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Flexible List (data) Management - ListPro and the Alternatives
sword:
Re: Flexible List (data) Management - ListPro and the Alternatives
...field design, and placement, and sorting...
Flexible printing is a real need. Automated Printing - saving a print procedure of various lists...Tab structure would help....
So, are there any List management softwares that are similarly capable, with good printing
Short of database programs (or if you use a database, which one and why ?)
I recommend DataBase Professional by Avanquest (formerly Elibrium), commercial, about $50. USD. Highly customisable, easy (tabbed) data entry, view and print; data table view and print; powerful searching and filtering; form creation and printing; import data from several file types; provided and custom reports can be edited, saved, exported and printed as well as sorted and filtered. I got three license keys, the CD and manual for the 2003 version from Elibrium and it has been excellent. Any questions about how this early version prints?
Steven Avery:
Hi Folks,
I recommend DataBase Professional by Avanquest (formerly Elibrium), -sword (September 03, 2011, 02:19 PM)
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You mention tabbed, so many they still enhance this ? That would be a good sign, although surprising.
Alpha 4 and DataEase and archaic products theoretically could be pretty good, but they either perspired or were replaced with confusing Windows event-driven stuff. However, the environment of the programs tends to get in the way of ease of use (ListPro simple explorer folder type setup for dozens of lists.)
If there is a play or trial mode I might play with it. It has to hold the hot-links in a special field too, (or recognize the syntax as linkable) one of the ListPro niceties that is 100% needed. e.g. I have a list of current forum posts throughout the net to check, and one of the fields is the url.
Overall, I remain quite happy with ListPro, although the printing is a bit unflexible, when you go to "print to HTML" (what I call it when you export to a HTML file) you can define fields. However you cannot save the setup.
So far, though my daily use is mostly online access.
Shalom,
Steven
Paul Keith:
I don't really understand the thread but it seems like this is what Brainstorm was designed for. Don't ask me how to use the program though.
Steven Avery:
Hi Paul,
Here is a pic I took of my ListPro. Remember that I had a hard time uploading from my disk, I am trying zScreen and ImageShack (all free).
Flexible List (data) Management - ListPro and the Alternatives
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Notice how there are different headings and user-defined types of fields and they can be modified very quickly.
Somehow I did not get the part of the page that shows the URL .. a very important feature.
Everything is easy with ListPro.
a) design (and modification)
b) navigation (except for the lack of tabs)
c) data entry
d) sorting (any field)
e) searching (although I have not used that much)
It seems like there is a limit of 30 fields in a "List" .. a table. Which is generally more than sufficient for these types of purposes.
Steven
Paul Keith:
Hi, unfortunately the image doesn't load for me. (Domain unregistered. The one with the frog.)
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