WinCatalog 2011 beta 2 has just been published.
The most important changes since Beta 1:
Collection file format has been changed to provide fast search in any language.
Thumbnails generation for pictures have been completely rewritten and now works faster.
Extraction of ID3 tags from audio files has been completely rewritten as well for better performance. WinCatalog 2011 can also keep thumbnails for images stored inside mp3 files.
The ability to print any view has been added
Now you can flexible configure scanning options. The long file operations (MD5 and CRC32 calculations) have been switched off by default.
The ability to filter search results has been added.
The abilities to set collection title and comments have been added.
The ability to set master password for a collection file is added.
The ability to configure search index has been added.
Reported bugs and issues have been fixed.
If you have beta 1 installed on your computer please uninstall it first. WinCatalog 2011 beta 2 also does not support files created with beta 1.
You can download the new beta using this link [»].
Please feel free to post your comments and feedback here or send it by email using this form[»].
Posted on: December 16, 2010
September is almost gone but the second beta of new WinCatalog has not been released yet. We have received a lot of feedback on the first beta version and now alongside with the adding of new features we are improving the productivity.
The search function works fast and brings the results within a couple of seconds for really huge collection file which contains more than 3 millions of records. As a comparison you may check the same characteristic for the current version. WinCatalog 2009 needs a minute and a half for the equal job. In other words the search function of the new version is at least 30 times faster.
Now we’re working at speeding up the disc scanning process which have got a lot of complains from first users. In comparison to any previous version, the new WinCatalog has a lot to do during the disc scanning and each operation like the thumbnail creation or the archives contents extraction takes time to be performed.
Please do not lose your patience! The next public version of new WinCatalog will be available within a few weeks.
Posted on: September 29, 2010
We are glad to announce that the first beta version of WinCatalog 2010 has been published today.
The new version is database driven. It can operate with collections of any size. No matter how many discs or files are stored in your collection – WinCatalog 2010 will handle all of them!
The second great feature is that WinCatalog 2010 can create picture thumbnails for most popular image types and store them inside the catalog. The thumbnail previews are available even without the link to the original files, so if you search for a photo or picture, you can preview it BEFORE reaching the disc!
WinCatalog 2010 is available for downloading and testing, however it is not available for sale until September 1st (while it has beta status). Every user who purchased WinCatalog 2009 will get the upgrade for free after that date. The upgrade from earlier paid versions of WinCatalog will be 50% of the single license price (US $14.95). The upgrade will be available on September 1st when suffix Beta will be removed from the title.
You can read more about WinCatalog 2010 beta and download it here.
Posted on: July 13, 2010
We are ahead of the new release and now we are publishing new screenshot of WinCatalog 2010. On the screenshots you can see one new feature of WinCatalog 2010: thumbnail extraction.
While scanning a disc WinCatalog 2010 creates thumbnail images for most popular picture formats (Jpeg, Png, Bmp, etc) and stores them inside the collection file. Lately the saved thumbnails can be viewed even if the original files are unavailable.
WinCatalog 2010 scanning a folder with digital photographs:
WinCatalog 2010 displays the contents of the folder with digital photos. The thumbnail for the selected file is shown above the file properties at right:
Click on the picture to enlarge the screenshot.
Posted on: June 17, 2010
A new version of WinCatalog 2009 is released. Fixed the problem of accessing several volumes properties under Windows XP.
Posted on: April 30, 2010
We are glad to announce that a new maintenance update of WinCatalog 2009 has been just released. The version number is 2.91.
The default double click action for folders and disks under keywords and users is changed. Now in the main window if you double click on an item linked with a keyword the following will happen:
If the item is a folder, a disk or an archive, it will be located in the catalog.
If the item is a file or a custom record, the item’s properties will be shown (as before).
Posted on: January 14, 2010
We are glad to announce that a new maintenance update of WinCatalog 2009 has been released. The version number is 2.9.
Now WinCatalog can extract more than 255 characters from text files (the configurable option is added). To configure this option please click Tools, then Program’s Options. Follow to the Scanning tab and click Configure Additional File Processing Options button. Then select Keep text from plain text files and click Properties. Here you can limit the text extraction or simply switch it off. We recommend to leave this option in it’s default state (limit text extraction to 255 characters).
Locate in catalog menu item is added to the popup menu when you browse keywords or lent volumes in the main window.
Posted on: January 12, 2010
WinCatalog.com wishes you and yours a holiday time filled with fun, happiness and joy.
Christmas is a very special time of the year for everyone. For most of us it’s a time for checking our plans, setting new goals and performing a ‘reloading’ to be more organized.
We wish you to get more and more disks to organize with WinCatalog in the New Year. In our turn we will release the new version of WinCatalog 2010 very soon. This version will work with huge collection much faster.
Merry Christmas and happy New Year!
Posted on: December 24, 2009
Windows 7 will be introduced on Thursday and if you decide to upgrade to the new operating system we are glad to announce that WinCatalog 2009 has been already tested with Windows 7 and passed all tests successfully.
Posted on: October 20, 2009
We are glad to announce that a new maintenance update of WinCatalog 2009 has been just released. The version number is 2.88.
Now WinCatalog 2009 can add several files to the catalog simultaneously by using Add File command…
Posted on: September 25, 2009
