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any coast really, we are off up to the lakes this weekend, stopping off at penrith, keswick and then further along to cockermouth and whitehaven, all wildcamping spots so it wont cost us a penny apart from fuel Alan

thanks for that sparks i have included a screenshot of where i am up to with it, just so you know where i am coming from, i would like ot get this on the server box i have then get it up and running the only trouble is i would have to have all the PC's at work on a domain and set the server up...

Many thanks for your input on this Sparks' i have had a look at the customers and jobs data schema on database answers, and a lot of what you wrote is referenced a bit like that. At work part of my job which started as a hobby is looking after the IT side of things we have 3 or 4 windows 7 pc's...

thanks for the reply Lightwave its working now Alan

well im up to 12 posts, and i still cant find the pm button Alan

anyway here is a link to our standard order form, i've been thinking about how to split it up into relevant sections, customers, jobs, accounts, and time period, and as everyone is used to using theses in our business they wont be frightened off when it comes to going on the database. Alan

Thanks Nidge, don't get me wrong here i am speaking of my own experience with Clarity, the program is probably very good. Its just that there are so many facets to the print industry that i think one solution wont fit all, same as the solution I am after making wont suit someone else, but i...

thanks very much! Alan

I am still emailing you Nidge but getting email return errors Alan

Ok Nigel no problem i'll look forward to receiving your email ,i still cant work out why i cant find the PM button. Ive just been talking to the former owner of another sign company tonight about this, and we came to the same conclusion with Clarity. How easy is it to use? well with my...

Hi Nigel try alan at squarebanana dot com i just got my mail returned from your site email address Alan

oh by the way Mark i cant believe i put.co.uk, ... must have been the holsten effect LOL for anyone else its expressbanners.ltd.uk//images/jobs_db.pdf Alan

Hi Mark, yes as regards the reporting the way we do it now on paper, allows us to have a small clipboard with upto date lists of jobs going in, and date they were taken in, and a date for despatch. Each morning we have a group meeting and go through the job list in order of date...

Hi Nigel, yes i have seen clarity, and tried their trial, i am after something similar, but i would like to try and build it in access, i have sorted out a basic design using a data schema from database answers.com so have got the tables and fields in with the basic relationships, its just the...

I could do with some help in implementing this I just wondered whether this could be done. At the moment in my place of business we have 3 job boards on the wall to control workflow process, I want to try and simplify it and get it onto pc’s. When jobs come in they are initially assessed and...