What's New in the CVS-EEP Data Entry Database

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What's New in the CVS-EEP Data Entry Database

• This document helps point out some the new
  features and improvements we've made in recent
  versions.
• versions 2.0.3-2.0.4
• by Michael Lee
• February 5, 2007

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2.0.3 Picklists Selecting Multiple Items

• For some picklists in the Plot Data form, you can
  select more than one option.
• Soil Drainage, Plot Placement, Salinity,
  Topography, Hydrology, Homogeneity, Stand Size,
  Season, Physiognomy
• Initially, double click in the picklist or select
  multiple.
• Then in a pop-up white box, use ctrl on your
  keyboard and click any number of values.
• Press Escape on your keyboard to cancel.
• Press Enter, Tab, or click another field to save
  selected values.
• The field will show multiple after you are
  finished entering, but if you double click that
  field again, it will show you which values are
  selected.

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2.0.4 Upgrade your old Entry DB

• You can upgrade your old CVS-EEP Entry Database
  by importing data into a new database (version
  2.0.4 or later)
• Useful if you have data in an older format and
  want to use the new functionality
• Start at the Main Menu Options Tab
• Then press "Advanced Features"
• Scroll down to "Import data into this db..."
• Browse for the old file (put it in the same
  folder as the new one for ease of finding it)
• This will DELETE everything in the new database
  and replace it with the data in your old database!

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2.0.4 Faster Cover Data Entry (level 5)

• Space bar moves to next field (easier than tab)
• Often, you want to skip to the next module
• Ctrl-Space or Ctrl-(right arrow) or Ctrl-tab
  move to next MODULE
• Ctrl-(left arrow) or Ctrl-Shift-Tab move to
  previous MODULE

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2.0.4 Faster Natural Stem Entry

• Space bar moves to next field (easier than tab)
• Often, there is just one size category, or the
  smaller categories are absent
• To jump to a particular size
• Press and hold ctrl, then enter the size of the
  stem class (lower bound, e.g. 30 or 45), then
  release ctrl
• Or, press or , then the size, then or
• If you enter a size less than 40cm, the default
  of 1 stem is filled in (you can change the number
  if not 1)
• If you enter a size of 40cm or greater, that size
  is entered in the first box for stems at least
  40cm

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Improved 2.0.4 Error Checking

• You can check a plot for errors after entering
  data (plot data form, cover form, stems forms) by
  pressing the "(Re)Check for Errors" button in the
  upper right
• You can check all plots for errors by pressing
  the "Check For Errors" button on the Data Entry
  Tab of the Main Menu.

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2.0.4 Reports by Project

• In earlier versions of this database, you could
  only get quick reports based on all plots.
• Now, you can get a report based on a project, or
  whichever plots you like.
• Start at the Main Menu, Reports Tab
• Then select Customizable Statistics...
• Then select plots you want in step 1
• Then push the button in step 2b (skipping 2a)

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2.0.4 More Excel Stability

• A few users had problems getting their CVS-EEP
  Entry Database to work well with Excel.
• Stability bugs were discovered and fixed dealing
  with Visual Basic references to Excel libraries.