USER GUIDE
Flower Genie
® - Software for Amateur Gardeners
by Ideas for Gardens.com

Last updated: 7th August 2017


This User Guide is for users of Flower Genie - Software for Amateur Gardeners
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Index to User Guide   Introduction   Session 1  Session 2   Session 3   Session 4   Session 5   Session 6
   Session 7   Session 8   Session 9   Session 10   Session 11   Session 12   Session 13   Session 14   General Information
 

 

 

 

 

User Guide - Session 6

 

 

Configuring your database
In this session you will learn how to:

 

 

  • Personalise the Plant Types listing
  • Configure Check Boxes - Organise and Extend the amount of information you can store

 

 

 

 

 

Personalise the list of Plant Types
When you add a plant (using Program FG037), you use a pop-up in the edit screen to define the type of plant you are adding.
Plant types are like common names - they differ from country to country.
Heres how to personalise the list of Plant types to suit your country (or language)

 

 

  1. On the Files tab of the menu, locate and start the program Plant types -  FG018
  2. Screen FG018S01 appears and displays the list of Plant types in the database
    To Add a new Plant type
  3. Click the Add a new plant type button
  4. Screen FG018S02 appears
  5. Type your new Plant type in the Full Description field
  6. Type an abbreviation for the new Plant type in the second field
  7. Click the Add button
  8. Screen FG018S02 (the initial screen) re-appears

    To EDIT a new Plant type
  9. Double click on the Plant type to be edited
  10. Screen FG018S02 appears
  11. Type the new name for the Plant type in the Full Description field
  12. Type an abbreviation for the new Plant type in the second field
  13. Click the Change button
  14. Screen FG018S02 (the initial screen) re-appears

    To DELETE a Plant type
  15. Double click on the Plant type to be deleted
  16. Screen FG018S02 appears
  17. Click the Delete button
  18. Screen FG018S02 (the initial screen) re-appears
     

 

 

Configuring Check Boxes

 

 

In Flower Genie - Version 1, the Plant Profile screen FG100S40 was limited to 3 groups of fixed check-boxes
Group 1 Good Things
AGM
AAS
Fragrant
Cut Flower
Drought Tolerant

Group 2 Beware things
Needs Staking
Invasive
Self seeds excessively
Poisonous

Group 3 Properties
Dwarf
Variegated
Double Flower
Fruit
Female
Male

 

 

 

Our US users asked Where do I record that a Plant attracts humming birds, butterflies, is deer resistant etc.

We provided the solution In Flower Genie - Version 2
We made check boxes completely configurable.
You can now add, change and delete check boxes, to make the system match your requirements exactly.
We also extended the functionality of the traditional check-box.
We provided a data field for every check box, and that includes the ones you add.
Thus, check boxes are not restricted to a simple Yes/No type function.
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Heres how to configure your check boxes, and check box groups

 

 

  • Start the program Plants and Gardens - FG037
  • Select a plant
  • Click the Edit button
  • Screen FG100S40 appears
  • Read the Help button on that screen and read the information provided
  • Click on the ww button (read ww as = work with) below the bank of check boxes.
  • Screen FG100S44 will appear

    Adding a Check Box Group
  • Note that there are two banks of Add, Edit and Delete buttons
  • Click the Add button beside the Check-box groups caption
  • Screen FG100S45 appears
  • Type in a description for your Check-box group in the Group name field
  • Click the Add button
  • Screen FG100S44 re-appears
  • Your new Group appears at the bottom of the list

    Adding a Check Box to your new Check-box Group
  • Click once (to select) the new Check Box Group
  • Click the Add button beside the Check-boxes caption
  • Screen FG100S46 appears
  • If the setting is incorrect, you can use the pop-up to select a Check-Box group
  • Type in a description of your check box in the Check Box Name field
  • Click the Add button
  • Screen FG100S44 re-appears
  • Your new Check Box appears under the Check Box group selected in screen FG100S46

    Add more Check boxes to the Check Box Group as required
    Try to keep this to 6 maximum
    Create a new Group if you exceed 6 check boxes

    Organising your Check-box Groups
  • Continuing in screen FG100S44
  • Note that there are two sets of up and down arrows
  • Click once on the line showing the new Group you added above
  • Use the up/down arrows beside the Check-box Groups controls to shuffle the entire group of check boxes up or down in the list.
  • The order displayed in the list is the same order as the Check Box Groups will be displayed in the Plant Profile edit screen (FG100S40)

    Organising your Check-boxes within a Group
  • Continuing in screen FG100S44
  • Click once on the line showing the Check Box to be moved
  • Use the up/down arrows beside the Check-boxes controls to shuffle the check boxes up or down in the list.
  • You can shuffle a Check Box from one group into another group
  • The order displayed in the list is the same order as the Check Box Groups will be displayed in the Plant Profile edit screen (FG100S40)
     

 

 

About Check Box Groups
The following applies when you Edit a Plant profile in the program FG037, and reach the screen FG100S40

 

 

  • You can add, edit and delete Groups
    This allows you to rename the Groups (e.g. into another language)
  • You can have an unlimited number of Groups, each with 6 check-boxes
  • A Group should contain a maximum of 6 Check boxes
  • If you add more than 6 check boxes to a check box group, Flower Genie will appear to create an additional group of the same Group name when you look at plant profiles in the screen FG100S40.
    Best to play with it and see
  • Click on the Up and Down arrows below the check-boxes to scroll through the Check-box groups.
  • Up and down arrows are only visible when you have MORE that 3 Groups of check boxes
  • Restriction:- At any one time, only 3 groups are displayed, due to screen restrictions.
    However, you can rearrange the groups in your favourite display order, so the most popular 18 check boxes are displayed without scrolling.
  • When you print a plant profile, this information is printed in the same Group and Check box order as displayed in this screen
  • You can arrange (shuffle) the order of display of the Check Box Groups

 

 

About Check Boxes
The following applies when you Edit a Plant profile in the program FG037, and reach the screen FG100S40

 

 

  • You can add, edit and delete Check-boxes
  • Every check box you add has a Memo field
  • Data in a check-box memo field is displayed when you mouse-over the check-box.
  • Data disappears as soon as you move the mouse away from the check-box.
  • Right click the check-box to edit and/or use hyperlinks
    (The check box must be checked before you can access the Memo field)
  • Hyperlinks (links to Web-sites)  are permitted in the memo fields.
    You can save web-addresses, then click and re-visit the web-site(s)
  • You can arrange (shuffle) the order of display of the Check Boxes within Groups
     

 

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