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Title: Gower Fuchsias
Post by: ideasguy on March 14, 2008, 05:04:42 PM
PLEASE NOTE:
This topic extends onto a second page, and growing

Ive been working on a Catalogs on CD for Paul Fisher, the owner of Gower Fuchsias:
http://www.gower-fuchsias.co.uk/

All hsi plants have been imported into IG Pro, and the project is completed (my side).
I'm tidying things up before sending Paul the latest version of software, and his database.

I would like to ask for volunteers to "play" with the Catalog on CD, by making the Catalog available as a download.
The download version wont have photos, but, I'd like you to browse through the Catalog items and test adding selected items to a mail order.
Other than feedback (on how you get on with the revised GA040) theres no commitment, of course, but if you wish, you will be able to place orders using the printed Mail Order form, or by email. That, of course, is what the Catalog on CD is for!

Instructions on how to install the download, and how to "work" Catalogs to follow as soon as poss.

Paul will use the software to link his plants to photos, etc, then produce the finished article.

Theres another item of good news. As a professional propagator and grower, Paul has considerable expertise on labelling plants.
I will be working with Paul to develop the IG Pro labelling program GA048 to print his labels.
That then ties in with another running project - the development of GA048 for labels available in the US from US suppliers (e.g. Avery and Orion) - and as you may know, Toby (aka Bossgard on the forum) has been driving ME along on that project. His work on this has been invaluable.

Exciting stuff!!
Title: Re: Gower Fuchsias
Post by: NightHawk on March 14, 2008, 05:57:43 PM
As with volunteering for testing the Imberhorne Lane Nursery - Catalog on CD, we would like to volunteer for this one too.  :)

I'm sure we can find time to do this, before we fully get into our gardening projects.  ;)

Look forward to getting more details when you're ready.
 
Title: Re: Gower Fuchsias
Post by: ideasguy on March 14, 2008, 06:38:52 PM
Thanks for the quick response, Kathy and Laurie!
It will be another busy weekend here - but now the members have a little preview of "Whats New".
I'll put a Google link, so users can do some surfing on each plant - (to find photos etc)
Title: Re: Gower Fuchsias
Post by: ideasguy on April 04, 2008, 08:23:22 PM
Gosh, time flies!
I'm still tying up loose ends on this massive project (Catalogs on CD)

I'm on it again this weekend, and hope to make it ready for downloading.
Weather forecast is not good for UK in the next few days, so hopefully volunteers will find this something fun to do as we look out at our gardens.

Ready to give it a go?
Title: Re: Gower Fuchsias
Post by: NightHawk on April 04, 2008, 10:03:36 PM
Yes, we're ready.
Title: Re: Gower Fuchsias
Post by: ideasguy on April 04, 2008, 10:26:56 PM
Thanks again, Kathy and Laurie. What would I do without you. Thank you for your support all week. I can see you visiting the forum regularly even though its gone very quiet.
This Catalog thing is interesting!
Title: Re: Gower Fuchsias
Post by: NightHawk on April 05, 2008, 08:48:45 AM
Well, the title of the Forum says it all George - "Ideas Genie Community".

The community spirit here is the common interest we all have for growing plants and/or vegetables, learning new gardening skills and sharing our knowledge with other gardeners, be they novices or experts.  We can all learn something new or different to try.

As with any community, either on the Internet or out in the 'real' world, there will be active participants and those who just 'drop in' from time to time, wherever the meeting place happens to be.  Many people have a heavy work schedule with limited free time, work away from home, share their computer with other family members and have other personal commitments.  All sorts of things can conspire against you, no matter how willing the spirit is to do other things.

However, the success of any community venture are the 'regular' visitors who give their input, no matter how big or small that may be. 

We think some people can feel slightly inhibited putting their thoughts into a Forum environment for everyone to see, and are afraid that their comments will be thought of as trivial, stupid or boring.  But if you don't participate then you never really get to 'know' other people, and the more you get involved then obviously you will get to know each other better.  The inhibitions will then go away.  ;)  A bit of jovial banter is a good way of lightening up people's moods, so there's nothing wrong with that either.  :)

As you have said previously, you can't force people to participate in the Forum, so it's really encouraging when more and more people log in and get chatting.

We can only really speak for ourselves here.  Our enjoyment comes with having the time to be regular Forum members, and posting new topics or replying to existing ones.  Our input may not always be filled with groundbreaking facts, but we like to acknowledge other contributors' thoughts, comments and photographs they submit.  It's human nature to be liked and we, just as anyone else does, appreciate acknowledgment of what we have to offer.

There are many categories on this Forum to chip in some personal 'stuff' as well, other than gardening, so there are plenty of opportunities to share our other interests to help 'break the ice.'

Okay, time to get off our soap-box now.  ;D

Just let us know the details for the catalog test when you're ready, and just how far we can go with the 'testing' process.  For example, at this stage we obviously don't want to place 'real' orders, so would like to know how far this aspect can be tested.

Laurie.
Title: Re: Gower Fuchsias
Post by: ideasguy on April 05, 2008, 10:04:42 AM
That is a very well constructed posting Laurie!
I agree with everything you say, and you've said it very VERY well.

May I have your permission to use an extract from that on the ideasgenie.co.uk web site?

I was actually feeling a little embarassed by the lack of input last week, while you visited loyally and stayed logged in, responding to the few postings that came along - in this case, mainly about the website I did for Col on his Native plants of West Australia.
I'm pleased to note that you are patient - the main "ingredient" for a great gardener!

Its a good time to explain that most members have never been forum users before, so it takes time to get the feel for the spirit of a forum. That may visiting and reading, and then feeling confident to get involved. We regulars have to keep the banter going, in the hope of enticing those first postings from new members.
Title: Re: Gower Fuchsias
Post by: NightHawk on April 05, 2008, 10:12:40 AM
Certainly George, you can use as much or as little of the comments as you want.

"When the royalties start pouring in...."   ;)  ;)

Laurie  :D
Title: Re: Gower Fuchsias
Post by: ideasguy on April 05, 2008, 10:28:13 AM
RE:
Quote
When the royalties start pouring in
Ah yes. Postings may be limited from this guy, but yes, I'll authorise the royalties from a beach on the Carribean  ;D :)
Title: Re: Gower Fuchsias
Post by: ideasguy on April 05, 2008, 12:30:46 PM
It reads even better when published, Kathy and Laurie. I just had to get that up quickly.
http://www.ideasgenie.co.uk/userforum.html

I couldn?t have expressed this better!
Your writing skills are excellent.
Thank you for your valuable comments.
Title: Re: Gower Fuchsias
Post by: NightHawk on April 05, 2008, 01:45:34 PM
We've just had a look at our comments on your web site and would like to thank you for doing that.  8)

Let's hope that any new customers purchasing your software will read this first and be inspired to get involved in the Forum as well.

Fingers crossed - you never know.  :)
Title: Re: Gower Fuchsias
Post by: ideasguy on April 06, 2008, 12:59:48 AM
The thanks is all very much to you, Kathy and Laurie. I'ts a lovely article. I cant thank you enough (apart from Royalties, of course  ;D)
Fingers tightly crossed! It would be fantastic to get the forum buzzing.

Getting back on topic, Ive spent this evening preparing the files for users to download.
So far so good with the testing! Be in touch soon with links, I hope.

Title: Re: Gower Fuchsias
Post by: ideasguy on April 06, 2008, 09:35:56 PM
At long last (fanfare) the first Catalog on CD is ready for action - albeit as a download!

Please download and give this a go. The Catalog on CD project has taken most of the winter of 2005-6 and same again for 2007-2008, so a LOT of effort went into this project.

There are 4 downloads. MAKE SURE they are 6th April 08 or later:

1) IDEAS GENIE PRO
Visit the product support web site:
http://www.ideasgenie.com/updates-igprox/
and download:
a) Catalog files
Download File name: catofiles-dl.exe
b) Latest File set (bottom of the page)
Download File name: igpro-fileset-ende.exe
c) GA040
Now start Ideas Genie Pro and run Supplier Catalogs-GA040 (Catalogs tab on the menu)
It should indicate Version 8 (or later)
You'll find a More Catalogs button on the initial screen of GA040
Click that, and read over the web page.
You'll find the download link for the Gower Fuchsias catalog.
By default, the download is installed in the correct folder. Dont change anything.
Its less than 1mb, so wont take up much disk space

Once downloaded, exit and re-start GA040.
The Catalog should show up in the List of Catalogs
Explore!!

The challenge:
Can you navigate it to:
a) Explore the Catalog sections
b) Create a mail Order header
c) Add plants to the Mail order
d) Add substitutes to the Mail Order
e) Send an email to Paul at Gower Fuchsias
You can edit the message before sending to Paul.
If you are simply testing the system, we will very much appreciate your time and effort.
If you wish to buy, Paul has indicated that he will give a discount to members.

Fingers tightly crossed here!!

2) FLOWER GENIE
Visit the FG product support web site:
http://www.flowergenie.co.uk/dl/fg_updates.php
and download:
a) Catalog files
Download File name: catofiles-dl.exe
During the download, When you get to the Dialog box: Select destination location
CHANGE ideas genie pro 5 to flower genie 3

b) Latest File set
Download File name: fg-fileset-en-por.exe
The program does NOT prompt you for a destination location.
It will install the files in the correct folder

c) GA040
During the download, When you get to the Dialog box: Select destination location
CHANGE ideas genie pro 5 to flower genie 3

Now start Flower Genie and run Supplier Catalogs-GA040 (Catalogs tab on the menu)
It should indicate Version 8 (or later)
You'll find a More Catalogs button on the initial screen of GA040
Click that, and read over the web page.
You'll find the download link for the Gower Fuchsias catalog.
By default, the download is installed in the correct folder. Dont change anything during the download.
Its less than 1mb, so wont take up much disk space

Once downloaded, exit and re-start GA040.
The Catalog should show up in the List of Catalogs
Explore!!

Now see The challenge under the Ideas Genie Pro section (above)

NOTE: GA040 is exactly the same for ALL systems. Its one and the sam,e program.
 


Title: Re: Gower Fuchsias
Post by: NightHawk on April 06, 2008, 10:52:39 PM
George, just to let you know I've downloaded and installed all the files for testing the Gower Fuchsias Catalog on CD for IG Pro.

I've opened the catalog just to make sure I had everything I needed and it was working alright.

I've had a quick look through the sections, and so far all seems to be okay.  8)

It's getting a bit late here so I'll have a more thorough look at it again tomorrow, when I'm not so tired.

After I've gone through all the test procedures you've outlined I'll let you know how we get on.

Great work George - a well deserved pat on the back.  8)

Laurie
Title: Re: Gower Fuchsias
Post by: ideasguy on April 06, 2008, 11:21:39 PM
Wow!!!!
That was real quick!  8)
You are well ahead of the posse on that one. That is incredible.
I will sleep much better tonight knowing it all worked (so far at least!)

Thank you so much for trying that so promptly. Good luck with "the challenge"  ;D


Title: Re: Gower Fuchsias
Post by: NightHawk on April 07, 2008, 11:20:30 AM
I have just completed the 'challenges' set by George using both Ideas Genie programs - "Ideas Genie Pro 5" and "Flower Genie 3".

All the challenges were completed successfully for both programs.  ;D

When you get to the point of adding 'substitutes' to the order and generate the email to send to Paul, the substitutes do not yet appear in the draft email.

I have spoken to George about this and he confirms that this feature has yet to be coded into the programs.  So don't panic, there's nothing wrong.   He also told me he has other tweaks to do yet, but all the 'challenges' he set have been successfully completed. ;)

Brilliant job George.  I know you've worked so hard to get this project to completion, and is a masterful achievement.   8)

Laurie.
Title: Re: Gower Fuchsias
Post by: ideasguy on April 07, 2008, 01:26:10 PM
Excellent work, Laurie
I'm over the moon! Its such a relief that it works as designed.
I'll get to work on the Substitutes (adding to the email) later (and again - very well spotted!).

Yesterday was just frantic. I had it working in IG Pro. I then had to make it work with FG.
Then, I had to "distribute it" to the waiting masses  ::)
I know its described as Catalog on CD, the main purpose being to present the potential customer with better quality photos than would normally be found on the supplier web sites (if indeed they have one)
The download doesnt have any photos (yet) but we can work on that.

I decided to create that web page,
http://www.garden-software.co.uk/SupplierCatalogs/suppliercatalogs.html
to advertise the Catalogs on CD, and to give the download link option.

Providing the actual data file downloads had an additional complication, since (as you know) data files are located under the user profile in FG3 and IG 5 series.
My old program for generating the download executable doesnt allow that flexibility.
I had to learn how to use another setup program by Inno (highly recommended by my fellow Visual Foxpro developer community)
http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php
After LOTS of trial and error, I managed to provide the parameters required and it seemed to work very well in my tests.
Its very flexible, I have to say
e.g.In the FG download for En-Por Filesets, Ive set it up so you can choose English or Portuguese text in the dialog boxes (click a pop-up).
Also, options to allow the user to change the Destination folder, which again you negotiated successfully.

So, as you see, apart from the months of development of the actual Catalog on CD project, there were lots of other things in that exercise where I needed user feedback, and I am very VERY grateful for your very speedy feedback comments.

Feedback from other members also required - please!!
In a behind the scenes email, Laurie informs me that he uses Outlook (so do I).
Please let me know what email client you use (e.g. Outlook, Outlook express etc)
If you use hotmail or gmail etc, I'd very much appreciate your feedback on sending email from the program (GA040, screen GA040S06)).
Title: Re: Gower Fuchsias
Post by: NightHawk on April 10, 2008, 05:04:09 PM
I've just tested the email formatting using Outlook Express 6.

The order displays correctly when viewed as both plain text or in HTML format.

As George has said, we would still like to know how it looks in other email clients, so please test this catalog as soon as you can.

Even if you have either of the email clients already tested, the testing of the catalog would still be greatly appreciated by as many members as possible, and the feedback would be much appreciated.  :)

Laurie.
Title: Re: Gower Fuchsias
Post by: roiphil on December 31, 2008, 05:31:51 PM
After recently purchasing IG PRO and still getting used to it i played with the catalog section and gower fuchsias, worked ok, email order looked ok in windows mail

Phil
Title: Re: Gower Fuchsias
Post by: ideasguy on December 31, 2008, 07:46:58 PM
Thats great Phil.
I spent a lot of time on developing the Catalogs program, and the programs you find under the Nursery tab on the IG pro menu.
It will be useful for you and the business you are developing.
Looking forward to working with you on that.
Title: Re: Gower Fuchsias
Post by: ideasguy on February 24, 2009, 04:03:03 PM
The Catalogs program has been updated once again to complete some of the outstanding things you seen above e.g. substitutes.

Volunteers to give this a test run would be much appreciated.
Fist download the latest versions:
1) GA040 (Catalog Program)
http://www.ideasgenie.com/updates-igpro/GA040-dl.exe

and
2) The 2009 Gower Fuchsias Catalog. (Note that its now on a different server)
http://www.cultivars.co.uk/Catalogs/GowerFuchsias-dl.exe

The challenge:
Can you navigate it to:
a) Explore the Catalog sections

b) Create a mail Order header
c) Add plants to the Mail order
d) Add substitutes to the Mail Order
e) Print your Mail order

f) In GA040S06, use the Send email button and send an email to Paul at Gower Fuchsias
You can edit the message before sending to Paul.
If you are simply testing the system, we will very much appreciate your time and effort.
If you wish to buy, Paul has indicated that he will give a discount to members

WHATS NEW
When you get to the screen GA040S14, all the plants have WEB photos.
In this case the web photos are actually on the Gower Fuchsias website.
It was important to protect the copyright images, so I spent a lot of time disabling the right click function when you click on the image.
When you display the image, have a look at the little text field in the bottom left order of screen GA040S12
Its left in from my testing session.
It should always show the value 1. If it is 1, then right click is disabled.
If you ever see it is NOT 1, or if you manage to get an instance where right clicking on the image is NOT disabled, please let me know.
As before, you can right click on the plants in GA040S14 to get quickly to web photos, and right click on GA040S12 to close the screen (but not on the image, of course)
Title: Re: Gower Fuchsias
Post by: Lyn and Malcolm on February 24, 2009, 04:28:33 PM
Downloaded and testing

a ok
b ok
c ok

The long tube ones are our favourites,

Will continue test after had me dinner  ;D

Edit Back again

d an e work fine

The no right click is working as well

Malcolm
Title: Re: Gower Fuchsias
Post by: ideasguy on February 24, 2009, 07:38:30 PM
That was real quick, Malcolm, and good news! Thanks for you fast response.

For (f) the program should open your email client (if not already open) e.g. Outlook, and fill in all the details ready for you to to send the email. You can cancel the email at that stage if you wish.
I'd like some feedback from members on how that worked for them.
Title: Re: Gower Fuchsias
Post by: roiphil on February 24, 2009, 08:07:32 PM
a) OK
b) OK
c) OK
d) OK
e) OK

f) OK IN WINDOWS MAIL

In GA040S06 My mail orders I get a white line appear downwards when i run my curser in the coloured section near add item to this order i also noticed this in the chiltern catalog

pleased to be of assistance  ;)
Title: Re: Gower Fuchsias
Post by: ideasguy on February 24, 2009, 08:57:52 PM
Thanks Phil

Use Show Cart to get into GA040S06 .
Click on a plant.
Click Change Quantity
The list width changes, to reveal other fields and buttons.

Does anything there look like your white line?

Ayone else seeing this white line?

Title: Re: Gower Fuchsias
Post by: roiphil on February 24, 2009, 09:34:55 PM
Quote
Use Show Cart to get into GA040S06 .
Click on a plant.
Click Change Quantity
The list width changes, to reveal other fields and buttons.

Does anything there look like your white line?

No cant see it their and i have moved my mouse all over the screen

this white line is only visible when you move your curser in the correct place about 1cm away from the R on the ADD item to this ORDER button in the Add to my MAIL ORDER i can not see it in the Show Cart, it is more of a greyey than a white line
Title: Re: Gower Fuchsias
Post by: NightHawk on February 25, 2009, 01:23:44 PM
All testing done successfully.

(a) OK
(b) OK
(c) OK
(d) OK
(e) OK
(f) OK (Microsoft Outlook).

Don't get the white or grey line that Phil is experiencing on GA040S06 or any of the other screens navigated in the Gower catalog during this test.

Laurie.
Title: Re: Gower Fuchsias
Post by: ideasguy on February 25, 2009, 01:31:23 PM
Thanks Laurie (especially for your time during your other projects!)
It may not be apparent, but Ive been working continually on that set of programs (mostly FGA040) since the last Catalog download & challenges were set.
Hope it proves useful to users and Nurseries.

I'm at a loss as to what to do about that "ghost" line Phil is seeing. Need a lot of feedback to see if its widespread.

Were you using Vista Phil?

Title: Re: Gower Fuchsias
Post by: roiphil on February 25, 2009, 07:49:40 PM

I'm at a loss as to what to do about that "ghost" line Phil is seeing. Need a lot of feedback to see if its widespread.

Were you using Vista Phil?

Ghost hope its not a poltergeist  ;D
yes to vista i have checked all 3 catalogs Chiltern, gower, and imberhorne, and the same line in all catalogs on the add to my mail order GA040S06 page
Title: Re: Gower Fuchsias
Post by: Palustris on February 25, 2009, 08:35:30 PM
Happens to me too on all three on the 'r' of Add this to my order!
Title: Re: Gower Fuchsias
Post by: roiphil on February 25, 2009, 08:50:43 PM
Happens to me too on all three on the 'r' of Add this to my order!
thankyou thought i was seeing things then  ;)
Title: Re: Gower Fuchsias
Post by: ideasguy on February 25, 2009, 09:58:15 PM
Thanks Eric and Phil
Looks like a Vista thing. At present I have no solution.
Is it a broad line? e.g. does it look like the ghost of a vertical scroll bar?
I need to get onto a Vista machine to test this properly.

Title: Re: Gower Fuchsias
Post by: Palustris on February 26, 2009, 09:20:58 AM
It is about 2 characters wide and about 10 lines long.
Title: Re: Gower Fuchsias
Post by: roiphil on February 26, 2009, 10:04:22 AM
It is about 2 characters wide and about 10 lines long.

thats about right its the same colour as add item to this order button
ooohh look i did a snipeing tool pic by just useing the keys as i had to keep mouse curser on the offending line
(http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s19/roiphil/IG%20Pro/georgesghost.jpg)
Title: Re: Gower Fuchsias
Post by: ideasguy on February 26, 2009, 10:36:09 AM
Thanks again Eric & Phil
Thats a good screenshot, Phil.

Question: Does the line disappear again when you move the mouse past that region, and re-appear when you mouse over it?
Title: Re: Gower Fuchsias
Post by: roiphil on February 26, 2009, 12:14:52 PM
Answer Yes
Title: Re: Gower Fuchsias
Post by: Palustris on February 26, 2009, 12:29:32 PM
If you want something really weird. If you move the mouse up the line it goes behind the Order box!
Title: Re: Gower Fuchsias
Post by: ideasguy on February 26, 2009, 12:49:30 PM
Thanks folk. Theres no extra charge for that feature  ;D
I hope everyone doesnt ask for that! I dont know how to get rid of it (yet) and dont know how to make it happen  :'(
Title: Re: Gower Fuchsias
Post by: NightHawk on February 26, 2009, 12:59:38 PM
I really wish I could help you on this one George.  :(

However, it seems to be a 'Vista' anomaly and our 3 PC's all have Windows XP, which does not manifest this strange occurrence.

Laurie.
Title: Re: Gower Fuchsias
Post by: Lyn and Malcolm on February 26, 2009, 05:53:56 PM
Quote
[/size]However, it seems to be a 'Vista' anomaly and our 3 PC's all have Windows XP, which does not manifest this strange occurrence.

Guess what

Just curious, tried it here on xp machine, and it does do the same thing  ;D  ;D  ;D

No kidding

And if you follow the line DOWN with the mouse, a small checkbox appears with a tick in it. And the white line dissapears. Even more "features" George,

So that may help George in de bugging it, not that I am worried about it.

Edit

Had another look and you can get another box appear if you continue UPWARDS past the end of the line. This is definately a scoll box problem  ::)

Can you please retry see if it is the same on XP and Vista.

Malcolm
Title: Re: Gower Fuchsias
Post by: NightHawk on February 26, 2009, 06:06:23 PM
It gets more curious by the minute.  ???

Definitely a 'challenge' for you here George.

This is just not consistent.  Vista PC's first (which seemed to indicate the area to focus on), and now a different XP PC.  ::)

Laurie.

P.S.  I'm definitely not getting it Malcolm.
Title: Re: Gower Fuchsias
Post by: Lyn and Malcolm on February 26, 2009, 06:19:18 PM
Laurie

So if you put your mouse over the "This is a substitute" text and move the mouse slowly to the right,past and beyond the text, you don't get this line ?
Title: Re: Gower Fuchsias
Post by: NightHawk on February 26, 2009, 07:16:47 PM
Quite correct Malcolm, I don't get anything.
Title: Re: Gower Fuchsias
Post by: Lyn and Malcolm on February 26, 2009, 07:38:00 PM

Thanks Laurie, it is very strange.

I wonder if the Vista owners can see the little boxes?

George ain't gonna be happy  ;D

Malcolm
Title: Re: Gower Fuchsias
Post by: roiphil on February 26, 2009, 07:56:46 PM
you mean this little box (sorry george) but with your knowledge and my pics and evryone else help we shall  sort it
(http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s19/roiphil/IG%20Pro/georgesghost1.jpg)

which i had not even noticed before


Seriously though thinking back when chiltern catalog was uploaded i did not get this line, it has only been since th gower catalog has been updated, and it is also affecting the imberhorne and chiltern catalogs aswell, could it be something to do with the GA040 itself ? does any one else get the line in the other catalogs ?, if i put my mouse pointer on the add item to this order button there is no line it is only when you go out of the button box
Title: Re: Gower Fuchsias
Post by: ideasguy on February 26, 2009, 08:00:24 PM
George is going doo-lah!

Just so you know.
When you add a new plant to order you get to screen GA040S14
When you View Cart, you get to one and the same screen.
Note the entirely different appearance. Lots of controls (buttons, check boxes etc)  and that scrollable list!! are hidden

Next:
When you are looking at your shopping cart list in GA040S14, then click Change Quantity.
Once again, some controls are hidden, some controls are moved to a new location, some controls are resized (once again, that scrollable list)

Those controls "ghosting" as whats known In the "trade" as a memory leak.
Currently its nothing like the frustration leak I'm having!

Incidentally, lots of screens in IG Pro etc use the same programming techniques e.g. hiding buttons until required.
e.g. In lots of screens, when you edit, a Save Changes button appears. Its normally hidden.

Title: Re: Gower Fuchsias
Post by: NightHawk on February 26, 2009, 08:03:47 PM
Just to add to this, and following on from what Phil asked, I have gone through all the catalogs that George has created - all of which are still installed on my XP PC's, and I don't have any problems with errant lines appearing.

Laurie.
Title: Re: Gower Fuchsias
Post by: roiphil on February 26, 2009, 08:08:06 PM
sorry to hear your going doo lah, would bossgard helped with his window  :D george being a vista user i am quite happy with the free extras and these 2 more ghosty boxes  ;) pics are to show you what i am seeing as its easier to describe in a pic than words

(http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s19/roiphil/IG%20Pro/georgesghost2.jpg)

(http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s19/roiphil/IG%20Pro/georgesghost3.jpg)

hope you dont mind the pics
phil
Title: Re: Gower Fuchsias
Post by: roiphil on February 26, 2009, 08:18:14 PM
Just to add to this, and following on from what Phil asked, I have gone through all the catalogs that George has created - all of which are still installed on my XP PC's, and I don't have any problems with errant lines appearing.

Laurie.


Thanks for checking your end Laurie it was just a thought i had,

george i feel realy sorry for you, you worked so hard on the catalog to find this annoying line, it does not detract from the use of the catalog as everything worked fine when i did the test for you, adding to order etc, hope you get to the bottom of the problem, if you need anything checking on vista pc just shout
Title: Re: Gower Fuchsias
Post by: ideasguy on February 26, 2009, 08:30:05 PM
No need for any more info or screen shots at this stage folk. Its all been reported very well, thank you.
Whatever ( :-\ :-\ :-\) I get to fix one will fix the lot (I hope)


Title: Re: Gower Fuchsias
Post by: Lyn and Malcolm on February 26, 2009, 09:40:24 PM

I see a late night coming on again  :(
Title: Re: Gower Fuchsias
Post by: ideasguy on February 26, 2009, 09:48:06 PM
I think I'll sleep on it instead  :D

Very surprised its happening on your XP machine. No problems on my home or work computer, both XP.

On the other hand its a bit of a relief. I'd rather it wasnt a Vista thing, since they are the system of the future.
I had access to a Vista machine for a week or so and did some testing before this problem arose.
That test computer has been re-formatted and is now running Windows 7, the next Microsoft version of Windows.
Bank Genie runs as normal on it. I'll try IG Pro tomorrow, then re-format and reload Vista.

Ive spent way too much time on that program so far, and have to resume my other big winter project - the new edition of Bank Genie.
Title: Re: Gower Fuchsias
Post by: Lyn and Malcolm on February 26, 2009, 10:46:56 PM

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I think I'll sleep on it instead

I know the feeling, sometimes something goes wrong, and I just got to find out why, to the detriment of everything else.

The programme is usable as is, leave it for now, Spring is coming, have time to enjoy all those plants we have on our databases.

Malcolm
Title: Re: Gower Fuchsias
Post by: ideasguy on February 26, 2009, 11:27:05 PM
It may need the application of a service pack to the language I use to develop my software, but that means an upgrade for everbody. Something best left to next winter perhaps, since as you say the program functions OK.
The service pack had a few problems on first release, so Ive been holding off until its stable. Theres enough "funnies" at present, without introducing more!