Short:    PGS3 arexx script - view all pics in directory
Uploader: Michael.Merkel@gmx.net (Michael Merkel)
Author:   Michael.Merkel@gmx.net (Michael Merkel)
Type:     text/dtp
Replaces: text/dtp/MUIPicCatalog.lha
Version:  V3.11 (17. June 1998)


ABOUT

This is an ARexx script for use with PageStream3.
With this script you can specify a drawer. This selected drawer
(and all its subdrawers and there subdrawers ...) is searched for
pictures. These pictures are loaded and placed in PageStream3 as
a PictureCatalog.
If you want the generated pages will be printed or saved.


DISTRIBUTION

spread it! use it! _write me!_


REQUIREMENTS

- PageStream3 (of course!!!)
- MUI
- MUIREXX V3.x!! (Aminet: dev/mui/MUIRexx_3_0a.lha)
- Pictures! :-))


USAGE

* install it with the installer script
* select "Play Script" in PageStream3
* loooook!!!

**********************************************************
* ATTENTION:                                             *
* ----------                                             *
* The prefs window of MUIPicCatalog can be quite large   *
* depending on your MUI font configuration. So be shure  *
* to have a WorkBench/PageStream3 screen which is large  *
* enough! Otherwise it can result in crashes at startup! *
**********************************************************


HISTORY

V3.00 (28. March 1997)
 * rewritten the GUI of PicCatalog to use MUI!
   Thanks to MUIREXX this was most of the time easy.
   Advantages: - much easier design of the prefs windows
           - no more restriction for gadgets
           - all the MUI advantages
   Disadvantages: - none (imho)

   +-------------------------------------------------------------+
   |!Note: You *must* install MUI and MUIREXX properly!          |
   |For installing MuiPicCatalog please use the installer script.|
   +-------------------------------------------------------------+

 * disabled the PageStream-document loader because of crashes :-(

V3.01 (15. April 1997)
 * PicCatalog checks the start page. Earlier versions crashed when
   started from the masterpage.
 * german umlauts not recognized when activated "skip..."
 * "do not scale" had no effect with fixed bitmaps - fixed

V3.02 (20. April 1997)
 * uhoh! completely reworked the calculation of the thumbnail sizes!
 * now you can specify the weigth of the pageborder and the thumbnailborder
 * now you can specify the fontsize for the text written below the pageborder
 * implemented tab cycling!
 * MUIPicCatalog is now copied into T: before start.
   This speeds up canceling a bit.

V3.03 (15. June 1997)
 * rewritten to use MUIRexx V3.0
   --> YOU NOW *NEED* MUIREXX V3.0 TO RUN THIS <--

V3.04 (31. January 1998)
 * reimplemented the PageStream Document Loader. (no crashes here - but ...)
   [will be changed to the method "OverView.rexx" uses]
 * changed "SELECTTEXT AT ..." to "SELECTTEXT INOBJECT ..."
 * little code cleanup.
 * fixed little problem in PageStream Document Loader.
 * double click on a type now will (de)select it.
 * "quit" from menu did not enable the PageStream3 screen -> fixed
 * added menu shortcut for "quit"
 * some interface changes

V3.05 (07. February 1998)
 * the sliders for the size were not set by the default prefs -> fixed
 * uuups... long standing bug! Within the PLACEGRAPHIC command i used
   PROGRESS as parameter. that's totally crap! now it's correct by using
   NOSTATUS. (resulted in hits when importing prodraw clips)
 * added prodraw clips recognition. only the first clip of a set is imported!
   (not possible to do more with arexx with the current version of pagestream3)

V3.06 (08. March 1998)
 * added user definable inner sample space.
   per default the samples have a gap of 1pt from the top, bottom, left and right
   border of the surrounding box. now this is definable.
 * saving prefsfile on end is now choosable! (menu)
 * added loading and saving of prefsfiles! (menu)

V3.07 (31. March 1998)
 * added a button to interface to get the master page sizes
   So no more need to insert the page borders manually 8-)

V3.08 (04. April 1998)
 * added possibility to give standard amiga file and directory patterns for scanning!
   (directory patterns are only useful for the base directory! Subdirectories
    are NOT affected)
 * internal code cleanup

V3.09 (05. April 1998)
 * important bug fix number 1:
   when loading the prefs the selected list entries were added twice! fixed!
 * important bug fix number 2 (long standing bug!):
   when calculating the thumbnail size the gap was used twice! this lead
   to a too big gap on the right of the catalog! (twice the given size) fixed!

V3.10 (13. June 1998)
 * corrected EMail address

V3.11 (17. June 1998)
 * color printing did not work (was always greyscale)  -> fixed



AUTHOR

Michael Merkel (MiMe@IRC)
Michael.Merkel@gmx.net (Michael Merkel)
http://home.t-online.de/home/Merkel.Michael/


THANKS TO

SoftLogik for this wonderful program! It's the best on all platforms...