| WhereIsIt
has got to be one of the very best programs I have ever
encountered. |
It's a database manager...not one where you define fields
and manually enter records but one that reads your hard drive
or data CD discs to pull together information. I use it to keep
a record of all my software. The thing that makes it so good
is that it is highly configurable...you can organize things
to your hearts content.
For example, you can define "categories", giving them
whatever name you wish. Each category can have child categories
which can have child categories, etc. The categories can have
a particular color associated with them...you can sort by categories...
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Notice the pop-up about "VisualZone"? Great
feature!! When WhereIsIt read the disc that contained the zip
file for that program, it read names of all files in that zip
and associated them with it. If I expanded the directory tree,
all the files would be listed in the left hand pane. If I then
selected one of those zip files, the right hand pane would show
all the files it contained. One of those files was a text file...exactly
what you see in the pop-up. I always include such a text file
in the zip so I have some info about it. Because I name the
text file "file_id.diz", WhereIsIt picks up the text
and uses it for the pop-up. It does so because there is a plug-in
for that file name and I have enabled it. There are numerous
plug-ins included.
One of the potential plug-ins is for MP3. If you enable
it, WhereIsIt will use the tag info as the pop-up so one could
use this program for an MP3 database. I'd still recommend MP3Stock
though, as it was designed especially for MP3s. WhereIsIt will
also handle audio CDs, importing track information from
CDDB.
Here's another screen shot, this time with the files on the
right grouped by a category. Makes it duck soup to find any
program I have in a particular category. Remember that you determine
the category names and the structure...
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| I really can't say enough good things about this program.
I use it in a rather limited manner - maybe 20% of its potential
- and it does everything I want. It isn't free but is
worth the price of $39.95. |
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