Ideas Genie
Software for Plants and Gardens

by Ideas for Gardens.com
User Guide - Applies to Ideas Genie Pro 6 and Bonsai Genie 6
Last updated: 8th April 2024

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Index

About screenshots

Introduction

Getting Started

Setting Up

Preferences

Database preferences

 

Plant Culture/Property
 classifications- GA603

Plants and Gardens-GA604

Garden Photos - GA605

 

Articles - GA607

Plant Care
Classifications GA611

My Garden - GA616

Specimens - GA629

Link Photos - GA630

Reviews - GA632

 

 

Web Projects - GA642

Tasks - GA647

GA100 screens

Backups

 

Create a New Database

Open another database

Restore

Pack files

Reindex Files

Change Code Page

Special - GA912

Where is everything?

FAQ

Glossary

Common Controls

Index by Program Name

Acknowledgements

About us

Product support

Sponsored Links

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User Guide
Database Preferences - Program GA697
 

Starting the program
On the Main Menu, click the  Setup tab then click:
Database Preferences - GA697
The initial screen GA697S01 looks like this
Screenshot

About the program
This program allows you to set up two items which are specific to the database currently open and in use.
1. Configuration
This program allows the user to change the default a) Gardener and b) Garden Area popup captions.
The Gardener and Garden Area popups appear frequently in Ideas Genie programs.
This feature allows the user to change these parameters (captions) globally, or add additional configurations.
Example 1:
The captions may be translated into another language.
Example 2:
A garden designer who keeps records of plants used in client gardens could change the parameters to a) Client and b) Garden Area

Note: In older versions of Ideas Genie this item had a separate program called System Configuration.

2. Changing the Thumbnail Folder
When you add Plant or Garden photos in Ideas Genie, the program creates thumbnails for each photo selected.
Advanced users may create additional databases.
You MUST create a unique folder for each database.

Some users may have 1000’s of photos and may prefer to have that large number of thumbnails stored on an external device.

This feature allows you to choose an alternative folder to store your thumbnails.

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