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yoyo
10-07-2007, 09:55 AM
Is Anyone Using The Software "the Beekeeper's Record Book.mdb"?
I Have Been Modifying It To Suit My Needs. You Must Have Microsoft Access To Open This. I Am Not Sure Who The Original Author Was. I Downloaded It Off The Web. I Also Added A Inventory Section To Keep Up With Your Woodenware,foundation,ect. This Is A Very Customizable File And It's Free.
Chef Isaac
10-07-2007, 10:13 AM
I think it was velbert but I cant remember. I know he has version he was working on.

To be honest, Grant, in my opinion, has the best method for recording keeping. I am a bad record keeper but this works for our operation.
yoyo
10-07-2007, 11:55 AM
I am not familair with Grant's record system. Is it software?
berkshire bee
10-11-2007, 03:17 PM
Is Anyone Using The Software "the Beekeeper's Record Book.mdb"?
I Have Been Modifying It To Suit My Needs. You Must Have Microsoft Access To Open This. I Am Not Sure Who The Original Author Was. I Downloaded It Off The Web. I Also Added A Inventory Section To Keep Up With Your Woodenware,foundation,ect. This Is A Very Customizable File And It's Free.

Where do we find it?
Ann
10-11-2007, 06:47 PM
You can download it here. (http://www.beesource.com/bee-l/bulletinboard/gary/index.htm)
Jeffzhear
10-11-2007, 07:42 PM
Wish I had Microsoft Access to open it, but I don't....:(
yoyo
10-12-2007, 05:37 AM
I was going to email you a copy I had , But then saw the copyright thing.
deantn
10-12-2007, 07:41 AM
Anyone know where we might get the program " Grant" uses. Would be interesting to see the differences in the different programs.
And might not need MS Access either.
Hillside
10-12-2007, 11:43 AM
And might not need MS Access either.

If someone could post a listing of the tables and fields in each table, it probably wouldn't be too hard to rebuild the system using Open Office Base. It's similar in function to M$ Access but it's open source and free. Operates on Linux or Windows.
Ann
10-12-2007, 02:52 PM
It would be interesting to see if it could be brought over into the Open Office database format. If I have a little time I'll try fiddling with it. Or would that violate a copy write? :confused:
Chef Isaac
10-12-2007, 05:22 PM
Dean:

Check out the For Sale section. It is covered in his book, 25 Hives. It is a great read.
Hillside
10-12-2007, 05:30 PM
It would be interesting to see if it could be brought over into the Open Office database format. If I have a little time I'll try fiddling with it. Or would that violate a copy write? :confused:

I suppose if you copied it verbatim, you might have a copyright problem, but I doubt a direct copy would be possible with Open Office.

I've used OO to keep some simple databases for my business, customer lists and such, but I just realized I don't know how to do multiple subforms in OO. I can do it in Access. There's probably a way to do it in OO; I'll have to spend an evening searching.
Bizzybee
10-12-2007, 07:38 PM
http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=44517
MIKI
10-13-2007, 03:29 AM
Hey All,
I wrote it and it is free to anyone that wishes and I encourage people to improve on it as long as it remanis free to everyone.
yoyo
10-13-2007, 06:18 AM
I am not familiar with open office. Is that a free software? I could not get the Beekeepers record book to work after downlaoding it. The control buttons did not work and the table primary key feilds I felt were wrong. So I changed all of that. I also added forms to add inventory so I can keep a running total of what I spend and where, basically, the same info that is on an invoice from say, Dadant. Then I added a report of " available hive equipment" which includes an inventory of everything needed to build a hive from bottom boards to telescoping tops., frames and foundation. With all this being changed, does this violate the copyright laws? If not I will gladly share it.
DennisB
10-16-2007, 08:45 AM
Here is a link telling how to convert Microsoft Access programs to Open Office.

http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid39_gci1236205,00.html

Open Office is a great FREE full office program that works as well or better than Microsoft Office (IMO). You can get it by going to www.openoffice.org

I sure would be interested in getting your updated record program to see the changes that you have made.

Thanks

Dennis
MIKI
10-17-2007, 12:40 AM
I am going to work on it, woud anyone else like to colaborate.
Ann
10-17-2007, 05:29 PM
I am going to work on it, woud anyone else like to colaborate.I would love to, I can learn in the process!