version will overwrite
the old version but it will not overwrite the data. In other words,
any discs scanned up to this point will not be lost. That is because
the file sdc.mdb
which holds the data will not be overwritten.
Requirements
SDC will run on any computer running the following operating systems: Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows 2000, Windows XP. SDC should work fine on any future versions of Windows too. If not, check back to www.aronson.co.il/sdc for the latest version.
Getting Started
The first time SDC is run you will see two empty panes. The left hand pane holds discs and folders, the right hand pane shows the files of the currently selected disc/folder on the left pane.
To scan new discsNote: There is no UNDO or SAVE in SDC. All actions are executed on the spot.
Scanning New Discs into SDC
Creating, Deleting and Renaming Discs, Folders and Files in SDC
You can manually add discs, folders, and files to the SDC database, and to rename a file or folder.
A new folder to the bottom of the
list of existing folders. By default, the name will be "New Folder".
This will add a new file to the
end of the list of existing files. By default the name will be "New File"'.
Searching for Discs, Folder and File
You can search for all items containing a user-defined string, perform an exact search, and or search for item comments. You can specify to search
all item types or just discs, folder or files.
Folder/File Properties (Comments)
Choosing SDC Database to load
All data is stored in the file sdc.mdb. This file can be backed up, or copied to other folders, allowing you to have multiple databases.
Choosing Interface Language
Currently Hebrew, English and German are supported.
If the language you chose appears incorrectly when running
SDC (question marks or squares are visible in place of letters) you need
to change you Language setting in Windows, to do so do the following:
In Windows XP: click Start
and select Settings > Control Panel > Regional
and Language Options. Click Advanced tab and choose your language
in the Language for non-Unicode programs section.
In Windows 98: click Start
and select Settings > Control Panel > Regional
Settings. In the Regional Settings choose your language.
Source Code
SDC was written in Visual Basic 6.
It uses DAO 3.6 to connect to an MS Access database file to store information
(sdc.mdb) and another
access database to store text strings (LangSupport.mdb). The FileScriptingHost
(scrrun.dll) is
used to manipulate files. The left pane uses the TreeView control.
The right pane uses the ListView control. The source code can be
found at www.aronson.co.il/sdc.
If you have any questions or suggestions about the source, e-mail me. I give permission to reuse
this code. If you make changes to the code and redistribute it you must
change the text in the About window to reflect that.
I have created uFREEDB.ocx from the source code (version 1.6.2) provided at freedb.org created by Jon F Zahornacky and Peter Schmiedseder
Disclaimer
This program is distributed for free. Source code from which the program was compiled can be found at www.aronson.co.il/sdc. Therefore I take no responsibility for any damage this program may cause you or your computer. If you are unsure of where the program you have came from, download the latest version from my site. As always, I advice scanning any software downloaded from the Internet for viruses.
Changes From 1.0.14 to 1.1.0
1. SDC can now catalog Music CDs. It connects to FreeDB save the information. (Thanks to John B. Miller for helping me characterize and test) 2. Check for update feature has been upgraded and can now be called via the Tools menu
Changes From 1.0.13 to 1.0.14
1. Fixed bug where, if a folder had a very long name SDC would fail. (Thanks to John B. Miller for helping me resolve this)
Changes From 1.0.12 to 1.0.13
1. Fixed bug where, if a folder being scanned had a single quote (') in its name, SDC would fail. (Thanks to Dan DeOreo for helping me resolve this)
Changes From 1.0.9 to 1.0.12
1. Fixed Crash when trying to scan a CD drive with no CD inside.
2. Fixed Appearance of the word 'Text1' in comments.
3. Fixed bug where, in the search feature, even if you have checked
"search comments" it does not search comments of the CD, only comments
of files.
4. Thanks to
Lars Alexander Hult for bringing the above bugs to my attention.
Changes from 1.08 to 1.09
1. Added Turkish, Russian.
2. SDC now
remembers last folder scanned so for example if user want to scan many
CDs he needs to choose the CD ROM drive only once.
3.When scanning, if program encounters folder to which the current user
has no permissions the program skips over them instead of stopping.
4.Some limited printing capabilities added but still needs development (any volunteers?)
Changes from 1.07 to 1.08
1. Added support for more Languages (Changed fonts).
2. Added German. Along side Hebrew and English.
Changes from 1.06 to 1.07
1. When scanning a whole volume, the name is extracted
from file system (and not just the drive letter)
2. Various fixes for handling very large files.
Changes from 1.05 to 1.06
1. Size column now sorts correctly. Shows sizes in bytes, KB or MB
depending on file size.
2. First click on a column, sorts Ascending. Second click, sort Descending
3. Search improved. User can search for files with a Single quote mark.
User can use * (as in the Windows Search).
4. Multiple Lines of same disc no longer appear in search results.
5. Search results can be sorted by clicking on column header.
Changes from 1.00 to 1.05
1. When SDC is run for the first time, it creates the config.ini file
which holds the location of the active SDC database.
2. Discs are now shown sorted.
3. Changing database location loads the new database immediately.
4. When SDC is run for first time a welcome screen with basic Usage
help is displayed.
If you have any questions e-mail me at adin[at]aronson.co.il with the word SDC in the subject
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