| Q. |
What is the difference between custom and typical installations? |
| A. |
Choose Typical for first time installation. The Custom option is there just in case
if you ever need to re-install this program. Within the Custom option, you can uncheck
the DB Files option so your current animal data will not be overwritten with the empty
database files. Important note:
we strongly suggest that you should back-up your animal data before any re-installation. |
| Q. |
I am trying to back-up Herd Management 2000 database files. Where are those files? |
| A. |
Usually you should back-up the whole directory which should be located at
'C:\Program Files\First Step Software\Herd Management 2000 - Cattle Edition'. Anyway,
the database file is 'hm2000cattle.db'. You should also back-up the file
'hm2000cattle.ini'. This file stores the program needed configurations. |
| Q. |
What is the serial # for the evaluation version? |
| A. |
The evaluation version includes full functionality with 30-day limitation.
Register Name: demo
Serial #: demo |
| Q. |
Is there any help document? |
| A. |
Yes, you can access the help pages from anywhere within the Herd Management 2000 program
by pressing the F1 function key.
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| Q. |
How do I use the cattle group edit feature within the
'Cattle List' window? |
| A. |
Here are the steps to assign group to cattle:
- Open the Cattle List window.
- For viewing purpose, scroll the list to the right until you see the column
'Cattle Group'.
Another thing that you could do is to click and drag the 'Cattle Group' column header to the
left next to the 'Name' column. This will allows you to see both cattle name and
cattle group at the same time.
- Now, let's assume you want to make a new group H. Enter letter H into the
'Cattle Group'
entry. If you want to assign a cattle to only group H then uncheck the 'Join Group'
check box so when the 'Assign Group' button is clicked, the cattle's group is cleared before
assigning the new group.
- Highlight the cattle that need to be in this new group and click the 'Assign Group'
button. Continue this step for other cattle.
- Click the 'Cattle Group' radio button within the 'Cattle List' window to list only
cattle
which belong to the selected group. After a group of cattle is selected then click the
'Group Edit' button. A pop-up warning message should appears to warn you that all
changes made will affect all cattle in the cattle list. *** Remember changes made to a group
edit will affect all cattle listed in the Cattle List window.
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| Q. |
I am trying to add a cattle to a group, say H2. Somehow, it got me a little confused. |
| A. |
What's happening is that you are assigning your cattle to 2 groups by assigning H2.
The rule is only 1 character can be used for a group. By assigning H2, your
cattle belong to both group H and group 2.
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| Q. |
Why does the entry from the drop-down list within the 'Training' tab
folder not scrolling after I've entered the first few characters? |
| A. |
The look-up function of the white drop-down entry behaves different from the yellow
drop-down entry. Since you can enter text into the white drop-down entry box, you will
need to press the F4 function key to show the drop-down list. Now, you can type in the first
few characters and notice the list will scroll to the nearest match. To make the
nearest match as the current entry, just press the down-arrow key. Also, do you know
that you can insert and delete record line by pressing the ctrl-Insert and ctrl-Delete keys?
These are some of the nice keyboard only features since some user prefers to use the mouse
only when needed.
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| Q. |
How do I put a company logo on the pedigree print-out? |
| A. |
The company logo will automatically appear on the pedigree screen by assigning a
logo in the owner screen. Just access the owner information screen and toward the
bottom there is a place where you can add a logo to the owner.
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