Marshall Wright Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 Greetings, I have FMP and would like to modify the US plant form to include some additional information on maintenance, plant care, etc. I realize that I'll have to add additional records in the db, link them to the forms, etc., etc. But the actual number of plants that I regularly/irregularly use is relatively small so this task should be doable. But to start I need to access the plant database. But I can't seem to open it. Is is locked somehow or in a form that can't be opened? Can I modify the plant database and update its forms to suit me? Do I need to export to Excel and reimport. Is there a primer somewhere on this? Marshall Quote Link to comment
Ozzie Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 You are using VW 2011 - is it Landmark or Designer or what? Quote Link to comment
Marshall Wright Posted December 2, 2011 Author Share Posted December 2, 2011 Sorry. Thought I'd added that to my profile. Landmark. Can I actually make a FMP copy of the plant database? All I appear to get access to are Runtime and txt files. I'd like to copy the database in FMP, modify or add another layout to that copy, and add that revised plant database to my user folder. Can I do that or is the DB locked for propietary reasons and can't be copied? Thanks, Marshall Quote Link to comment
Nico_be Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 yes you can modify the database with FMP. I do this to add some layout and other things.. Quote Link to comment
Marshall Wright Posted December 9, 2011 Author Share Posted December 9, 2011 OK. If I open FMP and ask to open an existing file in the plant database folder in my user folder it finds nothing. Where is the .fmp file located? Quote Link to comment
Jonathan Pickup Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 It's not a .fmp file, it's .usr, and it's in the VW Plants folder.... Quote Link to comment
Marshall Wright Posted December 12, 2011 Author Share Posted December 12, 2011 Jonathan, That's the ticket. I be rollin now. Marshall Quote Link to comment
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