NPED FAQ's

1. What support is offered for NPED?
For a limited time I will offer support for NPED through requests via my quest book on the home page.
Do checked that the question is not already answered in the online version of the FAQ's before you contacting me.
Requests for support are made by entries into my quest book.
Include your e-mail address and question in the questbook entry.

2. How do I enter my Name and Address in NPED? Reply

3. How do I convert from PED to NPED? Reply

4. How do I change the path of the database in NPED? Reply

5. How do I change the directory entry in the shortcuts? Reply

6. What is your recommendation for entering Band Numbers / Pair IDs? Reply

7. I am just starting with NPED or have received a bird with a pedigree. Where do I begin? Reply

8. What are the basics of using NPED? How do I Enter a new bird? Reply

9. The Pedigree does NOT draw the lines like I seen in the documentation?
Crystall font is required to draw DOS line characters using windows software. Check that WordPad opens the document with crystal font. If not install Crystall font from the NPED directory.

10. I do not have COI installed on my computer. How can I prevent the creation of a COI directory with the interface files? Reply
11. Two(2) short cuts for NPED are in the directory. Why two(2)? Reply

12. I was running the NPED from the shortcut [NPed AllApps] or and hit the icon for full screen. It now allways runs in the full screen mode. How do I fix it? Reply

13. I hit the maximize button in NPED's DOS window and like the larger Screen. How do I change the shortcut to automatically start in the larger size? Reply

14. Why do I need to copy WordPad into the NPED directory?
Different operating systems store the software in different locations. By locating WordPad in the same directory as NPED it can function on more computers. In addition the search time to locate the program is less if NPED can point directly to the folder with WordPad.exe.

15. When I don't use the provided shortcuts why does WordPad takes a long time to open? Reply
16. I requested a report but WordPad does not respond. Why?
Windows will only let one program access a the [ zreport.rtf ] file at a time. All of the reports are written to the file zreport.rtf in the NPED directory. If WordPad has any NPED file open the request to overwrite zreport.rtf will not work. Close the Open WordPad session and request the report again. On my machine when the WordPad session in minimized, the start menu reflects the file WordPad is working on [ zreport.rtf ]. If you see [ zreport.rtf ] on the start bar close that WordPad session.

17. The computer shut down or was rebooted while NPED was running. What do I do if NPED will not start?
Run the program reorg.exe found in the folder with NPED. It will fix most problems. If that does not work you must restore the database files Ped_db.db and Ped_db.idx from your backup files.

18. How do I remove PED or NPED from my computer?
PED and NPED do not contain files other than thoes store in the new applicaton directory. They do not update the registery. If you delete the application directory you have removed all traces of the applications.

19. I am running out of disk space. Can I reduce the space required to run NPED?
When you are comfortable using the program you could remove the FAQs.
20. What reports are in NPED --

- A. for individual birds? Reply
- B. for Pairs? Reply
- C. for general information? Reply

21. What are the other programs installed with NPED --

- A. coiwrite.exe? Reply
- B. newusage.exe? Reply
- C. reorg.exe? Reply
- D. textdump.exe? Reply
- E. usage.exe? Reply

22. How do I run the FAQs that were downloaded when I installed NPED?
The FAQs are store FAQs folder under NPED. In Windows Explorer click on [ index.html ] in the C:NPED\FAQs folder. Your default browser should then open the FAQs. If you used a different folder name look for the FAQs under your application directory.

23. Do you have recommendations for backups? Reply

24. What does it mean when I get the message "Sharing violation reading drive X"
When you get this message it means there is another activity running against the database. You are presented with the choices "Abort, Retry, Fail>". Press A for Abort. This can happen if you have a NPED session already running. Check for [ NPED AllApps ] or [ Nped Limited ] or one of the NPED batch jobs on the start bar.

25. What is F1 entry field help? Reply

26. What is Ctrl_K keyboard help? Reply

27. What are you future plans for pedigrees ? Reply

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