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 <P class="Title" >Hints for Eligible Plant List and Plant Price Schedule Software Users</P>
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 <P style="margin-left:13.50pt;text-indent:-13.50pt;"><span style="font-weight:bold; ">1.  Before installing the Eligible Plant List and Plant Price Schedule (EPLPPS) Software, close all other applications.</span></P>
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 <P style="margin-left:13.50pt;text-indent:-13.50pt;"><span style="font-weight:bold; ">2.  Reindex the files when opening the software after an ''ungraceful'' exit.</span></P>
 <P style="margin-left:13.50pt;">If the software ''locks up'' or ''boots you out'' or if you turn off the computer without exiting the software, you should reindex the files (<span style="font-weight:bold; ">File</span>, <span style="font-weight:bold; ">Reindex</span>) immediately after opening the software the next time.  This will prevent many unusual problems which may occur, such as:  not finding the correct plant name; not seeing a valuation estimate or plant inventory that has been saved; not finding a client; seeing duplicate lines of data, etc.</P>
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 <P style="margin-left:13.50pt;text-indent:-13.50pt;"><span style="font-weight:bold; ">3.  Only one version or copy of the EPLPPS Software may be open at a time.</span></P>
 <P style="margin-left:13.50pt;">Always close one version of the EPLPPS Software before opening another.  You cannot have two copies of EPLPPS Software open simultaneously, whether they are for different years or not.  The software applications will be looking for the same files.<span style="font-weight:bold; ">   </span>If you attempt to have two open at the same time, you may get an ''Illegal Seek Offset'' error that will close the software.  If that happens, close both applications and reindex the files immediately upon re-opening the software.</P>
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 <P style="margin-left:13.50pt;text-indent:-13.50pt;"><span style="font-weight:bold; ">4.  Be very sure of the source of the files when you import files into the EPLPPS Software.</span></P>
 <P style="margin-left:13.50pt;">You may only import files that have been exported from the current year or the immediate previous years EPLPPS Software, or from the previous years Nursery Appraisal Software.  The files exported from each of the software applications and versions will have different file extensions.  The allowable file extensions that may be imported into the EPLPPS Software are shown in the Import window.</P>
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 <P style="margin-left:13.50pt;text-indent:-13.50pt;"><span style="font-weight:bold; ">5.  Be certain to print the ''Import Exception Report'' when importing files.</span></P>
 <P style="margin-left:13.50pt;">The ''Import Exception Report'' will be generated before a file is imported.  It will indicate any changes in state and/or county and hardiness zone.  It will also list any plants that, for one reason or another, have not been included in the import.  If you desire to have the excluded plants included on the ''Valuation Estimate,'' you must manually enter them.  </P>
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 <P style="margin-left:13.50pt;">In most cases, the reason for a plants inclusion on the report is listed.  However, one catchall heading is ''Unable to import these plants.''  Some of the reasons for a plant name to appear under this heading are:  an internal serial number was changed for the plant by DataScape; no detail was listed for the plant in the imported file; or some data for the plant was corrupt.  If there are no changes to be reported, the &quot;Import Exception Report&quot; will be empty.</P>
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 <P style="margin-left:13.50pt;">The ''Import Exception Report'' will only be available at the initial import of the list, so you must print or preview it at the time of import.  If you forget, you can import the list again to preview or print the ''Import Exception Report'' and then cancel the process or delete the second imported list.</P>
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 <P style="margin-left:13.50pt;text-indent:-13.50pt;"><span style="font-weight:bold; ">6.  If you are using Microsoft Windows 95 or 98, you may see the error message, &quot;API call caused an exception.&quot;</span></P>
 <P style="margin-left:13.50pt;">If the message appears on your screen, you may click on &quot;<span style="font-weight:bold; ">Ignore</span>&quot; and continue.  This problem is caused by some printer drivers and might be solved by installing printer drivers from the Windows CD rather than from the printer manufacturer.  Continuing to click on &quot;<span style="font-weight:bold; ">Ignore</span>&quot; when this error message appears will not cause any problems with your data.</P>
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