Hey,
I understand that your not able to import a library database into power church. Although this is disappointing, I'm wondering if there is a way to edit the database file (independent form power church) in a way that we can add the books that way.
What is the name of the database file where the Education library is stored?
Is it possible to edit it without corrupting power church?
-Ewick86
Editing Education Library database file
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Importing Library material
Hey guys,
I figured out how to import our library catalog into Power Church. This is probably a non-conventional way, but still worked fine for me.
If you make a backup of the "Record Keeping" information in power church and open the zipped file, you can edit the .dbf files with a dbf editor. The file for the Education Library is "ED.DBF"
After you have edited and put in your book titles, subjects, and all that jazz you simply repackage the file and do a restore of that file.
It's just that easy...
Hope you enjoy the tips. I'm guessing this would work with pretty much any other database in Power Church.
Does anyone know how to connect a bar code scanner to the library catalog?
- Ewick86
PS gotta love databases.
I figured out how to import our library catalog into Power Church. This is probably a non-conventional way, but still worked fine for me.
If you make a backup of the "Record Keeping" information in power church and open the zipped file, you can edit the .dbf files with a dbf editor. The file for the Education Library is "ED.DBF"
After you have edited and put in your book titles, subjects, and all that jazz you simply repackage the file and do a restore of that file.
It's just that easy...
Hope you enjoy the tips. I'm guessing this would work with pretty much any other database in Power Church.
Does anyone know how to connect a bar code scanner to the library catalog?
- Ewick86
PS gotta love databases.
Re: Importing Library material
FWIW ... while this may work in some areas, I would not try this in any of the 'non-recordkeeping' areas, as there may be some programmatic edits that could cause problems if the data were not edited or formed properly.ewick86 wrote:Hey guys,
I figured out how to import our library catalog into Power Church. This is probably a non-conventional way, but still worked fine for me.
If you make a backup of the "Record Keeping" information in power church and open the zipped file, you can edit the .dbf files with a dbf editor. The file for the Education Library is "ED.DBF"
After you have edited and put in your book titles, subjects, and all that jazz you simply repackage the file and do a restore of that file.
It's just that easy...
Hope you enjoy the tips. I'm guessing this would work with pretty much any other database in Power Church.
Does anyone know how to connect a bar code scanner to the library catalog?
- Ewick86
PS gotta love databases.
As far as a bar code scanner, there is no programmatic way to do that in Powerchurch. What we did at my last church was get a separate program for the library that was written from the bottom up for library usage.
Neil Zampella
Using PC+ since 1999.
Using PC+ since 1999.
Re: Editing Education Library database file
Neil,
Can you give me a website or the title for the library software your church uses?
Thank you Kristi
Can you give me a website or the title for the library software your church uses?
Thank you Kristi
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding." Proverbs 3:5
Re: Editing Education Library database file
Kristi,Kristi wrote:Neil,
Can you give me a website or the title for the library software your church uses?
Thank you Kristi
Its been a while since I was at that last church, but I believe it was Resourcemate, I did a search and you can find out more at www.resourcemate.com
Neil Zampella
Using PC+ since 1999.
Using PC+ since 1999.