gbCatalog provides a listing of all applications released by Gary Beene. In addition to the listing, an application icon, feature list, and multiple screen shots of the application may be viewed within gbCatalog. Application information (text and images) can be downloaded from within gbCatalog. The user can also download installation files for selected applications.

Download (v1.6, 9M)

gbCatalog uses a single main screen, consisting of a toolbar with various operational features and a list of available applications. The bottom half of the screen displays an icon, app description, app feature list, and image(s) of the selected application.

Additionally, a context menus is provided for each application in the list. Double-click on an item in the list for a popup description of the selected application.

Feature List

• Browse each application in the list to see its icon/bullets/images
• Navigation buttons are on the toolbar
• Multiple images, which you can cycle through via the toolbar
• Display PowerBASIC, VB, or all apps
• Display any combination of game, graphic, internet, programming, utility applications
• Download the application installation files (usually *.zip files)
• Update the catalog (the text stuff)
• Update any or all icons needed by the catalog
• Update any or all images needed by the catalog
• Sort the catalog on any field (name, ver, data, description)
• Open default browser to the application home page
• Check apps and download multiple apps at one time
• Images can be resized, centered, or placed in the upper left of the image area
• Limit resizing to shrink, not enlarge, images to fit the screen
• Splitter bar to adjust the top/lower sections

Toolbar

Update
Updates the catalog (text content only)

DL
Download the checked application installation files

Open
Open the download folder

First
Select the first application in the list

Previous
Select the previous application in the list

Next
Select the next application in the list

Last
Select the last application in the list

Image
When multiple images are available, cycle through each image

Resize
Resize the image to fit within the image area

Category
Builds the list from the selected category and source code language

Settings
Select various options/actions

gbApp
Open online Home Page of the selected application

Help
Open online Help for gbCatalog

Drodown Menus

Category
Pressing the Category button rebuilds the app list from the selected category and source code language settings.

Pressing the down arrow next to the Category button will display a context menu with the following options.

• Games
  Display applications of category Games
• Graphics
  Display applications of category Graphics
• Internet
  Display applications of category Internet
• Programming
  Display applications of category Programming
• Utilities
  Display applications of category Utility
• Select All Categories
  Select all 5 categoriese
• UnSelect All Categories
  Unselect all 5 categories
• All Apps
  Display apps regardless of the language
• PowerBASIC Apps Only
  Display only PowerBASIC apps
• VB6 Apps Only
  Display only VB6 apps

Settings
Pressing the Setting button the current catalog version and will display a count of the images in the list

Pressing the down arrow next to the Settings button will display a context menu with the following options.

• Print Checked Apps in List
  Print a simple one-line per application listing of the catalog
• View/Edit Local Catalog File
  Opens the local gbcatalog.dat file in Notepad
• Reload Local Catalog
  Reload the local gbcatalog.dat file
• Download All Icons
  Downloads the icon for all applications
• Download All Images
  Downloads all images for all application
• Resize Large Images Only
  Resizes images to fit within the image area
• Center Images
  Centers images within the image area
• UnCheck Apps on File Download
  When downloading is completed, removes the checks from successfully downloaded files
• Open Download Folder After Download
  When downloading is completed, opens the folder where the files were placed

Context Menu

Check All
Check all applications in the list

UnCheck All
Remove the check from all applications in the list

Display Application Description
Displays a popup description of an application. Usually, there is more content than found in the one-line description used in the application list.

Download Icon for Selected Application
Downloads the icon only for the selected application.

Download Images for Selected Application
Downloads the image(s) only for the selected application.

Keyboard Shortcuts

• F1 - Help
• Ctrl-D - Display description of selected app
• Ctrl-H - Open app home page
• Ctrl-I - Rotate through images
• Ctrl-L - Copy list of checked apps to clipboard
• Ctrl-O - Open download folder
• Ctrl-N - Turn on debug
• Ctrl-P - Print list of checked apps
• Ctrl-R - Toggle resize image
• Ctrl-Y - View catalog file in Notepad
• Ctrl-Z - Validate server files

Other Comments

Sessions
When gbCatalog starts, it restores the previous session content.

INI File
gbCatalog application settings are saved in an INI file, kept in the same folder as the gbCatalog application.

Comments and suggestions are welcome!