| Q. |
What is the difference between custom and typical installations? |
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Choose Typical for the first time installation. The Custom option is there just in case
you need to re-install the 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 back-up your horse data before any re-installation.
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| Q. |
I am trying to back-up Herd Management 2000 database files. Where are those files? |
| A. |
You should back-up the whole directory which should be located at
'C:\Program Files\First Step Software\Herd Management 2000 - Horse Edition'.
The database file is 'hm2000horse.db'. You should also back-up the files 'hm2000horse.ini',
and 'hm2khorseopt.ini'. These files store the program needed configurations.
However, to conveniently back-up the most recent database files, use the "Backup/Restore" selection
from the "Maintenance" menu.
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| 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
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| 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 horse group edit feature within the 'Horse List' window? |
| A. |
Here are the steps to assign horses to a group:
- Open the Horse List window.
- For viewing purpose, scroll the list to the right until you see the column 'Horse Group'.
Another thing that you could do is to click and drag the 'Horse Group' column header to the
left next to the 'Name' column. This will allows you to see both horse name and horse
group at the same time.
- Now, let's assume you want to make a new group H. Enter letter H into the 'Horse Group'
entry. If you want to assign a horse to only group H then uncheck the 'Join Group'
check box so when the 'Assign Group' button is clicked, the horse's group is cleared before
assigning the new group.
- Highlight the horse that need to be in this new group and click the 'Assign Group'
button. Continue this step for other horses.
- Click the 'Horse Group' radio button within the 'Horse List' window to list only horses
which belong to the selected group. After a group of horses 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 horses in the horse list. *** Remember changes made to a group
edit will affect all horses listed in the Horse List window.
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| Q. |
I am trying to add a horse to a group and it says H2. Somehow, it got me confused. |
| A. |
What's happening is that you are assigning your horses to two groups by assigning H2.
The rule is only 1 character can be used for a group. By assigning H2, your horse belongs
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, you can insert or delete a record line by pressing the ctrl-Insert or ctrl-Delete key?
These are some nice keyboard features for those users prefer 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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| Q. |
How do I remove a horse record? |
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To remove a horse, you must first move a horse to the Disposed list; this is where you keep the disposed horses for history record keeping. To move a horse to the Disposed list, enter a date in the Disposition Date field within the Horse Maintenance window. You can then remove a horse with the Remove Horse button from the disposed list of the Horse List window.
To remove a group of horses:
1. From the Horse List window, enter "R" into Horse Group edit box.
2. Highlight a horse by clicking a row to make it current.
3. Click the Assign Group button. Notice the letter R is placed in the current horse's Horse Group column.
4. Repeat step 2 until all horses that you want to remove have the letter R in the Horse Group column.
5. Now, with the letter R still in the Horse Group edit box. Click Horse Group radio button. You can find this radio button within the Horse List seletion above the Horse Group edit button. Once the Horse Group radio button is clicked, the horse list on the left should show only the group of horses that need to be removed.
6. Click the Group Edit button. Answer Yes to the popup window.
7. Once in the Horse Maintenance window, enter "03/17/2003" in the field Disposition Date.
8. Click OK to apply the changes to the group and go back to the Horse List window.
9. Notice the horse list should be empty. Now click the Disposed radio button from the Horse List selection.
10. Now, simply highlight the horse to be removed and click the Remove Horse button.
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