1. What's New in the CVS-EEP Data Entry Database This document helps point out some the new features and improvements we've made in recent versions. versions 2.0.3-2.0.4 by Michael Lee February 5, 2007

2. 2.0.3 Picklists: Selecting Multiple Items For some picklists in the Plot Data form, you can select more than one option. –Soil Drainage, Plot Placement, Salinity, Topography, Hydrology, Homogeneity, Stand Size, Season, Physiognomy Initially, double click in the picklist or select [multiple]. Then in a pop-up white box, use ctrl on your keyboard and click any number of values. –Press Escape on your keyboard to cancel. –Press Enter, Tab, or click another field to save selected values. The field will show [multiple] after you are finished entering, but if you double click that field again, it will show you which values are selected.

3. 2.0.4 Upgrade your old Entry DB You can upgrade your old CVS-EEP Entry Database by importing data into a new database (version 2.0.4 or later) Useful if you have data in an older format and want to use the new functionality Start at the Main Menu | Options Tab –Then press "Advanced Features" –Scroll down to "Import data into this db..." –Browse for the old file (put it in the same folder as the new one for ease of finding it) –This will DELETE everything in the new database and replace it with the data in your old database!

4. 2.0.4 Faster Cover Data Entry (level 5) Space bar moves to next field (easier than tab) Often, you want to skip to the next module: –Ctrl-Space or Ctrl-(right arrow) or Ctrl-tab move to next MODULE –Ctrl-(left arrow) or Ctrl-Shift-Tab move to previous MODULE

5. 2.0.4 Faster Natural Stem Entry Space bar moves to next field (easier than tab) Often, there is just one size category, or the smaller categories are absent To jump to a particular size: –Press and hold ctrl, then enter the size of the stem class (lower bound, e.g. 30 or 45), then release ctrl –Or, press + or =, then the size, then + or = If you enter a size less than 40cm, the default of 1 stem is filled in (you can change the number if not 1) If you enter a size of 40cm or greater, that size is entered in the first box for stems at least 40cm

6. Improved 2.0.4 Error Checking You can check a plot for errors after entering data (plot data form, cover form, stems forms) by pressing the "(Re)Check for Errors" button in the upper right You can check all plots for errors by pressing the "Check For Errors" button on the Data Entry Tab of the Main Menu.

7. 2.0.4 Reports by Project In earlier versions of this database, you could only get quick reports based on all plots. Now, you can get a report based on a project, or whichever plots you like. Start at the Main Menu, Reports Tab –Then select Customizable Statistics... –Then select plots you want in step 1 –Then push the button in step 2b (skipping 2a)

8. 2.0.4 More Excel Stability A few users had problems getting their CVS-EEP Entry Database to work well with Excel. Stability bugs were discovered and fixed dealing with Visual Basic references to Excel libraries.