Yeah it's fixed now.

Worked a treat.  Thanks....

Ok thanks.

Can you be a litle bit more specific about the Freestuff utility?

I have done a search for Ockham and for Sign Language in the Freestuff section but can't find anything.

Sheepish Smile
Smacks forehead

I think that says it all guys :)
LOL, was thinking they were figures, wish they'd put those dang things in the Pose Library!

Yeah okay could be made to be Distributor dependant too I suppose.  Anyway I need to get back into it cos I took a break (Had a Psych assignment due yesterday and a test next week).

Presently am trying to concentrate on the interface design.  And tweak the actual Database backend.

But I suspect an approach to doing this particular function would be a wizard that would let you choose what particularly parts you want to add/leave out beyond the necessary basics and more advanced bits could be added later to the file if necessary.  Either through editing in notepad or through a textbox on a form.

Ok kewl Bob
Assuming one would take advantage of the full features of the database most of that could be automatically added.  Like the Name/Description and the requirements.  And I suspect the Installation instructions would be pretty "Generic" in most cases.

Not to sure about the special features etc....
That might have to be added specifically.

The Terms and Usage and stuff I also think would be pretty well covered by a "Generic" bit that could be determined by whether the product is Free or commercial and whether it's just for Personal use or commercially usable.

Info could always be piped through into a textbox on a form and people could "Adjust and edit it from there.  But even that would allow for the removal of the more tedious components of the actual creation of stuff like the File lists/Installed components. 

I just noticed office 07 has a translate function so i could even provide the basics in multiple languages (Not sure if that would be useful though).

Hi All
Took a slight break from doing the database and delved into Poser 7.  There's nothing quite as relaxing as pumping out a little bit of creative work :) .  Well it's more relaxing than programming a database anyway!!!!!! lol  Besides I can always use some of my art in the actual Database.

Anyway.......
Bit of a question about the automated creation of a Readme file......

The actual process of doing this is easy enough, but it's the process of creating the template that's not.  I need a pretty basic idea of what you'd expect in a Readme file for a product?

I'm thinking you'd need.....

1. Introduction (General Description of the product)
2. Requirements  (Automated)
3. Installation Instructions
4. Copyright Information
5. Terms of Use
6. FIle List (Automated)

Apart from that I'm also of the impression that the actual readme file needs a specific name that partains to the actual product.  (Note my recent frustrations about older Readme's being overwritten by new installs of other products because they're not named specifically for the product).

Ok well the Project Management tables are now in.

Some of the basic features of the Project Management will be :
  - Track File Assocations
  - Track which Products it requires
  - Track which Programs it requires
  - Project Description
  - Artist(s) working on the Project
  - Project Preview images
  - Project types (ie modelling, texturing etc)

Some of the more advanced features :
  - Project completion wizard (Moves it over to the Products table for you)
  - Automatic Readme file creation (including Copyright, Terms of Use and File list).

Note that the whole database will be using a split design (Back end and Front end) which means if you have multiple artists working on different computers over a Network, all can access the same information from the back end..... (Supposedly, this is my first try at this).

I should also point out that just about every peice of information is "Optional" (hence the rather complex design).

It's rather complex so if you're not an Access nut maybe better not  try to decipher it.

This is the full setup wizard for you to see.

Also have most of the tables in and linked properly.

This one is part of the setup process......

Yeah it might sound a bit familiar :)
I started looking into this and what people wanted in such a database about 2 years ago.  Unfortunately I lost interest for a while but it's been a pet project of mine and I hope to get it finished by mid year.  Theres actually a lot of programming involved.

lol pakled.
That's what got me started....

Ah okay....
So it's the nVidia driver then.

I'll see what i can do about downloading that beta then and see how it goes from there.

Thanks

Ok just an update.....
THings seem to work fine with Victoria 4.
But I seem to have problems with G2 Jessi and G2 Sydney doing this.  Haven't had time to check other figures yet.

I thought V3 New Gen came with all the morphs preloaded into it?