Clif- I would suggest that you make a version with no sample data available for download, or make "sample data or no sample data" an option during the install process.
best, jon --------------------------------------------------- Jon Stahl, Program Manager ONE/Northwest: Online Networking for the Environment [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.onenw.org p: 206.286.1235 f: 413.702.0213 icq: 16742255 aim: jondstahl Subscribe to ONEList, our free monthly email newsletter about using technology to protect the environment! http://www.onenw.org/onelist/ > -----Original Message----- > From: Clif Graves [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 10:00 AM > To: TechRocks Support > Cc: ebase 2.0 Discussion List > Subject: [support] Step by Step Deleting the sample set > > > Well I had expected that groups would be experimenting with > the sample set > for weeks before they were ready to 'dig in'. But you folks > are much braver > than that! Apologies in advance for cross posting. Those who > are on both the > support and ebase2 lists will get two postings. > > So for all you that are ready, here is the step by step for > deleting the > sample set. > > Given you are ready to start using ebase and so no longer > need to practice > with the sample name and address data. > > When you are ready to delete all the sample Contacts and Log data. The > quickest is to: > > - quit ebase2 if it is running > - go to your ebase2 folder > - run the file devLogin.200 (If you are using the runtime > this should run - > if you have a full version of you may need associate the file > with filemaker > or directly open the file in Filemaker - details of this > differ between Macs > and PCs) > - at the DevLogin single password dialog enter 'Admin' > - At the ebase password and login enter name = ADMIN password = ADMIN > (unless you have changed the Admin password and login, If you > have use your > new Admin login) > - at the Main Menu choose Contacts. > - at the Contacts Individual Overview choose 'History' > - at the Log History from the 'Records' pull down menu item > choose 'Delete > All Records'. (Your left hand navigation menu should > disappear. if it does > not again choose 'Delete All Records' from the records pull > down menu). > - Choose From the 'Windows' pull down menu choose 'Contacts.200' > - at Contacts from the 'Records' pull down menu item choose > 'Delete All > Records'. (Your left hand navigation menu should disappear. > if it does not > again choose 'Delete All Records' from the records pull down menu). > - AT THIS POINT YOU SHOULD HAVE NO LEFT HAND NAVIGATION MENU > - That is OK > for now. > - from the 'SCRIPTS' pull down menu choose 'Add Contact' and > start entering > your first contact. Once one contact record is entered you > should again see > the left hand navigation menu. > - From the Left hand Navigation Menu, now choose 'ADMIN' > - Choose 'Maintenance Scripts' > - Choose 'Delete Orphaned Location Records' > - And you should now have a database with no sample data. > > We actually had a 'button' on the ADMIN menu of the > pre-release version > which did all this with the push of a button but decided it was 'Too > dangerous' in presenting a danger of accidentally deleting data. > > Clif > -------------------------------------------- > Clif Graves, Programmer > TechRocks > 74 Narrows Pond Road > Winthrop ME 04364 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > eFax: 425.790.2058 Web: http://www.techrocks.org > -------------------------------------------- > ebase - Open Source Relationship Management Software for Non Profits > http://www.ebase.org > -------------------------------------------- > > > ------------------ > Reminder to each recipient: To change your list account > preferences, go to > http://email.sparklist.com/scripts/lyris.pl?enter=support > and enter the email address you used to subscribe to the > ebase support list:: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > ebase - Relationship Management for Nonprofits, http://www.ebase.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------------ Reminder to each recipient: To change your list account preferences, go to http://email.sparklist.com/scripts/lyris.pl?enter=support and enter the email address you used to subscribe to the ebase support list:: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ebase - Relationship Management for Nonprofits, http://www.ebase.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------
