Herp Care Software 2.0 released!

[LotusE]

I'm very proud to announce the release of version 2.0 of my freeware Herp Care Software (HCS) this week.

This version has some big improvements compared to the previous version, like a full-blown menu and help file, a new species screen. A SCHEDULER to schedule your herp's feedings, a new improved way of printing, etc...

You can download this freeware software from my website:


The GeckoCam (http://www.thegeckocam.com)


For those who don't know HCS yet: this software enables you track the vital statistics of your herps, like feeding, length, weight, sickness, etc...

You can also manage the humidity, temperature, etc... of your enclosures.

And best of all, it's freeware. But if you like it , please donate some money so I can keep developing this software to make it a reference for every herp keeper!

I'm still looking for some major sponsors in the industry who want to support my project in the future, so if you know anyone who might be interested, do not hesitate to let him/her contact me.

Enjoy the software!

Cheers

LotusE

[crazyboy]

hey congrati am downloading it right now. i have the lder one but i am looking forward o the newer one yay. i willtell you how it goes.

[Siretsap]

I will download it when I get home tonight. Did you guys ever try the ones they sell on e-bay?
Anyhow, I will try this one, and if I like it, will donate some money to your webcite.

[Auskan]

Thanks so much for all your work. I've enjoyed using the first edition and saw a couple of days ago that you had released a second edition - I can't wait to download it and try it.

[Grant vg]

i must say.... easy to use and i like the basic layout. much easier to use then others ive tried.

Great job!

[Invictus]

I'm really excited about this new release, as I've been using HCS for many months now, and let me tell you, I would be LOST without it. Something I've always said is that it needs a reminder feature... and now that it has it, I'll be donating as soon as humanly possible. :)

LotusE, thank you for the awesome software. I've checked out the new version, I love it. Good job. :)

[crazyboy]

i love it but i cant figure out how to set the feed me reminder.

[Sean Day]

I got a error during download saying the setup files are corrupted.

[CDN-Cresties]

Great program, Im looking forward to using it more often.

-Steve-

[ChunkyMunky]

Hello Lotus, really like the program. I am having one problem though. I will type in some info, in one of the boxes and as soon as i save it, it will dissappear. Can you help?

[Derrick]

Anyone that needs tech help should probably ask in the HCS forum on the geckocam site

[TannimBP]

I've been using the older one and its helped me take the guess work out of when I fed my baby(ball python 27 inches) instead of I think last week on this day its was BLAM right there in black and other colors I loved the first one So I think I will espically enjoy the second version does the stuff carry over? like saved info?

[alive]

downloaded..... and using it now~
it is good~ love it.....
thanks for ur hard work

[LotusE]

Of course it's always better that you post problems on the forum on my site, so other users may also benefit from it, but I'll make an exception :p

ChunkyMunky: in which box are you typing the info?

Sean Day: this is probably due to a connection problem that the setup file got corrupted, since other people were able to download and install the software correctly, I suggest you retry downloading it.

Crazyboy: press F1 in the 'Feed Me' screen and you will get all the explanation you want to activate the reminder.

Oh and thanks for all the appreciation, it means so much to me!

Cheers

LotusE

[ChunkyMunky]

The Species Box in "Manage Your Herps" screen.

[LotusE]

You have to go to Herp->Species in the menu and in the Species Screen, create your species first. Don't forget to enter the feeding interval, because that is the trigger for the scheduler.

Save your changes and go back to the herp screen. You can now select your species from the combobox.

Cheers

LotusE

[ChunkyMunky]

oh, cool, thanks.

[Bighead]

I'm having several problems. Maybe I'm being dumb. The first problem, which is probably related to the rest of them, is that at the end of the installation it says "this program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down."
It still appears to have been successfuly downloaded.
When I go into the "manage your herps" section the "feed me!" box pops up, but it is blank. I have several herps entered in and feeding records filled out for all of them. Once I close the "feed me!" box I can never get back to it unless I close the program and start it again, and it is still blank. I would really love to use the reminder feature. Pressing F1 in any screen also does nothing. Thanks for your help. I'm sure I'll feel dumb soon enough.

[LotusE]

Hey Bighead,

The error you're getting, is not normal. I would download and install the software again.

It is true, the feed me screen will only appear the first time you enter HCS and the herp screen. But you can always get it back by going to View->Feed Me. It is normal for the screen to be blank, because you have to do the following:

1) Go to Herp->Species and create the appropriate species.

2) For this species, fill in the feeding interval, because this will be used in the scheduler.

3) Save your changes and go back to the herp screen

4) Choose the right species for your herp from the species combobox in the herp screen.

5) There has to be at least one feeding record for your herp before the scheduler can kick in.

6) If you recall the feed me-screen now, you will see that your herp is in it (if it needs to be fed).

Why the help doesn't work, I do not know. I will test it on another computer. Perhaps it has something to do with the error message you're getting.

Cheers

LotusE

[jwsporty]

Great program LotusE

It installed for me with no problem,, easy to manouveur and input. My only observation is it would be nice to have a little more control over the listing of food items (eg. breaking down mice and rats into a broader spectrum of sizes, that can be put on a menu or check box layout). Otherwise you did a great job, THANKS !!

Jim

[ReptiZone]

I must say you do excelent work thank you verry much you just lifted a burden from my shoulders I was starting to loos my paper work for my animals.

[MouseKilla]

Looks good, I hit "archive" and all my feeding records disappeared but it's simple enough to plug them back in... I'll enjoy staying up late at night frigging about with all my records, getting them transferred from all the scraps of paper I'm currently using... Hate to sound cynical but you really should charge something for this, there's a program out there they charge 50 bucks to register and lots of people have that one and it's not even as good as this one... Thanks man.

[daver676]

I'm also having some difficulty. On the Manage your Herps screen. I enter data until I get down to the Date Purchased box, I type in a date and hit enter, but it just beeps at me and the cursor won't go anywhere. I'm entering the date MM/DD/YYYY. This was accepted in the Birthdate field, but not in the Date Purchased field. Whats up?

[ReptiZone]

cause you need to say DD/MM/YY and not MM/DD/YY the reason it probebly worked in the birth day one is probebly cause a number lower then 12 in the midle box any higher then 12 and you are scrued.

[LotusE]

Normally, the date settings for these fields follow the Regional settings of your computer.

So, it's not like I've made a 'mask' for this, because I knew (hoped) that my software was going to be internationally used.

So you just have to change the regional settings of your computer to enter the dates in the format you like.

Cheers

LotusE

[Dark_Angel_25]

I couldn't find the forum page on your site?? I get an error when it is almost finished downloading..

Ins1165 has caused an error in INS1165.TMP.
Ins1165 will now close

I tried downloading it again, but got the same thing... any ideas??

It pops up when the installation is at 'Registering'...

[gfisher2002]

I love this program. I don't have alot of animals but I use it for keeping track of shedding and sickness. It's great!!

Garrett

[LotusE]

The link to the forum is on the left in the menu, under 'Herp Care Software'.

Concerning your problem:

Do you have enough rights on your system to register files?

Do you have enough disk space?

What os do you have?

Try downloading and installing it again.

Cheers

LotusE

[jwsporty]

Well I just got all my babies entered into the program and I love it. I will definitely be sending you something LotusE. A few questions though

The main installation files ended up in their own directory and the icon is on the desktop. However along with the icon, I am also getting these two files being put on the desktop

FOXUSER.FPT
FOXUSER.DBF

Is this normal? If not, is there a way to overcome this and simply get them back into their own directory? Can I safely move them to their own directory and still have the program function correctly.

Here's a few more suggestions

Problem: (more than one snake of the same species yet one is an adult and the other is a juvenile)
Possible solution: (a seperate field to define the age of the animal) eg. hatchling, juvenile, sub-adult, adult.

This way the animal could be properly defined for the feeding reminders.

In my own setup I have added an extra descriptive to the latin name (eg. Lp. g. californiae & Lp g. californiae (babies) ) and then changed the feed interval. A little cumbersome but it works.

Also:

For animals that are cooled, maybe some sort of override so that these animals don't pop up in the feed reminder.


Well my reminder tells me I have to go feed a baby and get ready for work, I got 1/2 an hour...think I can make it? ;)


Keep up the great work, I am sure everyone appreciates it.

Cheers
Jim

[Dark_Angel_25]

LotusE: I got it working. only thing I can figure out now, is this:
Enclosures, I enter the data, but I can't assign an animal to it, the box just says none?
Feeding reminder: Can figure out how to work that.. is there a section on your forum that asks the same questions? I can look them up to make it easier...
Thanks!

[gfisher2002]

You have to go back to "manage your herps" to assign one to an enclosure after you create it.

[Dark_Angel_25]

ah ok, but when I went back to the herp screen, the enclosure part was still non accessible?? at least I think it was lol, I'll have to check it out when I get home.

I too found those icons on my desktop... what are they? and can they be moved?

[LotusE]

The foxuser.dbf and foxuser.fpt are two files that keep the user settings (like screen resolution, etc.). They are automatically created whenever the software is launched. So you can easily delete them. THIS IS NO SPYWARE, but they are 2 files that are created automatically by the programming environment that I use.

I will make sure that in the next version, they are no longer on the desktop. But don't worry, they are totally harmless.

Concerning the link between enclosures and herps:

First, create your enclosures, then go back to the herp screen, you can now assign an enclosure to your herp. If you go back now to the enclosure screen, you will see that if you click on that enclosure, the name of your herp is listed in the listbox.

Cheers

LotusE

[crazyboy]

hey jwsporty for the diffrent snakes just put a 1, 2, 3, etc. after the species name and it will show up as as different species but it will still have tyhe name just with a number after it

[jwsporty]

Hey LotusE,

Thanks. I was never worried about spyware ;) I just wanted to make sure I didn't trash my entries by removing them before backing up my data.

Crazyboy, basically that is what I did, just assigned (babies) after the latin name to keep it descriptive. ;)

Jim