wam.umd.edu/~walrus/distrib/kingfisher226.readme

Short:    KingFisher 2.26 Fish/CD-ROM Catalog Tool
Uploader: Udo Schuermann 
Author:   Udo Schuermann 
Type:     biz/dbase
Replaces: biz/dbase/KingFisher223.lha
Version:  2.26

NEW: KingFisher 2.26 includes  a  workaround for Kickstart 3.0 users who
     have experienced an immediate crash when starting a newly installed
     KingFisher.  It also fixes one rare cosmetic problem in the GUI and
     an equally rare (and "harmless") enforcer hit in the server.

This archive contains KingFisher 2.26, a special purpose database system
primarily  designed for  the  retrieval  of  information about  software
collections on floppies and CD-ROMs. This archive contains the software,
200K+  online documentation  (AmigaGuide  format),  and  seven  language
catalogs (English is built in; French has just been added) for the GUI.

A database is not included in this archive. If you are installing a new
copy of KingFisher you also need to download 'KingFisher2db.lha'

Companion archives  provide a database of contents description for 1100+
Fish Disks and miscellaneous additions, including the developer kit that
provides you with the means of communicating directly  with the database
server from your own software.

NOTE: Beginning with version  2.20 KingFisher was  no longer released in
      separate registered/evaluation versions. The  size  and  bandwidth
      problems associated  with an ever-growing number of  patches  made
      the use of a keyfile significantly more attractive.

NOTE: Registered users may  receive their  keyfile FREE BY EMAIL  or  as
      part of their next upgrade (see the documentation for addresses of
      registration sites.)


COMPONENT FILES ON AMINET:

    KingFisher226.lha (297196)
	All  you  need  to upgrade or  install  KingFisher.  If  you are
	building a new installation you probably want the database, too:

    KingFisher2db.lha (748224)
	A database of 1100+ Fish Disks (needed for initial install; when
	upgrading: remove all old 1000Fish#? files before installing)

    KingFisher2ex.lha (221558)
	Extras: example format  and  ARexx scripts; KingFisher Developer
	Kit!


KINGFISHER 2 FEATURE OVERVIEW:

  - Client-Server technology provides multiple users (or multiple copies
    of  KingFisher) access to  multiple  databases, but does  not hinder
    single-user operations,

  - KingFisher's resizable GadTools  interface  honors  the proportional
    system font (or any font  of your choosing) and can be opened on the
    default public, and on custom screens,

  - Search operations can  produce  Search Sets  which may be saved  and
    reloaded, to  provide instant  access to any previously found record
    in the database,

  - Database-specific  display, print,  and export  presentation formats
    can be defined to produce any desired database presentation,

  - Hotlinked Product-Info files can be viewed directly;  updates to the
    file are immediately  reflected by  KingFisher;  also view clipboard
    contents directly,

  - Powerful search expressions, including embedded support for AmigaDOS
    regular expressions, are maintained in  a history list whose size is
    user-definable,  and each of which can be recalled for re-use at any
    time,

  - Ability to reconstruct the index files and construct VersionLinks in
    release-order to browse related software versions,

  - Through RexxFisher  (the  ARexx interface to the server)  the  user-
    definable  data  presentation  formats  and the same powerful search
    expressions used  by KingFisher are available to any program with an
    ARexx interface!

Registration for this software is $20(US)  or  DM30. Future upgrades are
free (by way of Aminet or ftp.)  The developer kit is now available free
of charge to registered and unregistered users alike.

WWW Support Page: http://www.wam.umd.edu/~walrus/KingFisher.html

 |._.|_   Udo Schuermann             "The future's not what it used to be!"
 |(:)| )  walrus@wam.umd.edu                  -- Narn Ambassador G'Kar
 |_:_|/   http://www.wam.umd.edu/~walrus/        Babylon 5, "The Long Dark"