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Features (Note: InfoHandler special terms are written in this font)

• InfoBases - the databases of InfoHandler
  • manage items containing info (called InfoItems - see below),
  • manage Categories (see below),
  • store general file info like author, topic, and comment,
  • store the names and formats of the InfoTimes (see below),
  • remember used folders, the layout of its windows, print options, search patterns and much more,
  • can be password-protected for access by multiple users,
  • Each InfoBase is viewed in its own window (the InfoBaseWindow ).
  • Many InfoBases can be loaded at the same time - their windows being arranged in a common frame window.
  • For each loaded InfoBase you can open several InfoBaseWindows side by side.
  • The layout of an InfoBaseWindow can be adjusted in many ways to the requirements of the InfoBase and the current task.
  • You move, copy, or merge InfoItems between InfoBases by "drag & drop".
  • All changes are constantly saved automatically.
• InfoItems - the records of an InfoBase
  • are identified by an internal ID and a title (InfoTitle) of unlimited length,
  • store time stamps for the first creation and last modification,
  • have Categories (see below) assigned to it - manually, by simple selecting them from several lists - or automatically, by searching the InfoText (see below) and InfoTitle and optionally also linked files, or by setting up a View with a CategoryFilter that controls the assignment,
  • can contain extensive and rich formatted text (InfoText - see below),
  • can contain two free changeable and universally usable time stamps (InfoTimes - see below),
  • can contain links to other InfoItems and global objects,
  • can be 'owned' by an individual user in a multi-user set-up,
• Categories - categorize the Info
  • are assigned to the InfoItems like 'key-words' - we call this 'categorizing the Info ';
  • are the basic means for the easy retrieval of relevant information;
  • are managed in CategoryGroups for each InfoBase ;
  • can be arranged hierarchically;
  • can have slaves that are assigned to InfoItems automatically if one of their masters is assigned;
  • are defined on the fly as required;
  • are named by character strings containing any characters (even blanks) and can be renamed any time;
  • can be combined logically into queries onto the InfoBase by simply selecting them in several lists, such controlling the displayed choice of InfoItems ;
  • are created automatically when InfoItems are copied to another InfoBase ;
  • can have synonyms assigned that are used together with the name for automatic categorization (auto-categorization);
  • can be restricted to numbers and then used for calculation of statistics like means and sums for selected InfoItems;
• InfoText - the 'rich' text of the Info
  • can be as voluminous as you want;
  • can be formatted "richly", that is with enhanced font and paragraph styles;
  • can be initialized automatically when creating new InfoItems ;
  • can contain TextFields (see below);
  • can contain embedded links to external objects;
  • can contain embedded links to other InfoItems ;
  • can contain embedded or linked OLE objects;
  • can be used for automatic categorization (auto-categorization);
  • is only loaded into memory when needed.
  • Important parts can be highlighted in three different colors.
  • The InfoText editor
    • can display a ruler bar and show the text in three different wrap modes;
    • allows for virtually unlimited undo and redo;
    • can be set for automatic URL (web link) detection.
• InfoTextFields - embedded in the InfoText
  • Simple application: all what is included between '{' and '}', or '[' and ']',or '<' and'>' is a TextField, with some subtle (but important and customizable) differences between these three variants.
  • You can jump from field to field using the keyboard or buttons on the tool bar.
  • You can select the content of a TextField by jumping to it or by clicking with the mouse.
  • If the field identifies an object that can be "opened" (eg a file path or an e-mail address) you can open it from within InfoHandler.
• InfoTime1 and InfoTime2 - two optional, freely usable time stamps for InfoItems
  • Store date and time in the range from year 1601 to 9999. Resolution external up to the minute - internal keeping milliseconds.
  • Use them as the publication date of periodicals, as historic dates, as the date of an appointment or a birthday, or as the date of last accessing an external object - just a few examples.
  • Name them as you like.
  • Set their formats as you prefer it and take your choice of seeing only the year, year and month, year, month, and day, or all of those plus hour and minute.
  • Use them for filtering the displayed InfoItems .
  • Use them for representing a time span.
  • Use some special features when using ithem for appointments or anniversaries.
• InfoLinks - link the InfoItems with files, folders, Internet pages, Outlook contacts, and e-mail addresses
  • can be created by dragging icons from other sources onto the InfoBaseWindow.
  • As a side effect new InfoItems may be created by this process.
  • Create documents (objects of local applications) from within InfoHandler and then manage these documents using the created links.
  • Move, rename, or delete linked documents (files) from within InfoHandler .
  • Open linked objects by (single) clicking on the icons in the InfoList.
  • Linked files can be included in the automatic categorizing process (auto-categorization).
• Alarms - remind you of dates and other things
  • To every InfoItem you may link one or more alarms (InfoAlarms ).
  • There are also 'free' alarms, not referring to any Item, that can be used as a general reminder for any purpose.
  • An alarm sounds precisely to the minute and may carry a lengthy message. You wouldn't miss it. One click with your mouse lets you go to the linked InfoItem .
  • The number of active alarms is not limited.
  • Alarms can be saved and exported to other computers.
• InfoList - displays the InfoItems of an InfoBase
  • Select one of two alternative views, the non-hierarchical TableView or the CategoryTreeView that shows Categories and InfoItems as trees. (Of course you can also see both kinds of views simultaneously - in two different windows.)
  • In TableView you can sort the InfoItems by title, InfoTime, creation or modification time, or one of the Category columns.
  • In Tree View you can define new Categories, move Categories between groups or other Categories , and do much more.
  • You can set a filter for the displayed Items by using their assigned Categories .
  • You can set a filter for the displayed Items by using their various time stamps.
  • Click on the title of an InfoItem in the InfoList to 'activate' its Info - displaying it at the InfoArea of the InfoBaseWindow .
  • Open linked objects by clicking on the icons on the InfoList .
  • Select many InfoItems in the InfoList and then act upon them, e.g. move all files linked to the selected items to a common folder or add, remove, or replace a Category for all the selected items.
  • Move or copy InfoItems between InfoBases by selecting them in the one InfoList and dragging/dropping them onto the other one.
• Full text search - supplements the information retrieval with Category filters and time bounds
  • Four different methods for finding text: Find next/previous occurrence of selected InfoText, Find & Process in InfoText, Global Find and Replace in InfoBases, Search with Categories (using auto-categorization) and CategoryFilters for the InfoList .
  • Processing of found text includes Replace, Format, Highlight, Count, Delete Line , and more.
  • Search/replace patterns are retained per InfoBase for reusing them at a later time.
  • Global Find and Replace optionally using regular expressions.
• Printing - make your choice
  • Print all the data of an InfoBase or any part of it. Select from many options to define the choice of InfoItems and their components to be printed.
  • Print only the active InfoText including embedded objects.
  • Print the Categories of one CategoryGroup, optionally with assigned InfoItems and other attached data.
  • Preview the print output on the screen.
  • Aside from going directly to the printer you can export the print output via an RTF (rich text format) file or the System Clipboard to rework it with any word processor.
  • Print options are separately set up and saved for each InfoBase .
  • If you want to print some content of an InfoBase in tabular form pass a CSV file with selected data to a spreadsheet program and let that do the rest.
• Drag & Drop - simplifies your work.
  • Drag files and Internet links onto the InfoList to create and link new InfoItems .
  • Drag files and Internet links onto the Info of an InfoItem to assign or change the InfoLink .
  • Drag files and Internet links onto the InfoText of an InfoItem to create 'embedded links'.
  • Drag email messages or news articles onto the InfoList to create new InfoItems and initialize them from the content of the messages (works currently only with MS Outlook and Outlook Express).
  • Drag InfoItems from one InfoList onto another to move or copy them from one InfoBase to another one.
  • Drag text from an external source onto the InfoText to insert the info.
  • Drag text from an external source onto the InfoList to create a new InfoItem initialized from the text.
  • Drag an InfoItem from an InfoList onto the InfoText of another InfoItem in the same or another InfoBase to create an internal link between the InfoItems .
  • Drag words from the InfoText onto a CategoryList to create and assign new Categories.
• Interoperability - exchange data with other applications
  • Connectivity to Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express. You can drag E-mail messages and News articles onto an InfoBaseWindow and create InfoItems initialized and auto-categorized from the messages. Or you can drag Contacts onto an InfoBaseWindow and create InfoItems initialized from and hot-linked to the contacts.
  • Import of Email messages from other mail clients (e.g. The Bat) via MSG files.
  • Data exchange with Lotus Agenda via Agendas ' structured (STF) files.
  • Export InfoItems to other applications viaCSV/TXT files.
  • Import your information stored elsewhere via CSV files.
• Pocket InfoHandler - the Companion of InfoHandler on your PDA
  • Export all or part of an InfoBase , including alarms, to your Pocket PC.
  • Reimport changes you made on the PDA back to the PC.
• Online documentation and samples
  • The online documentation contains more than 40,000 words in more than 300 articles.
  • Context sensitive help is provided for each object of the graphical user interface including the dialog windows.
  • 'Tip of the day' provides you with useful tips on starting InfoHandler .
  • Suggestions for applying InfoHandler helps you to find possible usage.
  • Ten included sample InfoBases introduce to some of the possibilities.
• What else?
  • Navigation between recently activated InfoItems by commands Next/Previous or selection from the HistoryList .
  • The InfoBaseManager, controlled from an icon in the system tray, organizes many InfoBases in a tree structure.
  • The InfoShooter lets you create new InfoItems on the fly from the Clipboard content without activating the application window.
  • The ViewManager enables you to save and recall Views of InfoBaseWindows including layout and set CategoryFilter .
  • The FormatManager lets you store paragraph and character formatting under a name and reuse it later as a macro while editing or automatically processing InfoText .
  • Extensive possibilities for customizing the user interface and functional behavior.
  • One special toolbar to control formatting the InfoText and two freely customizable toolbars with a choice of 60+ buttons out of the total of 100+ InfoHandler commands.
  • Hot keys for many of the commands.
  • Fast selection of different views. You can switch between three states of an InfoBaseWindow: normal view, maximized InfoText, and maximized InfoList .
  • 'Intelligent' sorting. InfoTitles and Category names with leading numbers are ordered 'as numbers', not just 'alphabetically' as usual (777 comes after 88, not purely alphabetically before this - and there is more about this). Moreover, the ordering of Categories of a CategoryGroup can be customized by the user.
  • A popup-calendar for your convenience.