Dave, others, There it is. It is PC and not Mac. One of our former student techs made it and he's not here anymore so... you're on your own! Jim -----Original Message----- From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of David Doremus Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 9:32 PM To: College and University Technicians Subject: Re: [CAUT] Filemaker templates Hey there, if you are sending out Filemaker templates I'd love to see a copy. I have been using it for a few years for my business, and like it, but have not got anything organized for Tulane other than a simple excell list, and I really need to get things computerized this fall. --Dave New Orleans Jim Busby wrote: > > Ditto Doug, > > > > I will send you a free template of the Filemaker program we use here > at BYU if you want it. A student wiz made it and it fills all our needs. > > > > Jim Busby > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > *From:* caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] *On Behalf > Of *Douglas Wood > *Sent:* Thursday, September 06, 2007 4:20 PM > *To:* College and University Technicians > *Subject:* Re: [CAUT] Piano database] > > > > I have found Filemaker to be quite reasonable to work with, as long as > I keep my needs relatively simple. Just mimicking examples in the > manual has gotten me as far as I need. Some sort of automated > scheduling would be a bit more work, probably, but likely quite > doable. But you'd have to be very clear on the process (clear to the > exceedingly stupid and blindingly fast computer!). I usually try to > focus on what questions I really need answered, and set up the > databases; their relationships; and the views, sorts and filters to > answer them. > > > > I've never used Access, so I don't know whether it would be more > difficult or not. Same for Time & Chaos. But it is true that any way > you do it will take hours, perhaps days to get fully up and running > from scratch. Of course, data entry is usually a bigger project than > that... > > > > Doug > > > > On Sep 6, 2007, at 8:03 AM, Jeff Tanner wrote: > > > > > > On Sep 5, 2007, at 6:01 PM, Douglas Wood wrote: > > > > My oldest brother thinks I should get a "real database", meaning > Microsoft Access (sp?). > > > > We tried setting up Access database for my home business, but it was > far too complicated and confusing. Time & Chaos works well enough for > much less dough. > > Jeff > > > > Jeff Tanner, RPT > > University of South Carolina > > > > > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: The Piano Shop.fp7 Type: application/octet-stream Size: 376832 bytes Desc: The Piano Shop.fp7 Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/20070907/09bd04c0/attachment-0001.obj
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