Whereabouts of SteveMcClintock

[Ward & Probst]

John and List,
You may want to investigate PianoDB97 by Ken Hale, RPT. We use it and have
been very satisfied. You can download the program for less than $100 and it
easily saves that much work. Plus you can do customize it yourself.
Location:
http://www.dcalcoda.com/

We have used PTH and PSM and just find that this program fits our needs
best.
We will have several programs demonstrated in the CyberCafe at the Annual
Convention in Arlington. Come check them out.
Best,
Dale
Dale Probst
Institute Director
PTG Annual Convention
Arlington, VA--July 5-9,2000
wardprobst@cst.net
(940)691-3682 voice
(940) 691-6843 fax



-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]On Behalf
Of John M. Formsma
Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2000 11:03 PM
To: pianotech@ptg.org
Subject: RE: Whereabouts of SteveMcClintock


Greg,

You wrote:
<<I wish I had the time to figure out how to use the office suites to do
this
stuff. I'm afraid it would simply take too much time to build.>>

The office suites are fully capable of a great database.  You just have to
know how to make it work, and that takes precious time.  After finding out
that PTBiz was $300, I decided to take the time to figure MS Access out for
myself.  I am endeavoring to do tailor a database for my needs.  I am not a
programmer (not yet anyway), but will surely know more about databases after
I study them.  I have bought several books on Access and Visual Basic
programming, both of which are needed in setting up a good database.  I
think PTBiz was primarily done using Access queries and wizards, but I can't
tell for sure since all of the tables, forms, etc. are locked.

My delving into Access will take much more than $300 in books and time, but
I think it will be well worth it to satisfy my curiosity and my
do-it-yourselfer bent.  It's kinda like spending $1000 to save $300, but I'm
going to do it anyway.  I had thought that I could eventually sell what I
develop, but that may be a ways down the road.  I figure it will take me at
least half a year, and maybe up to a year.

Best regards,

John Formsma
Blue Mountain, MS