CDViewer   v1.0.1
©1999 Jérôme DE SOLLIERS - All rights reserved
email : jdesoll1@nat.fr
homepage : http://homepages.nat.fr/~jds/index.htm

This software is freeware. (Feedbacks will be appreciated)

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Introduction
This software let you manage easier your CD files description in the "/boot/home/cd" directory. It provides a simple but nice GUI for replacing Be CDPlayer's one.
The GUI is font sensible, with automatic state saving and localisation (you could create your own language - see ReadMe-InstallLanguage.txt).

Sorry, I don't have a Mac with BeOS installed on it; in consequence, I can't release a PPC version of this application (hey Be!, could you invest in a cross-compiler ?).

Warning : this software is distributed without garanty and I am not responsible for any problems it could causing.
Nevertheless don't be afraid, this application has been tested and the number of bugs must be ridiculous (I hope :-)). 


Menu description
- Files / About : 
Informations about the application.
- Files / Page Setup : 
Invoke the Be page setup window.
- Files / Print : 
Print the current selected album.
- Files / Quit : 
Simply quit the application.

- Action / Scan Directory : 
If you add or remove a file in the "cd" directory, this option let you rebuild the album list.
- Action / Launch CDPlayer : 
As written, just launch the Be CDPlayer.
- Action / Layout window : 
Show the layout window. 
- Action / List manager window : 
Show the list manager window.


Layout window
It's a window for building a CD layout with tracks of others CD. It's very usefull if you want to make a compilation with differents songs of differents album.
For adding a track or a full album, use popup menus on the main window.
You can re-order tracks with the drag & drop.
After your selection done, you can print the layout or save it as an ASCII file.


List manager window
It's a window for printing/saving the albums you have selected in the list.
Two types of list are available :
* Only artist & album name
* Full list including : artist & album name, year, total time and tracks.


Extra attributes used by the application
On the "CD Tracks" files :
- CD:year : you could specify the release's year of the album.


Deinstall
All you have to do is to put theses two folders into the trash :
- the "CDViewer" application folder
- the "CDViewer" settings folder (in "home/config/settings/")


Bug
The drag & drop of the layout window isn't finished...


Contacting the author
You can e-mail me if you have any questions, comments, bugs' reports... or simply to ask me if this application could be usefull for you.
Feedbacks are welcome (it costs just a mail ;-)


History
V1.0.1 : 10 july 1999
- The printing bug in the R4.5 is corrected. Now, you can print the first page.

V1.0 : 20 june 1999
- New feature : you can drop a picture in the album information part of the main window and the icon will represent the picture.
- New feature : Add the list manager window (with save and printing options)
- New feature : Add the layout window (with save and printing options)
- New feature : now, you can print or save (ASCII format) the datas of an album.
- New feature : you can rename directly a "CD Tracks" file by selecting the "Rename" option in the popup menu.
- Now, all listview have popup menu.
- Fixed a bug in a BAlert information window.
- Minor fixes in the GUI.
- Clear some parts of the code.

V0.9 : 24 april 1999
- First release.
