Comic Collector is a program that helps you catalog your personal
comic library. This organizer software runs on Windows 95, 98,
NT4, ME, XP and 2000. An Apple Mac OS X edition is in development
(ETA Q3 2005).
Catalog your comic collection
The "Add Multiple Comics" feature is the quickest way to add your
entire collection of comic books to the database. Just set the
range of issues you want to add (e.g. issue 5 to 57) and fill in
the field values that are the same for all issues you are adding,
e.g. Series, Genre, Format, Publisher, etc.. Then click OK and
Comic Collector will generate comic items in your collection file
for all issue numbers you checked in the Issue List.
View and search the comic database
Once you have added a number of comic books to the inventory, you
can view it on the main screen. It is possible to show a simple
list of all comics, but you can also organize your library by
series, publisher or author, etc.. using the automatic folder
feature. All lists can be sorted instantly, just by clicking the
column headers or by using the Sort Order screen. You can sort on
any field, e.g. alphabetically on title or publisher, or sorted
on release date or purchase date. Use the Quick Search feature to
find all comics that contain the word you type, or use the
Advanced Filter command to search in specific fields, even
multiple fields at once.
Print lists
Lists of your comics can be printed in any way you want. The
Print feature lets you choose which comics to print, which fields
to show and in what order to list them. Printed lists are ideal
for insurance purposes, or to take with you to the store. The Pro
edition of Comic Collector also includes a number of templates
for other nicely formatted print-outs. The flexible XML/XSL-based
template system lets you create your own layouts too (requires
XSL programming skills). Visit our Templates page to download
templates created by other Comic Collector users.
Export your comic catalog (Pro edition only)
Using the Export to HTML feature you can generate HTML pages of
your comic book inventory, for use on your homepage or website.
You can create one index page listing all comics (with one row
per comic), optionally linked to detail pages with one page per
comic. If you want to be able to use your comic data in other
programs, use the Export to XML or Export to Text functions. A
special export feature is included to export your database for
use in the ListPro software on your PDA (PocketPC or Palm).
Integrated Loan Manager (Pro edition only)
The built-in Loan Management system allows you to keep track of
comics you loan to friends, family, etc... Just log which comic
you loaned and to whom and you will always know where your
missing comics are.
Use Comic Collector to:
• Catalog your comics easily
Add entire series of comic books in one "Add Multiple" action
• Instantly sort your lists
On any field, e.g. alphabetically by title, author, artist or
genre
• View comic cover thumbnails
Use the TWAIN scanner support to scan directly into the program
• Search your comic database
E.g. find a comic by title or find all comics by a specific
artist
• Print comic lists
Ideal for insurance purposes. Print any field selection and in
any order
• Export data to HTML lists
Place your comic database on a website, including cover images
• Track your loans
Track who borrowed your comics, loan dates and due dates
Whats New In v4.0.1?:
- New database fields:
- Crossover
- Story Arc
- Imprint
- new Creator role: Cover Painter
- Tags
- Last Submission Date (automatically filled when
submitting issue data to Collectorz.com)
- new Column Field: Full Title (automatic combination of
Crossover, Story Arc and Title)
- new Column Field: All Creators (automatically lists all
creator names)
- new In Collection Status value "On Order"
- Add Comics Automatically:
- improved screen layout
- new Favorites tab page
- Add series to your Favorites list, so you don't
have to search for them anymore
- Use the Favorites tab to check for new issues
- Use the "Show/Hide Issues Already in Database"
checkbox to make the Issue List show new issues
only
- Series of current comic on main screen is now
automaticaly selected in Add Automatically screen.
- new Comic Collector 4 Compact template for previewing
results, in two styles (blue and black)
- new Check Connection button
- new toolbar icons featuring CC
- Edit Comic / Edit Story screens:
- Improved field layout
- Creator list now remembers its column widths
- list of Creator roles is now in a more logical order
- Improved Links tab page:
- Add Interior Art images. Images show up in
Details View in main screen.
- Add links to other local files (e.g. movies) by
dragging & dropping
- Add links to websites by dragging & dropping
from your browser
- Easier editing of links and their descriptions
- Contents tab: now shows Index, Title, Creators and
Characters columns
- Contents tab now remembers column widths
- The "..." buttons next to pick list fields have been
removed and replaced by a new [Add ...] command inside
the drop down list (tip: use F2 to edit!)
- New entry boxes for easier adding of values to check
list fields (e.g. Genre)
- Edit Story screen is now resizable
- Fixed: "tabbing" to date fields needed an extra tab key
press
- Details View Templates:
- new CSS Styles system
- Template menu now allows selecting various
"styles" for each template (using a submenu)
- New styles can be created using CSS style
sheets and a simple .csi meta file
- new Comic Collector 4 template, in six different styles
(blue, black, CC, CC2, Gray and iTunes)
- New Full Covers template in Blue, Black and Gray
- "Comic Collector Colors" and "Gray/Yellow" are now
available as styles for the Full Details Classic
template
- Searching your database:
- Completely redesigned Filter screen
- Build advanced filters using brackets, AND, OR, NOT,
equal, not equal, greater than, less than, contains,
wildcards
- Save your filters and activate them directly using the
Filter menu on the toolbar
- Faster Quick Search
- Sorting:
- Save your sort order definitions and activate them
directly using the Sort Order menu on the toolbar
- Simpler Sort Field selection screen, just use
checkboxes to select the fields you want.
- Sort Titles are now automatically generated from the
Title when using Add Automatically
- new "Generate Sort Title" button in Edit Comic/Story
screens
- use Tools / Options / Sort Titles to configure
recognized articles (the, a, le, la, die, der, das,
etc..)
- Three part person names (e.g. Barbara Taylor Bradford)
are now split into First/Last Names correctly
- Columns:
- Save your column definitions and activate them directly
using the Columns menu on the toolbar
- Simpler Columns selection screen, just use checkboxes
to select the fields you want.
- Folder selection:
- Save you custom folder field combination and activate
them directly from the Folder menu above the tree
- Simpler Folder field selection screen, just use
checkboxes to select the fields you want.
- Automatic Capitalization of Titles
- new AutoCap button next to Title in Edit Comic and Edit
Story screens
- Titles are now automatically capitalized when using Add
Automatically
- use Tools / Options / Capitalization to configure
auto-cap settings and exceptions
- Export to HTML:
- New Comic Collector 4 Blue and Black detail page
templates
- Improved look of List and Thumbnails index pages
- Improved look of Next/Previous navigation at the top of
exported pages
- New "Paged by First Letter of Series" option
- Improved network support
- New lock file system automatically prevents concurrent
editing
- When one user is already using a database in Writable
mode, subsequent users will automatically open the
database in Read-Only mode
- in Read-Only all editing features are hidden and
disabled, allowing viewing and searching only
- Create Read-Only workstations by running a forced
Read-Only installation (start the installer with the
/readonly command line parameter)
- Improved Loan Management
- Print loan lists
- Use the Quick Search box to search your Loan History by
Title or Loaner name
- New Email and Address fields in the Loaner item
- New date selectors in Loan Info screen
- Completely revised and updated Help file (english version only
for now)
Fixed:
- Image preview during online search failed if the Windows user
account name contained two consecutive spaces
- Edit Lists screen now shows user defined field names (only for
lists that are not shared by multiple fields)
- Added Italian language, thanks to Ivano Modenesi
- iPod export was missing files when exporting many items with
status indicator split over several files
For More Info On Collectorz.com Comic Collector Pro Visit:
http://www.collectorz.com/comic/
INSTALLATION NOTES
Install comiccollectorsetup.exe. After installation copy
precracked exe from the Crack folder into Comic Collector Pro's
installed folder, overwriting the existing file. You now have a
fully registered version of Comic Collector Pro!
Thats it! Enjoy.
CODE
http://rapidshare.com/files/83570387/Collectorz.com.Comic.Collector.Pro.v4.0.1-TE.zip
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