Data Crow will extract as much as possible information from your files. If you want to create items within Data Crow based on files in your system, for example Movie or Music files, you can use a File Importer to create Data Crow items based on these files. Now, don’t be afraid, you do not have to type everything! My items are represented by files on my system In case you are starting fresh you will have to create your items manually. Maybe you are using another product or you just might have an Excel or text file with basic information on your items. Now, how you are going to do this depends on whether you currently have a listing of your items or not. You have opened the module and are ready to start filling it with your items. You’ll find these modules in the module list, you can’t miss it.įirst thing you’ll do is open the module you want to use. To allow the registration of items Data Crow comes with a set of modules, such as the movie, software and books modules.

In Data Crow you can register your items. I am going to assume you know that Data Crow is a collection management program. I have installed Data Crow and have no idea where to start. I am here to, making Data Crow the best product of its kind. Future #Īll I can honestly say is that I will continue to support this product, no worries there! I did take a break in the past but that is it, all in the past.

I liked it (and could not say no… still can’t) and here we are. With the expanded functionality set, including the option to create your own modules, the name CD Library did not do justice to the product anymore. In 2007 I decided to rewrite the entire product. The development of that product started back in 2001. Data Crow is a spin off from a product called CD Library (developed again by me, Robert Jan). Surely a product developed by one person will not exist for very long now will it? Wrong. The lead programmer is Robert Jan van der Waals, who is also the founder of this product, the designer, the helpdesk clerk and the sales representative (doing a bad job at it since this is free). So you’ll find that you’ll have different tools at your disposal within each module. This tool is not present for the contact person module. The movie module has an online search available to search for movies on. Software items will not be shown within the movie module these reside in their own module, the Software module.įor each module you’ll have certain tools available. To explain a bit better, “Movie” is a module and it only allows the administration of Movies.

So what do we mean with the vague term “module” in Data Crow? A module is a self-contained area in the system where you can administer items of a certain type. Additionally Data Crow allows you to create your own modules if you are missing one (for example to manage your stamps collection) or you can modify the existing modules to add fields you are missing. As you might have read on the Data Crow website Data Crow comes with a standard set of modules. Data Crow is a freeware product which allows you to maintain all your collectables.

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