| An inventory program for the model
railroader. You can record up to 16 fields on each model
(model information, prototype information and notes).
Although designed primarily to catalog model railroad rolling
stock, you can also record information on the buildings,
vehicles and other non-railroad models that are on your
layout. Then view or print lists based on the
model railroad, model category, scale, or model
manufacturer. Keep track of the value of your model
railroad, print insurance reports by category and print
insurance summary reports for the value of the entire model
railroad collection. The program includes
customizable pick lists for entering the railroad name
information, equipment category and model scales; context
sensitive on-line help, an easy to use install/uninstall
procedure and sample files for the first time
user.
Other program features:
- export data in dbase compatible
format.
- attach a scanned
photo or image to each record
- print
individual record information
- QBE
(query by example) feature for refined filtered searches of
multiple fields
- support for
operating sessions (car cards, waybills and trainlists)
- change the main menu background
photo
-"Outlook" style
menu
Additional features in the registered version
are: a built-in backup/restore function, a report wizard
(create custom reports),
an
option to personalize the printed reports and the ability to
print QBE reports.
- Requirements: Windows 95/
98/2K/ME/XP
- File size (Train32.zip): 2108k
(2.055mb)
- Registration information: Shareware
(30 day trial)...$20.00 (US)
- Current version number 5.0
(7/2007)
Program releases:
11/1999 original release of
TrainTrax (Windows 16 bit version) which replaced the 1992 DOS
version
05/2000 Release 2.0,16 bit and
32 bit versions released
06/2000
Release 2.1, fixed bug in backup/restore routine (32 bit
version only)
06/2001 Release 1.0, changed
name to RailFan Express, added ability to attach photo to each
model record and custom report features (for Registered
version only)
08/2001 Release 1.1, fixed bug
that caused data to "disappear" under certain
condition
09/2001 Release 1.2, changed
length of two fields, made changes to the backup/restore
feature and other cosmetic changes
02/2002
Release 1.2a,cosmetic changes
03/2002
Release 2.0, added QBE feature and redesigned all
reports
05/2002 Release 2.1, bug fix
in QBE feature & added notes to searchable fields, added
VCR type navigation buttons to browse screens & forms,
cosmetic changes
06/2002 changed setup/install
program due to possible conflict with some Win XP systems (32
bit only)
10/2002 Release 2.2,
unregistered version now disables selected features at end of
30 day evaluation (no effect on registered
versions).
Resized some screens to correct display problems at lower
resolutions.
12/2002 Release 2.3, fixed bug
that caused program to GPF when continously adding new
records
06/2003 Release 3.0, added
ability to print car cards waybills and trainlists for
operating sessions, continuous record adding feature returned
to program
11/2004 Release 3.1, updated
author's contact (email and mailing address) information -
fixed program bug to allow alpha characters to be used in road
number fields.
05/2005 Release 4.0 - Updated
appearance w/new "Outlook" style button menu and other graphic
enhancements. Changed photo display/print to accommodate
640x480 (digital) photos w/o distortion. Added ability
to export to Comma Separated Value format. Changed
registration procedures. Added "copy record"
function.
07/2007 Release 5.0 -
Updated help file and modified program for Windows Vista
compatibilty. Bug fixes to QBE and Operations
features. |
Railfan
Express (c)
2000-2006
