MDE InfoHandler 2008 for Windows .NET 3.5 InfoHandler 2008 is version 11 of InfoHandler, but it represents also a new generation of this software, completely re-implemented using current technology. The differences between InfoHandler 10 (see below) and InfoHandler 2008 in short:  New Technology New programming language C# and .NET Framework 2.0 instead of C++ and MFC (Microsoft Foundation Classes). New Layout The new user interface is similar to the previous but also enhanced in many aspects. New Storage Format Instead of the previous binary storage InfoBases are now saved using standard XML (Extended Markup Language) which makes them readable by humans and other applications. New Help System Based on HTML Help instead on the old WinHelp engine New Features Categories of type Date. Values of Number Categories can be negative and have up to 5 decimal places. Mapping of folder trees and files of the file system onto Categories and Info items. (You might want to use this feature for a versatile management of your IE Favorites but it can also be of good use for all kinds of hierarchically structured documents.) Mapping of MS Office Outlook folders and Mail items onto Categories and Info items New Column View for the InfoList. . Central management of all InfoBases including backup copies. Another (third) filter for the InfoList based on found words in title, text, or linked documents of the Info Items. Relative path names for linked documents. Sequence order of columns in the InfoList can be (permanently) changed by simply dragging them to a new position. to mention just a few ... Still missing features Category Tree View of the InfoList (scheduled for 2008). Multi-User functionality (under development). Spellchecking (scheduled for 2008).

What is (was) MDE InfoHandler 10?

A Database for All your Information.

• A personal Information manager (PIM) that can organize your notes, dates, and contacts.
• A document manager (DMS) that lets you keep track of all your documents.
• A knowledge manager (KMS) for saving and retrieving your know-how.
• A bookmark manager that can power manage your Internet favorites.
• A program manager for sorting out your installed applications.
• A task manager that reminds you of things to do.

A Better Way to Handle Information

• An innovative scheme for categorization gives you fast retrieval of stored information.
• You can view your collected info items as a table or as up to 25 different hierarchies.
• Active links to internal and external objects - you create them by drag & drop.
• Special support for handling of temporal information.
• Password protection and multi-user support.
• A Pocket PC Companion lets you view and modify your important information anywhere.
• Import/Export of data from/to Lotus Agenda.
• Many more powerful features for information and knowledge processing.
• English and German versions available.
• Runs on Windows 2000 and Windows XP.
• 60 days free evaluation.

MDE InfoHandler offers very efficient retrieval of information based on 1) a unique non-hierarchical scheme for 'categorizing' the info and 2) on time constraints . You can automate the categorization by searching through local and linked external documents for key phrases or words. There are two alternatives for viewing the collected info items, a tabular arrangement and a display as 'trees' of categories with the info items as the 'leaves'. Other features include password-protection, multi-user support, global text search, richly formatted text (RTF), hyperlinks to local documents and Internet pages, various drag & drop operations, special support for temporal data, optional alarms attached to the stored info items, versatile print options, customizable toolbars, and much more.

MDE InfoHandler can quickly become the sine qua non—the “must-have” program for both professionals and hobbyists whose work requires an expert control over a flood of information.So InfoHandler may well be the very thing for:

• Students, authors, scientists, and journalists who must handle voluminous material resulting from study, investigations, and research.
• Lawyers, consultants, and technicians who must organize the data for their projects or want to store and easily retrieve their accumulated know-how.
• Workgroups that want to manage their common documents and knowledge.
• Hobbyists, such as collectors who want to organize their treasured collections on their computers. ,
• Anyone who surfs the Internet extensively and accumulates a great number of links to many types of visited sites and would even like to store some of the sites’ content .
• Anyone who sends and receives many Email or News messages and wants to archive these smarter and more efficiently than can be done in most Email/News programs.

For many, MDE InfoHandler will also work well as a document manager, as an outliner, an address book, a reminder, diary, or appointment book, and consequently as a uniform yet versatile replacement for some of these more specialized programs.