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ideasguy:
You may have wondered why you had to pass through the GA100S00 screen when adding a plant in GA004, GA037 etc.
It was all tied in with the "big picture" - the Master Database (Mdb).
As announced recently, the Mdb is now downloadable and readily available to all users.

Its also grown to a staggering 30,000 plants.

I wanted to make sure it was used, so Ive been working on GA100S00 for a couple of weeks now,to make it very quick to check if a plant is in the Mdb when adding a plant to your database.
The result - you will be able to locate a plant by typing only a few characters.
You dont have to go scrolling down through 3,444 plants In the Rosa listing, or 3,600 plants in the Genus Rhododendron!

The majority of the plants names in the Mdb are compliant with the RHS Plant Finder database.
This resource will help you to resolve any doubt about the correct name for a plant.

If you havent done so already, please download and install the latest version of the Master Database
http://www.cultivars.co.uk/dl/Master-dl.exe

Now download GA004.
http://www.cultivars.co.uk/dl/GA004-dl.exe

When installed, start GA004
Should indicate Version 46

Click the Add/Get a plant button
You are now in the screen Ive been working on GA100S00

Heres one important feature.
On the right of the screen, the Master Database should appear under the caption:
Master Databases found on this computer
If not, let me know.

Entering plants with Botanical Names
This option is selected by default (the pop-up, top of screen is set to Keying a genus name for a plant
Play around with the various search buttons, within the Genus Rhododendron.:
a) List all

b) Within
e.g. was, ter

c) Species
e.g. dichroanthum, viscosum

d) Cultivar
e.g. Dopey, Roland Cooper, Patricia

Add a plant to your database, using the Add from Master button

Play with switching between the Master Database and MY database (thats YOUR database on disc)

Entering plants with Common Names
Click the pop-up to switch from Keying a genus name for a plant to Keying a Common name for a plant
1) Play with the Within search option
Note that other options are not suitable for this mode and are hidden
e.g. Lav will return Lavender etc
der will return lots of things

2) Switch between Master and MY databases and search your own database

Feedback would be much appreciated

NightHawk:
I'll get around to testing this new feature for you George as soon as I can.

We're getting a few more orders coming in for our labels at the moment, so that's keeping me busy.  You may have noticed the drop off of active postings from us recently - there's your reason.  I'm diving in now whilst I've got the chance.  Can't keep paying customers waiting you know.

People are planning ahead to get their Christmas labels ordered from us.  Just posted one set this morning to Ireland as it turns out.  County Mayo.  Not quite in your neck of the woods, but in the right area.  :)

I'm sure Malcolm will be keen to do some testing of this feature for you, so at least you'll get some other feedback fairly quickly.  (Who will be first.  :P )  It's not a contest as you know, but a little healthy rivalry never comes amiss.  ;D

Laurie.

ideasguy:
Hey, thats great news on the business front, Laurie. County Mayo is a great place for fishin' (so I'm told) and a lovely part of the country.

Ive edited the initial posting (above) folk.
You can now play with searching for plants with Common names.

NightHawk:
Thanks for that George.

It's hats off to you George.  Your ongoing improvements to the software are coming in leaps and bounds.  All your hard work is much appreciated and every user of your programs are reaping the benefits.  8)

Even the members who are not active on the Forum, I'm sure are extremely grateful as well.

Yet another gold star is awarded to you.  ;D

Laurie.

ideasguy:
GA100S00 was one of those nagging things.

I knew it needed updating to make it easier for the user, and to make it tap into the wealth of data in the Master Database. It took MUCH longer than expected, but I'm delighted how it all worked out.

Due to time considerations, I was on the point of making it work for Botanical names only, but that little Within feature offered a fantastic solution to searching for Common Names, and I had it working in less than an hour.
Having done that, and started to play with it, I suddenly realised how valuable it was!

Mind you, I need to judge the success by the feedback from the users, so looking forward to some feedback.

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