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J.A.L.T. in it's version 2.0 is a powerful tool to browse, view and organise the most frequent graphic, photographic and video-files by offering an efficient and extensive sort function also for user-defined extensions.
No matter if you
- want to organise photos of your vacation and prepare them for self-made CD's
- want to collect cliparts and sort them to certain topics
- are developping a software and want to sort your thousands of icons and glyphs to create a library of functions and procedures
- after a web session want to search your browser-cache for useful gif- and jpg-files for your own homepage and want to sort it immediately
- want a fast view to your zip-files and extract one ore more files and sort them
- want to search complete HDD's or directories for certain file-extensions
- want to organise graphic files and view them in a slide-show
- etc, etc, etc ...
J.A.L.T. is always exactly what you need for the job.
Viewer
graphic files
- extensions JPG, JPEG, JPE, BMP, ICO, WMF, GIF
- view: fit into the window
- view: centered
- view: with / without frame
- view: as background
- size adjustable continuously / in steps
- speed of animated gifs adjustable
- zoom function
- catalogs
- create, save and delete
- change image size and numbers of row
- list of created catalogs for fast access
- sort listings
- extremely small compressed
- organised in pages
- comfortable scrolling through catalogs
- slide show
- time interval adjustable
- viewing options adjustable
- continous view
- break function
- Scrolling back and forward during breaks
- maximum screen performance
- movable slide show display
video-files
- extensions MPG, MPEG, AVI
- size continuously changeable
- continuous play
- chain all clips in actual folder
zip-files
- extension ZIP
- automatic access to zip-files
- open zip-in-zip-files in additional registry
- show packed files in integrated viewer
- hexadecimal view of graphics, videos, html, text-files, and others
- execute all possible applications
- copy text to clipboard
html-files
- extensions HTM, HTML
- show normal text
- show source text
- remember previous files
- copy to clipboard
text-files
- extensions user-defined
- show all other extensions
- show either text or hexadecimal view
- switch on to additional editor
- editing and saving possible
- cut, copy,and insert from clipboard
- font size adjustable
sorting
- sort templates
- individually to configure
- up to 200 sort buttons per template
- create and delete sort buttons
- save and load templates
- create folders
- quick select buttons
- switch on if required
- up to 3 temporary quick select buttons
- sort in copy mode or move mode
- use file list or search list for sorting operations
- passes automatically to the next file after a sorting operation
- sort multiple files simultaneously
- sort from an open zip file
- sort from an open catalog
zip/unzip
- zip / unzip files
- add files to a zip file
- delete files from a zip file
- sort files directly from a zip file
search
- searches drives or trees for files with pre-determined extensions.
- results of a search operation are being shown in a search list.
- all viewing operations are applicable to the search list (including creating a catalog and slide show).
rename
- automatically rename multiple files
- automatic numbering
- fixable start number
- parameters of the counter to configure individually
- fill the counter with zero or underline
- possible additional text to precede or follow the counter
- insert the original file name previous or past the counter possible
- spaces in the file name allowed
- sample is being shown
- preview preceding the rename operation
- change the date / time stamp for selected files
- show and change the file attributes for selected files
other
- supports change of the screen element's size by splitters
- supports intelli-mouse
- multiple choice in file lists
- hideable toolbars
- change to 256-color-mode (useful for laptops & notebooks)
- select color for background
- select font size for quicktips
- German and English version
description:
You can find the list view in a tabbed register with three pages on the left side of the screen.
- 'folder' contains the J.A.L.T.- explorer. Here you can select the desired file out of the drives and directories. In the file list you can see all files of the selected folder whose extensions correspond to the selected filter(s). Now you can view, sort or delete these files to trash. To sort or delete you can select multiple files
- 'search list' shows the results of an search operation. After it you also can view ,sort or delete these files to trash. To sort or delete you can select multiple files
- 'catalog' contains all created catalogs.
When saving a catalog a short descriptive title is added. This title will be recorded in a list of the catalog page. From this list each catalog now can easily be opened no matter in which directory it is actually saved.
Selecting the tab 'catalog' brings you automatically to the catalog view and its affiliated toolbar 'catalog'.
- The toolbar -
Following is a short instruction on those toolbars, which are not in detail being described in other parts of this help in context with their affiliated functions.
See also: toolbars graphics, video, html, zip, text, catalog, sort, configure sort templates
buttons of the list view:
hide list view fades out the list view. A click on the viewer button of the toolbar 'function' restores the file list enable / disable editing in file list / search list for effective work with the program no double-click is used to open a file , but reaction follows each first click, so that under certain circumstances the selected file might be moved into the edit mode. In most cases this is not desired and can be stopped by this button. start searching see search directories for files. clear search list see search directories for files. remove item from search list remove the selected item from the search list (multiselect not possible in this function) without deleting this file physically. delete selected files in file list moves the selected files of file list or search list to trash. If these files are readonly, the click on this button will be ignored.
buttons of the toolbar 'function':
function: viewer enables all viewer- and sort functions. function: zip/unzip enables all zip/unzip-functions functions: auto rename & date-/time stamp opens the window 'auto rename' background colors select the background colors for the J.A.L.T. screen 256-colors on / off changes from high color mode to 256-colors-mode font size for quicktips explains itself select language explains itself info opens an info window where you can register J.A.L.T. online. help opens help files close application ends J.A.L.T.
- The file masks -
description:
The pre-determined masks are *.*, JPG, JPEG, JPE, BMP, ICO, WMF, GIF, MPG, MPEG, AVI, HTM, HTML. Each single mask can be combined with others.
Click on one of these masks and the file list of the list view is being updated if there are corresponding files in the selected directory.
- The user defined mask -
description:
Here you can define masks of your own choice. In every case for these masks at least the text viewer will be opened. A click on the button user defined ' will open the toolbar 'mask +' with a list of your self-defined masks. Click again and the toolbar will be faded out.
To define your own maks click ' user defined ' and then ' set filter '.
Fill in the new extension below the desired button in the appearing toolbar without (! ) dot, e.g.'txt', 'pas' or 'asc'.
Then click 'ok' and the relation is finished.
Click again ' set filter ' and the toolbar fades away.
You can define new buttons by simply overwriting occupied buttons. The settings will be saved when leaving the program and reloaded when starting it again.
Although you can load, view and edit all desired files, this function is primarily created for mere text files. So, if you should load and edit executable files such as exe-files or libraries ( dll), too, you are doing it completely at your own risk. Be very careful !!!
- Search directories for files -
description:
This function enables you to search complete drives or directories for files with the desired extension. If the search is successful, the index 'search list' is automatically opened with a list of all found files. Similar to the file list you can execute all operations with these files including creating a catalog and slide show.Yet a search with the mask *.* is blocked.
buttons:
start searching starts searching the specified drive(s) or directorie(s) clear search list empties the search list remove item from search list remove the selected file from the search list (multiselect not possible in this function) without deleting this file physically.
J.A.L.T - Just Another Little Tool V. 2.0 help files
All rights reserved by Frank Urban / Translated from German to English by Bernd Blumenauer