The user interface of FileCataloger is very simple and easy to use. It includes menu, toolbar, path bar, group view, list view, description view and status bar.

Group view is showing the catalog groups of the opening catalog database. List view is showing the sub-items of the selected catalog group in group view. In the list view, user can sort catalog item by clicking header of list view. The description view of FileCataloger can show the comment, custom propertys, thumbnails of the current selected catalog item.

Operating Catalog Database

FileCataloger uses a single catalog database file to save all catalog data, so as to easily arrange, copy, move and backup catalog data. The actions for operation catalog database is simply.

Importing Catalog Item

FileCataloger providesseveral friend wizard to help user to import cdrom, dvd, local disk, movable disk, folder and solo files into catalog database. And there are some options that can be configured to customize the importing operation.

While importing file from media, user can enable file parser to take comment and custom property from the files imported. Now FileCataloger support zip file, rar file, mp3 file, chm file, eml file. In the future, FileCataloger can support more file type parser.

FileCataloger can import zip or rar file as catalog group, just enable complex parser for zip or rar file.

Operating Catalog Item

FileCataloger support several catalog item operations. User can modify name and extention name, add comment, view property and delete it. Every catalog item can be added multi custom propertys and multi thumbnails. Every custom property have one name and one value, to note catalog item's property. These functions let catalog item having a lot of infomation to use.

Organizing catalog item

User Group is unit for organizing catalog item. Firstly create some user groups, The user groups can be hierarchical. After that user can move independent catalog items into proper user group. Now, user can browse the hierarchical tree of disks, files and folders that looks exactly the same as in Windows Explorer.

The moving operation is support Drag/Drop.

Bookmarking catalog item

Bookmark group is also a useful tool for organizing catalog data. Every bookmark group can contains a lot of bookmark items. Every bookmark item links to a catalog item just liks Shortcut in window. Double clicking a bookmark item will let FileCataloger navigating to the location of the catalog item. User can have multi bookmark group and also have multi bookmark item in different bookmark group to links to a same catalog item.

User can operate bookmark item like normal catalog item in bookmark group.

The bookmarking operation is support Drag/Drop.

Operation file content

Some file often be viewed by user, such as readme file, index file. FileCataloger can take its content from media to catalog database, then view them or save as other files. Certainly The file content can be cleared by user.

Searching Catalog Item

Filecataloger have a powerful easy-to-use quickly searching function. User can search file caption(name and extention name), comment, content, custom property, sizes, creation time, last write time, last access time.

User can set search target types. example: cd, move disk, file and so on. And User can combine tow search result with Remove the previous result option be cleared. Searching text is also support mildcard * and ?. Finally user can set search for all catalog item or current catalog group or previous search result.

User can operate search results like normal catalog items in search group. If user double click a catalog item in search result group, FileCataloger will navigate to the location of the catalog item.

Because searching is in database, so user assure any changes has been saved Before searching.

Customize user application

If FileCatalog's function can't satisfy user, then user can write VBsscript to customize application. With VBscript, user can operate catalog database and catalog item. FileCataloger provide some objects and some function.