David, My Callers Companion program was primarily designed for contras and is in use by over 50 callers at this point. I've added some enhancements specifically for ECD and Linda Leslie (and perhaps a couple of other people) have been testing those changes and giving me additional feedback. You might want to talk with her and compare notes. Callers Companion runs on the iPad using FileMaker Go and I'm hoping to shortly release a version that will run on the new free version of FileMaker Go (based on FileMaker Pro 12) rather than the original version (based on FileMaker Pro 11) that costs $40.
Sincerely, Will Will Loving Downtown Amherst Contra Dance http://amherstcontra.org -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: 09/05/2012 03:21 PM > Subject: Re: [Callers] Computerized organization systems for dance notes > > I've used my iPad for English gigs, and I'm about to get Ralph Canapa's > Dancing > Master program after seeing Gene Murrow with it at Pinewoods. Gene said > something > to the effect that it's the greatest invention since "set and turn single." > > I'm not planning to go that route for contras and squares, simply because I > have > so many already on 3x5 cards going back over three decades, whereas my ECD > material > is more recent and is largely stored on my computer as PDFs or word processor > > files. > > In the past on my iPad, I've had to create new file for each gig and convert > that > to a PDF, which is not at all efficient. Ralph's program looks to do exactly > what > I want. (I like that it includes a database-- it'll be easy to reformat my > own > and import that-- that among other things will let me generate a list of > tunes > not in Barnes and will create a set of files that can be e-mailed to > musicians. > > David Millstone > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > >
