IdeaList

IdeaList
Final release	5.5 / 2007 (2007)
Repository	{{URL|example.com|optional display text}}
Written in	C
Engine
Operating system	DOS, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS =
Available in	British English, French, German
Type	Personal information manager
License	Proprietary

IdeaList was a commercially marketed free form text database application originally published by Blackwell Software, a division of Blackwell Science Ltd. The incomplete software source for version 4.0 was sold in the late 1990s to Bekon Marketing Ltd. who continued to develop the product up to version 5.5 before trading ceased.

IdeaList originated as a DOS program, later 16 bit and 32 bit versions were developed for Microsoft Windows and Macintosh computers. The software allowed complete textual documents to be entered into a database and had built in text retrieval (search) functions to allow rapid retrieval of documents. It featured script programming to allow it to carry out tasks such as printing to labels, envelopes or letters and was also capable of publishing standalone search-only databases.

External links

• Idealist Google Group
• CHIC - Idealist in Museums
• (abstract) Idealist for Windows 3.0 ISSN 1753-8548 EUP
• Idealist for Windows User's Guide
• Idealist for Macintosh User's Guide