-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Cataloguing CD's
- From: "Marcia Colpan" <mcolpan@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 15:50:46 -0400
Hubby is rather ...uh....intimidated by my stack of CD's. He thinks it's a
form of insanity.
However, he's a very good Excel person and does a bit of programming in C++.
Right now, I have windows Commander and I can print out the file list in a
tree format that picks up every file. I'm using that but I found I had to
create an index as well since I have so much. It's hard to explain since
my files have to do with education as well as music, etc. I need to be
able to locate a file by category as well as by name. For instance, I want
to see what I have in geography, but I might not know the name of the file
that I'm looking for. I know, I'm asking for the impossible. I almost
need a version of a card catalogue.
Marcia
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Carneal" <carnealr@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, May 19, 2003 3:40 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Cataloguing CD's
> I will take a stab at this as long as you understand I have not personally
> tried this myself.
>
> If you are a music aficionado, would CD Trustee work? Not free, it costs
> $39.95, but it makes jewel case labels by printing the names of songs. The
> URL for this is:
> http://www.base40.com/
>
> You are probably like me in that I wanted a good way to catalog all the
> files, data, DVDs, etc., in one master catalog, and be able to search that
> in a variety of ways.
>
>
> I can mathematically program in Excel, but something like this requires
> reading folders, directories, +and+ keeping the paths straight for each
> filename, beyond my skills for Excel. Some filenames have the hidden
> attribute set, and your husband would need to find those anyway. I am not
> sure how that would be done in Excel.
>
> I could do this in basic and make it an executable. I have seven projects
> going at the moment so it would have to be a Fall project.
>
> A suggestion: Could you open a Window Dos and type out a file of all the
> filenames? Just get the filenames and save it to a file and print that.
> Let's assume "F" is your CD drive.
>
> Open a window dos box. Type in "F:" and press return. Now type in DIR/b >
> c:cdnames.txt. That "b" stands for BARE mode. You will get filenames ONLY.
> It will be save to a file called cdnames.txt. You can print that in Word,
> WordPerfect, Ami Pro, etc., and punch 3-ring holes in and save that. I did
> that for a while. That saved a lot of hand writing.
>
> Hm, would bribing your husband work?
>
> Robert
>
> At 03:07 PM 5/19/2003 Monday -0400, you wrote:
>
> >*blink blink* <sigh> Sounds wonderful. Now, if I had even a tad of a
> >notion of excel, that would be great. Sounds like a project for
> >hubby....and he's not gonna be a real happy camper.
> >
> >Marcia
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "andy" <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Sent: Monday, May 19, 2003 2:37 PM
> >Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Cataloguing CD's
> >
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Marcia Colpan" <mcolpan@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > ooooo that's exactly what I need. SOmething that will catalog my
CD's.
> > > Is
> > > > this a program? a feature of hardware? I really need something
that
> >will
> > > > keep me organized without the low tech high maintenance solution I
have
> > > now.
> > > >
> > > > (I keep a notebook and card file....very time intensive.)
> > > >
> > > > Ideally, I need something with a search function.
> > >
> > > Spradsheet-very simple to arrange and keep updated...With a collection
> > > touching 20,000, I speak from a little experience!!
> > >
> > > Andy
> > >
> > >
> > >
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