
Advanced Disk Catalog (ADC) plugin for File and Archive Manager (FAR) v1.12
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                        -= registered version =-


Contents
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    Common program information
    Contact info
    What is FAR and ADC?
    Program description
    Installation
    Release history
    Support
    Plans for near/far future

For registartion and ordering issues see files license.txt and order.txt


Common program information
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Program archive name:     adcplug.zip
Program name:             ADC viewer plugin for FAR
Program version:          1.12
Program release date:     September 23, 1998
Program description:      FAR file system plugin for viewing ADC databases
Target OS:                Windows 95/98, Windows NT 4.0/5.0 + FAR 1.52+
Software type:            Shareware ($10)


Contact info
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Should you have any questions feel free to write to
Vitaly Klimov at adcplugin@snowball.ru

Latest version of this plugin is always available at
http://www.elcomsoft.com

What is FAR and ADC?
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1. FAR stands for 'File and Archive manager'

      FAR developed to facilitate a large number of operations with files,
      folders and archives under Windows 95/98 and Windows NT operating
      systems. Note, that FAR is actually a text mode shell.

      More detailed info on FAR can be found at:
                    http://www.creabel.com/softronic

2. ADC stands for 'Advanced Disk Catalog'

      Advanced Disk Catalog (ADC) is an easy to use tool with
      explorer-like interface which allows you to catalog the drives:
      floppy disks, hard drives (including network ones), optical
      disks, CD-ROMs, ZIP disks and other media.

      More detailed info on ADC can be found at:
		   http://www.elcomsoft.com

Program description
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This program is a plugin intended to work with FAR version 1.52 or higher.
Plugin implements virtual file system based on ADC database files.
Plugin has following features:

1. Lighting fast (up to ten times faster than ADC itself!) database processing
2. Option to treat archives as ordinary folders
3. Ability to view your databases from remote computer without ADC installed
   on this computer (from example via network)
4. Support for ADC categories and descriptions
5. All the virtual file system functionality provided by FAR
   (file find, save path shortcut, etc)


Installation
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First, create folder named ADCPLUGIN in FAR\PLUGINS directory.
Second, extract contents of this archive to this directory.
Third, restart FAR.

That's it!

To view ADC database simply press enter or Ctrl-PgDn on it.
To configure ADC plugin, goto to Menu(F9)->Options->Plugins configuration
and select item 'Configure ADC viewer'. For further help simply press F1.

Please note, that ADC plugin will show only databases which created with
ADC version 1.20 or higher. If you have old version, please upgrade it
to 1.20 and load/save your database!


Release history
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1.12 - Fixed problem with OEM filenames, first public version
1.11 - Fixed bug with IDX date compare
1.10 - Plugin now is shareware.
       Info panel bug fixed
       Info format improved
1.00 - Initial release


Support
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This plugin is shareware. Should you have any problems, questions, comments
do not hesitate to write to Vitaly Klimov <adcplugin@snowball.ru>


Plans for near/far future
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User customisation for Full (LCtrl -3) view
Version number identification
Possibility to view multiline descriptions in info panel
Possibility to view archive contents on F3
Possibility to copy files directly from database
Go to disk from database
