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Offline Lyn and Malcolm

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Printing a list of a genus
« on: June 01, 2009, 11:05:58 PM »

It is getting late after a very hot day here, which saw the first lilium open its flower, one of about 74 different lilies we should have in the garden.

So I thought I would keep a folder on my computer, with a picture of each as and when they flower.

This would also help to determine if we have lost any of these lilies.

A printed list generated from Ig Pro would be great, but blowed if I can find a way of doing it.
Can someone put me right please.

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Re: Printing a list of a genus
« Reply #1 on: June 02, 2009, 12:42:52 AM »
Start GA004
Select a plant
Click Print
Takes you to screen GA100S18
There,you can print the entire Genus,species or one plant
Does that do the job for you?

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Re: Printing a list of a genus
« Reply #2 on: June 02, 2009, 07:45:37 AM »

Another screen page I have never been to before, how many more must there be. :o

Thank you George for letting me in on another of your master pieces  ;D Just the job.

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Re: Printing a list of a genus
« Reply #3 on: June 02, 2009, 09:41:11 AM »
Thats great Malcolm.
Yes, theres a few hidden treasures dotted around in there.

That one is modelled on my "inheritance" -  a book favoured by my father:
Reader's Digest Encyclopedia of Garden Plants & Flowers.
He passed away in 1984, so its over 25 years old.

I learned all about Genus, Species, Cultivars, plant Groups/Classifications etc etc.
I modelled my software on the format of that book.

As with the RHS A-Z of plants, the presentation was by Genus. Within a genus, each species was listed alphabetically, within a species, a number of cultivars were listed with brief details.

I always wanted to know more about the cultivars, hence you have a nice big data region in GA100S36 to enter info about each plant in the genus.  ;)

If a Genus had Groups or Classifications (e.g. Clematis, Rosa, Rhododendron etc) then the species were listed within the Group or Classification.
After the plants were listed, there were three chunks of data - Cultivation data, Propagation and Pests and Diseases.

GA004 was my original program, long before I even thought about Ideas Genie. I designed that report you've discovered to allow the user to print a Genus to that specification.
As you can see, it allows you to pull together all the data you have keyed into the various fields in the plant profile screen, GA100S36.
You have options to include or exclude various types of data in that report.

It doesn't print photos. That would be difficult due to the number of options users have at their disposal.
Instead, that report can be used in conjunction with the Print Photos program GA049. Mix and match, and you should be able to get a nice presentation to bind into a file or book.

OK, now its been discovered, I'd like our members to give it a try and see how it works for you.

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Re: Printing a list of a genus
« Reply #4 on: June 02, 2009, 11:22:24 AM »
OK, now its been discovered, I'd like our members to give it a try and see how it works for you.
Works great for me George.  ;D

A screen that I'd not come across either up until now.  8)

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Re: Printing a list of a genus
« Reply #5 on: June 02, 2009, 11:53:46 AM »
Thanks for the feedback Laurie.

When dealing with plant names, thats the program I use most, Laurie (GA004)
As you can see, it has an extra search feature (the within button)
I use that extensively.

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Re: Printing a list of a genus
« Reply #6 on: June 02, 2009, 08:40:16 PM »
Yet another screen that was hideing away, works for me aswell  ;)

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Re: Printing a list of a genus
« Reply #7 on: June 03, 2009, 12:19:12 AM »
Thats great Phil.

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Re: Printing a list of a genus
« Reply #8 on: July 17, 2011, 04:33:03 PM »
Hi George - as you can see I'm discovering more aspects of the program AND looking for answers in the forum first before posting my question!

Being able to print a list of all the plants in a particular genus is really helpful. The one thing that seems to be missing (I have to say "seems' because often it's there, but I've just not found it!) is the ability include the Garden Area where the plant can be found.

What I'd like to be able to do, for example, is print a list of all my Rhododendrons along with where they can be found in the garden. This would let my friends search them out for themselves. Does that capability exist?

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Re: Printing a list of a genus
« Reply #9 on: July 17, 2011, 10:48:16 PM »
Hi John

I KNEW I'd been asked this question before by Malcolm (Lyn & Malcolm on the forum)
Heres the topic:
http://www.flowergenie.co.uk/ideas/forum/index.php/topic,1419.0.html

Regrettably  :-[ that feature does not exist at time of posting, but it will be added on the next update.

I will be upgrading all my software to bring it in line with the new interface and database handling features developed for Bank Genie Pro. If anyone would like to download it and see that new interface, please send me an email.

I'm pleased to say that development of that product is completed, but I'm still working on the User Guide.
I cant wait to get back to working on Ideas Genie again!



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Re: Printing a list of a genus
« Reply #10 on: July 17, 2011, 11:15:03 PM »
We do keep finding ways to keep you busy, don't we, George!  ;D

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Re: Printing a list of a genus
« Reply #11 on: July 17, 2011, 11:32:49 PM »
I'm pretty good at that myself ::)