> I hope it's okay to ask here questions about
> version 2. I plan to wait for version 2
> before doing any transfer of data from
> our db to ebase. I'm getting our database
> ready to import into e-base, and I want
> to know what changes have been made so
> I can concentrate my efforts on modules/capabilities
> that are not included with version 2. So...
>
The v2 developers read this list as well as the v2 list. But the questions
below are probably better handled on the v2 list.
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> a. The affiliations field is a challenge.
> Sometimes, I'll do a find and get 700 people whom
> I want to put under, let's say, 'forest activists'.
> Do I have to go through each of those 700 folks
> and check 'forest activist'? If I try a global
> search and replace for that field in the found
> set, I'll swap out everyone else's important
> affiliations to mirror exactly those affiliations
> of the current record. (Argh...) Will this be
> addressed in Version 2?
>
Those parts are entirely different in V2. There is now a way of specifying
multiple roles that people play within an organization.
> b. There is no quick&dirty 'print-one-address-label
> for-this-record' button. (I can specify which label
> on which type of avery sticker.)
> Nor is there a 'print-one-envelope' button.
> It's something I've become very
> dependent on in our current system. Will this be
> addressed in Version 2?
I have implemented the one button click for instant label in V1. It will be
no harder in V2. However you do need to buy a FileMaker add-in because you
need to save and restore the printer name. I use a Dymo label printer.
>
> c. What about wizards? I want to sit a fresh intern
> down at the table, have them start at layout that says
> 'enter donation/invoice/dues' and have them walked through
> the process of entering the information, printing
> the thank-you letter/invoice, printing the appropriate
> envelope or label and have it all entered into the
> notes/actions/output areas. Volunteers and interns
> sometimes only stay a few months, and teaching time
> is premium. I'd rather have it failsafed through a wizard.
> This is something I've also become very dependent on.
> Will this be addressed in version 2?
Ask on V2 list
>
> d. My website is on a Unix server, so I'm guessing
> that we would have to access any data we kept on our
> server via SQL. I understand that FMPro has SQL compatibility.
> Will ebase Version 2 have SQL compatibility?
> Currently, we write a lot of action letters to
> companies and congress. Using a perl script, we send
> the letter to the target, thank the sender, and send
> myself a copy of the letter.
> I also flat-file all of our action letter data as pipe-delimited
> text on our website, download and import it into a text editor,
> change it into a tab-delimited text file and import into FMPro
> using an import wizard that verifies prior activity.
> It's a pretty tedious process, but when you've got
> hundreds of letters to sift through, it's a lot easier
> than copying&pasting from separate emails. I've got
> this wizarded for interns too, but I know it's tedious
> for them, and I still have to massage the data into
> a format recognizable by our db.
> I'd like to set it up with MySQL so that
> various live web data can be viewed/uploaded/downloaded/edited using
> ebase as a vector. Will this happen or is it something
> that will have to wait for FMPro Version 5.5?
The web and SQL stuff is much improved in 5.5. V5.5 is available now however
the server version isn't yet. Should be by the time V2 is usable.
>
> e. Is e-base verions 2 created on FMPro 5.5 and if so
> is it backwards compatible to version 5.0?
>
V5.5 can be used on V5 databases - you just don't get the new features. I
don't know what the developers are using.
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