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Latest news 8 March 2024

No further development of PathWiz! is anticipated however some enhancements have been made.

I have republished the PathWiz! V10 web pages as they were in 2014 with some amendments. Most links should work but any date/time or Windows version numbers will of course not reflect 2024. However I have been running the last version of PathWiz! V10 on my Win 11 PC. Note:there may be bugs that were not dealt with in 2014 - so be it.

Version 10

Updated on 29 Feb 2024

- Latest Version available in late 2014 - Compatible with TMG V9 and

runs on all versions of Windows from XP up to and including Win 11

All are welcome to try out the FreeWare version 8  of PathWiz! (compatible with TMG V9)

 - click this link -  FreeWare download and use the 'Try it Now' sticker. See also below for fine print

Getting Lost finding your exhibits in TMG?

Then you need PathWiz!

What is PathWiz? click here to scroll down for description

Index of PathWiz! Help pages - see videos of operations (all Help items generally apply to V10 also)

Improved feature in PathWiz! 10

1 Corrected presentation of the Citation ID and other details on Exhibit Catalogue.

   and from version  9

and from version  8

and from version 7 (released only as an upgrade)

• List images unused  in the exhibit log from a folder or path and move the unused elsewhere
   
• Windows Image details [EXIF] now able to be  viewed and  stored in the TMG exhibits file. Annotate your files with permanent Title etc and import into, say, Caption.
  Image details from a camera can be imported into the Description field for later viewing. See here
   
• Each Internal exhibit or stored thumbnail can be written to a file.
   
• Exhibits can be searched for by a name string either on a whole drive or on a path from a selected folder. ( System folders are ignored) in [V/M] browses via Fname1 field click
   
• Full Exif values from the camera can be viewed or stored.
   
• Images can be 'enhanced' without the need of an external editor.
   
• TMG Flags can be used when isolating types of exhibits via the Filter screen.
   
• Filters for a particular Tag Type can be selected
  (Remember Catalogues can be created for each filter used - No need for a complete catalogue if not required for particular editing requirements.)
   
• PathWiz! will go directly to an exhibit file once a Project folder is selected if only one project is available in that folder. (No need to click the [Go] button).
   
• A group of letters within an exhibit file  path can be exchanged - i.e.  C:\myexhibits\harry can be changed to C:\[mynewexhibits]\harry
   
• Mailout - An email with a MSWord Report attached can be sent to any group of TMG persons using an appropriately modified Address Tag. Option available on report setup screen.
   
• Works with Windows XP Vista and Win 7 . see here for 'footprint'

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The  retail Versions of PathWiz! prior to Version 9
are no longer available

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What is PathWiz?

The following is a general description of PathWiz!  operation - see screen shots in the Help pages for more detail. (Release version's screens may differ slightly from those shown here.)

The PathWiz!  program is an exhibit and path management tool which allows you to access a TMG  project database table ( dbf ) containing paths to and information attached to exhibits  ( graphical images and other files ) stored anywhere on your local PC. If you are changing computer storage arrangements or sending your backup (sqz) files to a chart printing service you may wish to consolidate all the required image files into one folder.

In addition, the ability to directly edit the Topic, Reference, Description and Caption fields of a list of  related exhibits (for example - External Images attached to persons) from one screen with the ability to see the actual images both internal and external provided they are available.

On the way a 'Comprehensive Exhibit Catalogue' may be produced both internally and in MSWord - effectively an inventory of all exhibits.

The PathWiz! program operates in a number of steps and maintains complete protection of your original data files. TMG itself will be closed during use of PathWiz!

Please note:
As PathWiz! is designed to allow you to alter details of exhibits in your TMG projects (which may contain one or more data sets), we would always advise you to create a backup of a project in TMG before you begin using PathWiz!

Alternatively, for safety you may prefer to work on a copy of your project whilst leaving your main project untouched until you have completed your changes. When you are happy with your changes you can then designate the copy to be your main project.

PathWiz! allows you to work on both unlocked and locked data sets (i.e. if you wish to produce a specific report from a locked data set), however, if you choose to refresh a locked data set in TMG's Data Set Manager changes made in the locked data set will be lost.

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There are 10 functional steps within PathWiz! to undertake the main path/information changing activities for which PathWiz! was originaly designed.

See Ten Steps

After Step3 when all the TMG tables are ready further Actions are available - see Global Actions

The descriptions of the main functions steps are expanded on and illustrated in the HELP within PathWiz! or view them online see below.

Please click for the latest HELP pages or our FAQ (frequently asked questions)

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FreeWare Version

Download the FreeWare version of PathWiz! 8 (ca 10.7 Mb)

The FreeWare version does not have:-

• Pictures in the Catalogue;
• MSWord Catalogue;
• Importing from a text file;
• View accented TMG;
• The ability to put new information back into TMG.

For a more detailed retail/free version comparison please see our Version History and Features page.

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If you wish to try PathWiz! the final Full Retail Version 10 is available from the author bryan.wettonATgmail.com. No guarantees for correct operation are given.

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