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- Mon Nov 23, 2020 11:08 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Sharing CBCTs
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6244
Re: Sharing CBCTs
I'm assuming they are saved as DICOM files that are managed by the CBCT software?
- Sun Nov 22, 2020 3:42 pm
- Forum: Developers
- Topic: Zoomify plugin Forms
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6982
Re: Zoomify plugin Forms
1. Inherit your form from FormODBase. 2. Add InitializeLayoutManager(); just below InitializeComponent(); in the constructor. 3. If you did any control movement or resizing in code, use the LayoutManager.Move for those lines. 4. Test by dragging to resize and by also dragging to a different monitor ...
- Sun Nov 22, 2020 8:19 am
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: Uploading PDFs to patient's file
- Replies: 13
- Views: 18298
Re: Uploading PDFs to patient's file
Beta is 20.4. I saw progress on this Friday, but it's not quite done.
- Sun Nov 22, 2020 8:17 am
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: compile 20.3 under VS2019
- Replies: 23
- Views: 27089
Re: compile 20.3 under VS2019
No schema changes would be best, of course, but the downside is making customers wait months. We have big discussions about backporting any schema changes, and the benefits must heavily outweigh the costs each time. Yes, we've been trying to move to git for years. But we have a massive private repos...
- Fri Nov 20, 2020 8:55 am
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: compile 20.3 under VS2019
- Replies: 23
- Views: 27089
Re: compile 20.3 under VS2019
I think I know. We add conversion scripts at random times prior to release. Then, we change the version number upon release. I always work in the head, so I never notice this issue. Go to OpenDental, Program, Properties, Assembly Information. Change the version there to match the version of the conv...
- Fri Nov 20, 2020 8:30 am
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: Uploading PDFs to patient's file
- Replies: 13
- Views: 18298
Re: Uploading PDFs to patient's file
I think we might be able to add that today to the head, and maybe backport to beta if it looks extremely safe.
- Thu Nov 19, 2020 8:21 pm
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: compile 20.3 under VS2019
- Replies: 23
- Views: 27089
Re: compile 20.3 under VS2019
Not sure. We don't usually see that.
- Thu Nov 19, 2020 8:17 pm
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: Uploading PDFs to patient's file
- Replies: 13
- Views: 18298
Re: Uploading PDFs to patient's file
Correct. You can't specify the folder. I think it ends up in the first folder. So you could organize the folders with your "in" folder at the top, if that's how it's normally used. I'll think about some sort of special prefix or suffix that could be added to the filename to designate destination fol...
- Tue Nov 17, 2020 10:16 pm
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: compile 20.3 under VS2019
- Replies: 23
- Views: 27089
Re: compile 20.3 under VS2019
That means you must be trying to connect to a database that had been used by a slightly newer version of OD. Not sure how you did that, exactly. It's good to have a slightly older version of a db that you can make copies of for repeated testing. There are lots of ways to approach it. You'll figure s...
- Tue Nov 17, 2020 8:11 pm
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: compile 20.3 under VS2019
- Replies: 23
- Views: 27089
Re: compile 20.3 under VS2019
Mixed mode assembly error is addressed here:
https://www.opendental.com/site/sourcecode.html
https://www.opendental.com/site/sourcecode.html
- Fri Nov 13, 2020 12:01 pm
- Forum: Developers
- Topic: DB Update Script
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7876
Re: DB Update Script
The "script" is in C#. You can't run in separately. When you are ready to update, launch 20.4 and connect to the 19.3 db. It will prompt you to update the db.
- Wed Nov 11, 2020 9:07 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: New Care Credit Integration Setup Problem
- Replies: 13
- Views: 13568
Re: New Care Credit Integration Setup Problem
I'm going to rephrase that. The dll cannot work with any version of OD where the source code was changed in any manner. This prevents hacking of the dll. It's technically impossible for that dll to work for you.
- Tue Nov 10, 2020 8:17 pm
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: compile 20.3 under VS2019
- Replies: 23
- Views: 27089
Re: compile 20.3 under VS2019
Make sure your configuration for the entire solution and most projects is Debug x86 (not Any CPU or Mixed Platforms).
- Tue Nov 10, 2020 6:14 pm
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: compile 20.3 under VS2019
- Replies: 23
- Views: 27089
Re: compile 20.3 under VS2019
Just our ordinary source code? Or some of yours mixed in?
- Tue Nov 10, 2020 6:12 pm
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: Uploading PDFs to patient's file
- Replies: 13
- Views: 18298
Re: Uploading PDFs to patient's file
You don't have to involve the db at all. Just drop the files in the the patient's folder. The name of their folder is in the db as patient.ImageFolder. The next time the user opens that patient images module, it will automatically recognize the new file(s) and prompt to add to db. You should never d...
- Mon Nov 09, 2020 10:30 pm
- Forum: Developers
- Topic: Updating textNotes from a Plugin
- Replies: 6
- Views: 9358
Re: Updating textNotes from a Plugin
I can't figure out why you need to call FillControlsOnStartup again. It was already called once, and it's only designed to be called once. It looks like you've set textNotes.text in the line above, so why are you saying textNotes isn't refreshing? That makes no sense. You've clearly set it.
- Sun Nov 08, 2020 10:40 am
- Forum: Developers
- Topic: Updating textNotes from a Plugin
- Replies: 6
- Views: 9358
Re: Updating textNotes from a Plugin
How about a hook at the end of FillControlsOnStartup()?
- Sat Nov 07, 2020 10:04 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: New Care Credit Integration Setup Problem
- Replies: 13
- Views: 13568
Re: New Care Credit Integration Setup Problem
I'm pretty sure we can just give it to you.
- Sat Nov 07, 2020 9:47 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Left side of the screen window resize bug when maximized
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4593
Re: Left side of the screen window resize bug when maximized
Interesting. I put quite a bit of effort into intentionally including that feature, actually. After I maximize a window, there's nothing more frustrating to me than the inability to drag it smaller. For example, I like to maximize and then drag either the right or left so that it only fills half the...
- Sat Nov 07, 2020 8:13 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Radiographs and Intraoral Cameras
- Replies: 56
- Views: 116729
Re: Radiographs and Intraoral Cameras
I look at it a little differently. Once you can capture radiographs directly into Open Dental, then you've eliminated the complexity of the bridges to various imaging programs. This means your images will now be available on remote app, where before they were not. This is our main push right now. So...
- Fri Nov 06, 2020 10:17 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Radiographs and Intraoral Cameras
- Replies: 56
- Views: 116729
Re: Radiographs and Intraoral Cameras
XDR is already tested with Twain and it works great. But native XDR would be slightly better. I did just get a two way conversation going with an XDR sensor a few hours ago, so the remaining obstacles are fairly low. So Yes, native XDR support will probably also be included in addition to Twain.
- Thu Nov 05, 2020 7:00 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Radiographs and Intraoral Cameras
- Replies: 56
- Views: 116729
Radiographs and Intraoral Cameras
We just finished many enhancements to the Imaging Module. You will now be able to take radiographs directly into Open Dental instead of using bridged software. It will take time, of course, for us to list all the compatible hardware, but I'm hopeful that it will work with nearly all hardware because...
- Mon Nov 02, 2020 10:50 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Karen's Replicator has been UPDATED!
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5315
Re: Karen's Replicator has been UPDATED!
How cool is that! My favorite backup utility, back in the day. I hope they figure out how to monetize it to keep it going.
- Sat Oct 31, 2020 3:18 pm
- Forum: Developers
- Topic: plugin reference woes
- Replies: 6
- Views: 16268
Re: plugin reference woes
I've never seen an informative message for that problem. I've repeatedly lost hours of time as I have to relearn that hard lesson.
- Sat Oct 31, 2020 3:16 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: New Care Credit Integration Setup Problem
- Replies: 13
- Views: 13568
Re: New Care Credit Integration Setup Problem
You re-copied the RequiredDlls into your bin folder? We change them sometimes.
- Sat Oct 31, 2020 3:14 pm
- Forum: Developers
- Topic: Archived OD dbs causing a problem
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6327
Re: Archived OD dbs causing a problem
Keeps that folder cleaner, anyway. Darn those buggy 3rd party tools.
- Mon Oct 26, 2020 10:31 pm
- Forum: Developers
- Topic: plugin reference woes
- Replies: 6
- Views: 16268
Re: plugin reference woes
I think it's because you need to change the version of dot Net in your plugin to be newer, like 4.7.2.
- Mon Oct 26, 2020 10:25 pm
- Forum: Developers
- Topic: Updating GridOD on a separate thread
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5994
Re: Updating GridOD on a separate thread
Glad you asked. Threads with UI is a terrible combination. I have rules against using that combo in our code, and I'm constantly chasing down violations. Any time you think you need a thread, there are a variety of other strategies that will work much better and be bug free. It's hard to understand ...
- Mon Oct 12, 2020 8:01 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Briging with Sidexis - Sirona
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6865
Re: Briging with Sidexis - Sirona
Not sure. It strongly implies that the ini file must already be present. If you can't find it, then you might need to get help from Sirona.
- Sat Oct 10, 2020 2:57 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Epson GT-S50 Scanner issues
- Replies: 15
- Views: 19720
Re: Epson GT-S50 Scanner issues
In case anyone else runs across this thread, this bug was just fixed in version 20.3 and later.
- Sat Oct 10, 2020 1:08 pm
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: sparks3d.dll not working...
- Replies: 5
- Views: 12588
Re: sparks3d.dll not working...
kknohria: Not sure what you mean. What specific version are you on? This has all been working great for months.
- Sat Aug 22, 2020 8:03 am
- Forum: Developers
- Topic: Writing to the db is discouraged, but the API is very barebones, what do I do?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 20596
Re: Writing to the db is discouraged, but the API is very barebones, what do I do?
You are "updating writeoff using a percentage of feebilled"? You're using an UPDATE query to do that? How are we supposed to maintain the integrity of the database if queries are being run that we have no control over? We waste an enormous amount of very expensive engineer time fixing databases that...
- Thu Aug 20, 2020 4:03 pm
- Forum: Developers
- Topic: 20.4 Compiliation Errors
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7016
Re: 20.4 Compiliation Errors
Sometimes, in the head, the DLLs in the RequiredDlls folder get a little bit out of date. We don't notice it because we have the source code for those DLLs, so it all still compiles for us.
- Thu Aug 20, 2020 3:52 pm
- Forum: Developers
- Topic: 20.4 Compiliation Errors
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7016
Re: 20.4 Compiliation Errors
And now I'm getting the GetComputerNameCookie error. One of our engineers committed something that doesn't compile. They usually figure it out and fix it quickly. But it doesn't seem to be fixed yet. I'll pester them.
- Thu Aug 20, 2020 3:07 pm
- Forum: Developers
- Topic: New Basic Example Plugin
- Replies: 2
- Views: 12050
Re: New Basic Example Plugin
No magic bullet, but here are a few ideas: -There's a difference between build and rebuild -I use a script in project/properties/build events/post-build. Example: xcopy "$(TargetDir)Direct2dWrapper.dll" "..\OpenDental\bin\Debug\" /Y which expands to : xcopy "E:\Documents\OPEN DENTAL SUBVERSION\head\...
- Thu Aug 20, 2020 3:01 pm
- Forum: Developers
- Topic: 20.4 Compiliation Errors
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7016
Re: 20.4 Compiliation Errors
I did see this error: Missing Namespace: OpenDental.Forms a few days ago. It's an error I had never seen previously. I think I resolved it in just a few seconds, but I don't remember how. I do know that VS has been adding "using" statements for me lately. It's trying to be helpful, but it's really u...
- Thu Aug 20, 2020 2:55 pm
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: Bug in 20.3.16 change CDT code alveoloplasty
- Replies: 3
- Views: 9454
Re: Bug in 20.3.16 change CDT code alveoloplasty
Agreed that it's not very slick. It would probably take about 4 hours of engineer time to handle that annoyance. This is because of all the required research, testing, and code review. A cost/benefit analysis says that should probably be a fairly low priority. Sorry.
- Fri Aug 14, 2020 11:32 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Cures Act
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3910
Cures Act
The 21st Century Cures Act was passed in 2016, and the ONC has just released the final rules. It's a beast. Just the small section on EHR Interoperability and Information Blocking is 320 pages of 3 column small font text. The gist is that they are going to force medical software to allow patients to...
- Fri Aug 14, 2020 11:09 am
- Forum: Developers
- Topic: Visual Studio 2017 / 2019?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 8609
Re: Visual Studio 2017 / 2019?
Make sure your solution is set to Debug x86.
- Fri Aug 14, 2020 11:06 am
- Forum: Developers
- Topic: Writing to the db is discouraged, but the API is very barebones, what do I do?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 20596
Re: Writing to the db is discouraged, but the API is very barebones, what do I do?
Anything having to do with finances or clinical records. I know that covers a lot. When we start clamping down, we will start with things like payment and procedure, and then go from there. The more heavily used a table is, the earlier will will address it.
- Fri Aug 14, 2020 11:01 am
- Forum: Developers
- Topic: Annoying plugin build problem
- Replies: 7
- Views: 9421
Re: Annoying plugin build problem
It's pretty common for me to miss a few queries when I'm working from source code. For example, ConvertDatabases6.To20_3_1() might have a number of queries that I already picked up and am using. So my Db thinks it's at 20.3.1. But if it hasn't been publicly released, then it's fair game for someone ...
- Fri Aug 14, 2020 8:49 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Out of Memory Error
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5520
Re: Out of Memory Error
It should have told you so instead of an error, of course.
- Sun Aug 09, 2020 8:28 pm
- Forum: Developers
- Topic: Writing to the db is discouraged, but the API is very barebones, what do I do?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 20596
Re: Writing to the db is discouraged, but the API is very barebones, what do I do?
We will definitely be locking down the ability to write to the dangerous tables. So I would say it's more than a recommendation to not write to the db because it will break soon.
- Sun Aug 09, 2020 8:01 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: v20.3 broke Title Bar size
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5799
Re: v20.3 broke Title Bar size
The reason for the change was to allow zooming, but it was so incredibly complex that it had to be done in two stages. Version 20.4 will let you zoom the entire program to whatever you want. So you'll be getting back similar functionality without editing the registry. We're going as fast as we can o...
- Sun Jul 19, 2020 4:39 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Zoom magnification!!
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6483
Zoom magnification!!
I just added zoom magnification (not the video app) to all windows in Open Dental. No, it wasn't easy. It was the culmination of about 5 months of intensive work. But I thought I had another month to go, and then all of a sudden everything just fell into place. IT WORKS! What it means is that we wil...
- Thu May 28, 2020 6:48 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Windows 10 as server
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5034
Re: Windows 10 as server
You'll be fine as long as it's the Pro version.
- Thu May 28, 2020 6:46 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Using the Supplies feature--or do you use alternatives?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6428
Re: Using the Supplies feature--or do you use alternatives?
It's kind of weak. It can be ok for generating a list that you can use to create a shopping list. But we've never had the time to really turn it into a first-rate feature. We do use it ourselves for ordering supplies.
- Thu May 28, 2020 6:43 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Billing
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5766
Re: Billing
The entire billing feature was optimized around daily billing.
- Tue Mar 24, 2020 8:29 am
- Forum: Developers
- Topic: Request: Move hook for Open Dental 20.1
- Replies: 9
- Views: 26337
Re: Request: Move hook for Open Dental 20.1
We don't usually move hooks, but this one makes sense because it preserves original behavior.
- Mon Feb 17, 2020 9:45 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Wikipedia
- Replies: 0
- Views: 17413
Wikipedia
Open Dental has a page on wikipedia. Is there anyone who wants to give it a little love? There are too many pros and not enough cons. It needs to be more balanced. There should be more paragraphs and less bullet points. I personally feel like the "free dental" comment is very outdated and pointless....
- Mon Feb 17, 2020 9:41 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Open Dental is on Facebook
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5901
Re: Open Dental is on Facebook
I resisted for a long time. There are significant downsides to getting involved with the evil empire. It's also a little more organized here.
- Mon Nov 11, 2019 4:51 pm
- Forum: Developers
- Topic: cellFontSize private to public on ODGrid?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 26719
Re: cellFontSize private to public on ODGrid?
You could even fork a slightly older version of the grid that still had support for the different font sizes.
- Mon Nov 11, 2019 4:47 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Much more efficient way of charting
- Replies: 17
- Views: 28779
Re: Much more efficient way of charting
I like it. I think the example is a pretty extreme scenario. The current process typically involves about 4 clicks per item and usually doesn't involve opening a window. Yours involves about 4 keystrokes instead. It might be fun for us to add keyboard shortcuts for the frequent mouse actions when ch...
- Thu Oct 17, 2019 8:18 am
- Forum: Developers
- Topic: cellFontSize private to public on ODGrid?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 26719
Re: cellFontSize private to public on ODGrid?
That was me. I wasn't aware of the history, and there were no comments in the code about why it was that way. All I saw was unnecessary clutter that was making my math and object reuse overly complicated and buggy. Since we never change the font sizes within OD, I had to get rid of it. The grid was ...
- Wed Oct 02, 2019 1:49 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Adding another location.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 8156
Re: Adding another location.
I don't think one dentist at two locations would ever trigger a second support fee, regardless of how you set up your databases.
- Wed Oct 02, 2019 1:44 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Moving away from plug-ins
- Replies: 10
- Views: 27190
Re: Moving away from plug-ins
Sorry about the confusion. Let me try again. I'm disappointed that plug-ins are so hard to build. That was never the intent. We're looking for ways to make it easier. That's what I was trying to communicate. If someone is contemplating building a plug-in, I feel like I need to warn them that it's ha...
- Sun Sep 29, 2019 6:52 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Adding another location.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 8156
Re: Adding another location.
Once you merge them into one db, it's hard/impossible to cleanly split them into two later. Divide and conquer is the solution to many complex problems, and I've always preferred two separate databases for simplicity.
- Sat Sep 28, 2019 6:24 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Week view refresh
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4829
Re: Week view refresh
I'm not sure. The entire Appts module was overhauled in 19.3, with much of the drawing rewritten from the ground up. So it's probably going to behave differently.
- Sat Sep 28, 2019 6:23 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Larger font
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5974
Re: Larger font
That feature is done in version 19.3
- Sat Sep 28, 2019 6:21 pm
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: Using artificial intelligence in dentistry
- Replies: 10
- Views: 24187
Re: Using artificial intelligence in dentistry
I won't be happy until the machines are doing all the dentistry themselves. Everything between here and there is just stepping stones. My Alexa is not efficient. The only thing it does is let me access very simple data when there is no mouse or keyboard available, and change the music settings when ...
- Sat Sep 28, 2019 6:00 pm
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: Critical Error No Fee Cache
- Replies: 3
- Views: 11664
Re: Critical Error No Fee Cache
We removed Fee Cache in roughly that version. Compiling is very complex, and there always seem to be things like this that creep in. There are thousands of moving parts. That's also a beta version. So your best bet is to move to a newer version for starters.
- Sat Sep 28, 2019 5:51 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Moving away from plug-ins
- Replies: 10
- Views: 27190
Moving away from plug-ins
Plug-ins never worked quite like I expected. It's too much of a barrier for other companies or individuals. Our software has gotten so big and complex that it can take a week just to get it to compile and understand all the parts before even starting on a plug-in. We have a FHIR API that's safer and...
- Fri Oct 03, 2014 11:16 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: New Discount Field
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3463
Re: New Discount Field
The plan has always been to do both. This gets us one step closer. That feature request had 1970 votes on it. The one you want is #622 which has 250 votes. It was kind of obvious to us which one was more in demand.
- Thu Jul 24, 2014 9:40 pm
- Forum: Developers
- Topic: Translating OD in Arabic
- Replies: 8
- Views: 12529
Re: Translating OD in Arabic
Sorry, we just don't have the resources. Rather than forking, a plugin might do the trick. I know it would require some resources on your end, but I don't have a better answer.
- Tue Jun 03, 2014 4:25 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: A better clock for the timesheets
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3691
Re: A better clock for the timesheets
Changing times and dates should be a very rare event. Is there a reason why you're doing it regularly?
- Tue Jun 03, 2014 4:19 pm
- Forum: Developers
- Topic: Credit Card Integration
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6359
Re: Credit Card Integration
We do not accept code submissions except in very rare situations. Payment processing tends to be a fairly complex 2-way series of exchanges. It's not just a simple bridge, so I don't see how it could possibly be feasible. But integration is not required to run credit cards. There is only a small amo...
- Sat May 17, 2014 3:13 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Bug- Cant close window...
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8218
Re: Bug- Cant close window...
You should delete the entire autocode instead of Ctl-Alt-Del.
- Sat May 17, 2014 2:59 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Saving EOP
- Replies: 18
- Views: 19451
Re: Saving EOP
Be careful with those 835s. We just realized that the clearinghouse might combine more than one 835 into a single file in violation of the X-12 standard. Until we release the bug fix next week, Open Dental will only see and process the first 835 that it sees in the file.
- Sat May 17, 2014 2:55 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Email Inbox (Version 14.2)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3159
Re: Email Inbox (Version 14.2)
This is why we don't automatically delete them from your server when we load them into Open Dental. For HTML email, you'll still need to go look at them from your web viewer. Yes, of course it's planned. The reason why we released the inbox in a rough state was to meet the requirements of EHR certif...
- Thu Feb 06, 2014 1:06 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: HIPAA Compliant Email
- Replies: 50
- Views: 141392
Re: HIPAA Compliant Email
I think it's only in 14.1, which will probably be released in about a week.
- Thu Jan 23, 2014 6:28 pm
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: Best practices for a new installation
- Replies: 8
- Views: 11275
Re: Best practices for a new installation
I can't think of much that would be too painful to fix. It's designed to be able to work quickly out of the box and to also be able to change settings to make it work smoother as you go. Oh, wait. Planned Appointments. Be sure to set one for each patient as they finish up in the chair or else check ...
- Thu Jan 23, 2014 6:22 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: XP and Windows 7 compatible?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5121
Re: XP and Windows 7 compatible?
As he said, mixture of OSs is fine. Win 7 64 bit would be the best current choice for a new computer. I don't think anyone even sells 32 bit computers.
- Mon Jan 06, 2014 6:52 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Canadian Production and Payment without lab fee
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4136
Re: Canadian Production and Payment without lab fee
Didn't know this was an issue. I'm going to get it added to our Canadian Enhancements page.
http://www.opendental.com/manual/canadi ... ments.html
Seems important.
http://www.opendental.com/manual/canadi ... ments.html
Seems important.
- Mon Jan 06, 2014 6:48 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Ortho treatment payment
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5729
Re: Ortho treatment payment
We may take you up on that some day. Could you please email me your name and number? Jordan@opendental.com That way, the next time we are working on the ortho features, I will be able to quickly contact you and incorporate that information into our decisions. I fully realize that we did not "nail it...
- Mon Jan 06, 2014 6:42 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Tableau charting software
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4230
Re: Tableau charting software
My sister works for Tableau. She's been living in London for a few years, helping expand Tableau in Europe. I know that's not at all relevant to your question.
- Mon Jan 06, 2014 6:15 pm
- Forum: Developers
- Topic: Print a Medical History with more than one page
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7043
Re: Print a Medical History with more than one page
I just moved this to the Developers forum. Regular users can't do this.
- Mon Oct 21, 2013 7:22 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Crown initial or replacement
- Replies: 14
- Views: 14459
Re: Crown initial or replacement
Funny I find it annoying when i get the prompt "Prosthesis date not entered. Continue anyway" after I treatment every crown YES, continue anyway. What a pain in the fluffy pink unicorn!!! Isn't that basically what you are looking for? I wish I could shut it off. Very annoying especially when doing ...
- Thu Oct 17, 2013 5:58 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Signatures for Credit Card Payments
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7094
Re: Signatures for Credit Card Payments
I think it's a priority even if people don't vote for it because it feels like a "missing" feature that should have been added when we added the Topaz.
- Thu Oct 17, 2013 5:52 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Need a Positive Review of Open Dental
- Replies: 15
- Views: 24701
Re: Need a Positive Review of Open Dental
There was some talk of regional User Group meetings at one point, but haven't heard anything recently. Anything in the works? We have some different options. My preferred option is for us to open up branch offices and have the staff at those offices do User Group meetings as part of their regular d...
- Thu Oct 17, 2013 5:42 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Noob Question - EMR/EHR
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6842
Re: Noob Question - EMR/EHR
I would put that particular note in the white box below the graphical tooth chart or else in the Service Notes section of the Medical window.
- Thu Oct 17, 2013 5:38 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: HIPAA Compliant Email
- Replies: 50
- Views: 141392
Re: HIPAA Compliant Email
The mandated format is called "Direct". It's a specific DNS technology for finding public and private keys associated with email addresses. We have finished building it.
- Thu Oct 17, 2013 7:03 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Feature Request - Bug???
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5051
Re: Feature Request - Bug???
What happens is that the weight is based max values. For example, if the request with the most votes has 950 votes, then we start with that as the max. All the other weights are set as falling between 0 and 950. If the request with 950 votes has people add or remove their votes, then all the other w...
- Tue Sep 03, 2013 2:51 pm
- Forum: Developers
- Topic: Error: Mixed mode assembly
- Replies: 19
- Views: 35829
Re: Error: Mixed mode assembly
We will add this to our manual.
- Tue Aug 27, 2013 7:24 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: New Server Recommendation(s)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 15698
Re: New Server Recommendation(s)
It might be your server. What does your CPU and memory usage look like in the Task Manager on your server? If that looks good, then it's not your server.
- Tue Aug 27, 2013 7:19 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Mobile Sync not working
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6414
Re: Mobile Sync not working
Are you 100% sure you are using the right username/password? Have one of them try to log in on your phone, and you try to log in on their phone. Other than that, I'm drawing a blank.
- Mon Aug 26, 2013 6:47 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Database Maintenance Issue
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4203
Re: Database Maintenance Issue
Great, it's a very current version. That means it's probably a subtle bug on our end. You should call us so that we know which office you're from. Tell the tech that you talk to that Jordan said it was a bug and for you to call. Tell the tech to escalate it to the programmers, but that you don't nee...
- Mon Aug 26, 2013 6:35 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Mobile Sync not working
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6414
Re: Mobile Sync not working
I don't understand what part of it isn't working. The synch doesn't happen on the mobile device, but only on one of the office workstations. So I think you are just saying you can't log in on your Android, but that your synch is working fine.
- Fri Aug 23, 2013 8:13 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Progress Note Signature
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7915
Re: Progress Note Signature
I practiced for 10 years and never signed a single procedure. Are you trying to follow a state law that we didn't have to deal with in Oregon?
- Fri Aug 23, 2013 8:06 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Database Maintenance Issue
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4203
Re: Database Maintenance Issue
What specific version are you using?
- Wed May 15, 2013 4:04 pm
- Forum: Developers
- Topic: Change access to method request....
- Replies: 8
- Views: 9087
Re: Change access to method request....
I'm having trouble understanding why. You're passing in an instance of that form? So the user isn't actually using the UI in that form? You're just using it as a container to simulate user input?
- Tue Apr 23, 2013 6:48 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Using Tablets for Health History Form Updates
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4184
Re: Using Tablets for Health History Form Updates
Make sure it's a Windows tablet, not some other operating system. And it can't be Windows RT; that's not really Windows. Screen size must also be at least 1024x768. We have a Window Surface 8 Pro that works fine.
- Wed Mar 27, 2013 7:06 pm
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: adding custom dynamic fields to appointment booking
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8617
Re: adding custom dynamic fields to appointment booking
Well, we already have a field for "booked by". It's part of the securitylog. You can see it in the audit trail for the appointment.
- Mon Mar 25, 2013 8:20 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Where'd the sticky go?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4801
Re: Where'd the sticky go?
I can't. About a year ago, they yanked the moderator status for all of the moderators of the various dental software forums. I'm assuming they reassigned those duties to someone a bit more impartial. Which makes sense, but now I can't touch it.
- Thu Mar 21, 2013 9:08 pm
- Forum: Developers
- Topic: Hook and Plugin Question
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5307
Re: Hook and Plugin Question
Yeah, that's fine. Oh goodie, an excuse to finally use the goto.
- Thu Mar 21, 2013 9:06 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: email from the competition
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6035
Re: email from the competition
We'll host it. Someday. We want to do it right.
- Thu Mar 21, 2013 9:04 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Where'd the sticky go?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4801
Re: Where'd the sticky go?
I might have pushed a button a few weeks ago to remove a sticky post. It was looking extremely outdated.
- Thu Mar 21, 2013 9:00 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Business Associate Agreement
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3651
Re: Business Associate Agreement
Probably, yes. You can print off ours and you sign it, and then you're good to go. You can fax us a copy for our records to 503-485-5202 http://www.opendental.com/manual/hipaacontract.html We are rewriting the mobile app so that we will not need any of your synched data. We don't like having your da...
- Thu Mar 21, 2013 8:57 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Treatment Plan Fees Updates?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4285
Re: Treatment Plan Fees Updates?
The estimates will be updated the first time you go into that patient's TP module.
- Thu Mar 21, 2013 8:56 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Open Dental VS. Dentrix Enterprise
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6549
Re: Open Dental VS. Dentrix Enterprise
We call them "clinics". So you have three clinics in one database, right? See the fifth screenshot on this page: http://www.opendental.com/manual/security.html See where it lets you restrict user to one clinic? There is a discussion a few paragraphs below the screenshot. Are you looking for absolute...
- Thu Mar 21, 2013 8:05 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Wiki is da bomb
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4729
Re: Wiki is da bomb
Right, that page in our manual will be detechified shortly. This is one of those features that would never have been added except that we needed it for ourselves. And as long as we built it, we might as well let everyone use it. But don't worry, we're not wasting our time building features that nobo...
- Mon Mar 18, 2013 11:05 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Inventory system
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4746
Re: Inventory system
It's also a bit underpowered, so it's reasonable to be searching for a supplemental product.
- Mon Mar 18, 2013 11:02 am
- Forum: Developers
- Topic: Hook and Plugin Question
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5307
Re: Hook and Plugin Question
I think it's a good idea for us to consider and to look into. But it would take days of valuable programming time. I don't think we have the resources to add any more "features" to plug-ins right now. We're really swamped with EHR 2014, etc.
- Sat Mar 16, 2013 3:09 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Export Data HL7
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4478
Re: Export Data HL7
The available fields all do seem to be listed on http://www.opendental.com/manual/hl7setup.html I think the problem is not lack of info but simply lack of fields that you are interested in. If you just want to export data, why don't you connect to the database instead using some sort of ODBC connect...
- Sat Mar 16, 2013 3:03 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Reports and/or Lists
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3634
Re: Reports and/or Lists
That sounds like the EHR incentive program. See the bottom of this page:
http://www.opendental.com/manual/ehrlicense.html
http://www.opendental.com/manual/ehrlicense.html
- Tue Mar 12, 2013 7:00 am
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: It's personal #2...
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6318
Re: It's personal #2...
As you said, our built-in email is not very sophisticated. Sheets are great, but not tied in very tightly with email yet. It sounds like you just need to do it the same way as you did it with Dentrix. My understanding is that you would merge to a Doc template, copy/paste, attach, and send via Outloo...
- Sat Mar 09, 2013 2:03 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Disabled Recall
- Replies: 14
- Views: 13571
Re: Disabled Recall
The bug fix that we released reenables the recall when changing the status back to patient.
- Sat Mar 09, 2013 1:55 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Spell Checker Ver 13.1.X
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3168
Re: Spell Checker Ver 13.1.X
Thanks. We're still tweaking and fine-tuning it. For example, we need to turn it off completely for certain windows like query editor where everything is "misspelled".
- Sat Mar 09, 2013 1:52 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Canadian Lab Fees
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6454
Re: Canadian Lab Fees
I thought we did just enhance lab fees within the last few months. The enhancement was to have the lab fee inside the procedure edit window for 99111. But I don't see on the version pages where it was added. We will research it and then update this page: http://www.opendental.com/manual/canadianenha...
- Sun Mar 03, 2013 10:28 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Disabled Recall
- Replies: 14
- Views: 13571
Re: Disabled Recall
I think that may be the answer. Savvy, are you regularly setting patients inactive as part of your office processes? If so, that would explain why it's a problem for you, and not anyone else. Here's a query to identify patients with the problem: SELECT patient.PatNum AS PtNum, LName, FName FROM reca...
- Fri Mar 01, 2013 11:08 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Open dental for UK NHS practices
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4017
Re: Open dental for UK NHS practices
Boy, there really are some small companies on that list. Maybe we will do it after all.
- Fri Mar 01, 2013 10:58 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: OMS on OD
- Replies: 13
- Views: 18542
Re: OMS on OD
http://opendentalsoft.com:1942/ODQueryList/QueryList.aspx When I limit that to referrals, I get 39 results. Yes, looking through them will give you a bit of information overload. But my point is that the information is in there, and we CAN get it out. Each office seems to want different details in t...
- Fri Mar 01, 2013 10:37 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Open Dental features
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3946
Re: Open Dental features
> Another issue is completing appointments doesnt trigger the appointment complete trigger for the time of patient dismissal and this has to be separately done, yet another unnecessary click. This must be a training/setup issue. Open Dental does do that automatically if set up right. I'm going to be...
- Fri Mar 01, 2013 10:06 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: OpenDental Support Fees
- Replies: 17
- Views: 20204
Re: OpenDental Support Fees
Oh good lord no. I haven't touched a drill in three years. We left the old building behind and moved on. 37 employees now.
- Thu Feb 21, 2013 9:55 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: wiki
- Replies: 9
- Views: 10493
Re: wiki
Once you open it you will leave it open all day, so there's no need to frequently find it. The images feature is mostly optimized for screenshots. In that case, you already know that the image will fit on the page. If I can remember, I will add that to the bottom of the wiki page in the manual where...
- Thu Feb 21, 2013 9:47 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: OpenDental Support Fees
- Replies: 17
- Views: 20204
Re: OpenDental Support Fees
The rumor is that Dentrix already has a call center in the Philippines. Come on, wouldn't it be nice to be able to call us on a Sunday, or on Christmas, or at 11 at night? I realize that highly-paid American staff can never be completely replaced. What Dell did was to bring back their call center to...
- Tue Feb 19, 2013 10:31 pm
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: MySQL
- Replies: 8
- Views: 13697
Re: MySQL
... insurance policy Jordan better take out for his cloud solution, provided they are completely dependent on him for backing things up. I'd be scared :-) Right. If we take full responsibility for backups, it becomes a huge legal liability for us. Our insurance company specifically asks us that que...
- Tue Feb 19, 2013 10:24 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: OpenDental Support Fees
- Replies: 17
- Views: 20204
Re: OpenDental Support Fees
Believe me, we are always thinking about how to lower the monthly cost. A few of the most likely ways that this will happen are: 1. A "lite" version that has less features, so less than can go wrong and less settings and options to be trained on. This will probably be the web version. 2. A plan wher...
- Tue Feb 19, 2013 9:56 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: New Version Naming Conventions?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10018
Re: New Version Naming Conventions?
What normal person starts counting at zero? We decided we would start counting like everyone else: at one. That's all.
- Wed Jan 23, 2013 7:44 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Document Management only
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5278
Re: Document Management only
It doesn't work well to try to mix and match two different systems unless you can quickly bridge between them. In this case you would need a bridge from SoftDent to Open Dental. We allow you to pass in the patient Id in a command line argument: http://www.opendental.com/manual/commandline.html So th...
- Wed Jan 23, 2013 7:12 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: signatures
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4918
Re: signatures
You can use either a stylus on a touch screen or you can use a Topaz pad. In either case, you end up with a signature that can be proven by a forensics expert to be yours. If you sign with a mouse, you can't prove it was you. It may still be legally binding, just like clicking a checkbox or typing o...
- Fri Jan 18, 2013 1:56 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: wiki
- Replies: 9
- Views: 10493
Re: wiki
You could scan MSDSs, then import the images so they show on the wiki pages. No way to resize images for better viewing yet.
It could be used for patient education as long as you didn't have other private things on other pages in your wiki.
It could be used for patient education as long as you didn't have other private things on other pages in your wiki.
- Tue Jan 15, 2013 9:15 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Security Lock/Control on Monthly and Yearly Reports
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6039
Re: Security Lock/Control on Monthly and Yearly Reports
You can block them from seeing Production and Income and Aging. All of those are in a Permission that's separate from the main permission for reports. It's about 9 down from the top in the Security setup window.
- Tue Jan 15, 2013 9:13 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: 30 year old practice
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4715
Re: 30 year old practice
QSI is listed on our conversions page as one that we have done
http://opendentalsoft.com:1942/Conversi ... nList.aspx
http://opendentalsoft.com:1942/Conversi ... nList.aspx
- Tue Jan 15, 2013 9:11 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Confused about Planned Appts
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2718
Re: Confused about Planned Appts
I replied to this on Dental Town a few days ago.
- Tue Jan 15, 2013 8:50 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: wiki
- Replies: 9
- Views: 10493
Re: wiki
We built it out of desperation for our own use. We've been using Share Point, the MS wiki, for a few years. It seems to be widely used, but it is really just an awful awful program. The "wysiwyg" is extremely buggy and finicky. So we found it essential to build our own wiki that saves all the pages ...
- Wed Jan 09, 2013 2:09 pm
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: A Database Mainenence Bug ( at least for us :)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4301
Re: A Database Mainenence Bug ( at least for us :)
All orphaned claimpayments would match that criteria. I don't know of any way for the user to mark them as partial or not partial. I'm thinking about removing that section from db maint completely. I think it's an old section that had to be before the batch interface was built. A long time ago, the ...
- Fri Jan 04, 2013 10:47 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Re-linking completed procedures with an appointment
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5017
Re: Re-linking completed procedures with an appointment
What you did is essentially the recommended way of doing it, except that you added in some extra unnecessary steps. Try this: 1. Create appointment. This takes you to the appointment edit window. 2. You will see the completed and unattached proc in that window. Single click to attach it to this new ...
- Wed Jan 02, 2013 10:17 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: 2013 Code Changes
- Replies: 9
- Views: 9956
Re: 2013 Code Changes
I think all the codes were added. Try checking the box for Show Hidden and then select all categories. As for the descriptions not changing, I'm not sure. We will be looking into that in the morning (Thursday).
- Tue Dec 18, 2012 4:03 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Telephone integration with Open Dental
- Replies: 15
- Views: 27455
Re: Telephone integration with Open Dental
TAPI has been around for about 20 years. Click on a phone number, and the phone card in the computer picks up the line and dials. It assumes you will pick up the same line to handle the call. That's the low hanging fruit that we will attempt before anything fancy. It should work just fine with POTS ...
- Tue Dec 18, 2012 3:44 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: HTML email
- Replies: 8
- Views: 10016
Re: HTML email
Sorry, that's outdated information. We used to give quotes, but we don't do that anymore. You could do the very same thing by putting a pledge into our feature request system. I don't think we would release something that just let you put raw html in the message. At the very least, we would include ...
- Wed Nov 21, 2012 6:07 pm
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: MySQL
- Replies: 8
- Views: 13697
Re: MySQL
Patient portal would be an entirely different piece of software even if it does get build on the same framework as the browser version.
- Wed Nov 21, 2012 5:47 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: PC Tablet setup and e-forms
- Replies: 6
- Views: 8818
Re: PC Tablet setup and e-forms
There are 3 ways to use forms:
1. Open and edit from Chart module.
2. Online web forms.
3. Kiosk
I would suggest using #1. That means you will install the full version of OD, connect it to your db, etc. Then, on the tablet, browse to the patient, and open up the form.
1. Open and edit from Chart module.
2. Online web forms.
3. Kiosk
I would suggest using #1. That means you will install the full version of OD, connect it to your db, etc. Then, on the tablet, browse to the patient, and open up the form.
- Wed Nov 21, 2012 5:45 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Trial version is too old
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2788
Re: Trial version is too old
Thanks. The next trial version is going to be 12.4. We'll probably wait just slightly longer until it's out of beta.
- Tue Nov 20, 2012 6:03 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Need Networking HELP..
- Replies: 35
- Views: 53774
Re: Need Networking HELP..
Holy cow. It was the network card driver. Looking at this conversation in hind sight, I should have mentioned that it doesn't help troubleshooting when all the computers are exactly the same. Because one typical troubleshooting step is to make a different computer the server to help eliminate indivi...
- Tue Nov 20, 2012 5:57 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Digital pen integration for sheets
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2869
Re: Digital pen integration for sheets
We allow freehand drawing anywhere on sheets. So if it can emulate a mouse, then it can be used to mark up a sheet. It's not anything that we've tested or have looked into.
- Mon Nov 19, 2012 7:24 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Need Networking HELP..
- Replies: 35
- Views: 53774
Re: Need Networking HELP..
Grrr. This only seems to affect a few users and it only happens intermittently. We run OD very intensively on many dozens of computers at our HQ, and it never happens. But I did just think of one thing we do differently here. We have this line: max-connections=1000 in our my.ini file. See the bottom...
- Sun Nov 18, 2012 4:13 pm
- Forum: Developers
- Topic: svn server down?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4653
Re: svn server down?
Right. We moved to a new building last month.
- Sun Nov 18, 2012 4:11 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Hardware question
- Replies: 9
- Views: 9200
Re: Hardware question
Yes. I use an Apricorn on a daily basis. I no longer have to worry about it getting stolen. I think your 320g is enough for a few years, maybe 3. I think 5 is stretching it. Right. No need for encryption on workstations since you shouldn't be storing anything on them. The backup software that we rec...
- Sun Nov 18, 2012 10:25 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Customize an RX
- Replies: 11
- Views: 10737
Re: Customize an RX
It's request #1440. I strongly suggest that you vote for it if you need it. Until then, you may have to write it on each Rx manually. Or, if you don't also have a state Rx id, then you could put your NPI in that field in the provider edit window, and put that output field onto the Rx.
- Sun Nov 18, 2012 10:14 am
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: MySQL
- Replies: 8
- Views: 13697
Re: MySQL
You could, but performance isn't going to be that great unless the application layer is also running on the same cloud platform. Believe me, these are some of the very most complex issues I think about, and I think about them all the time. There are no easy answers, but we are attacking the problems...
- Sun Nov 18, 2012 9:12 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Referal email subjects
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3127
Re: Referal email subjects
Just fixed for 12.4. Give it a few days to come out before you update.
- Sun Nov 18, 2012 8:46 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Hardware question
- Replies: 9
- Views: 9200
Re: Hardware question
That's big enough for a few years, but don't forget that you'll need a larger hard drive somewhere for your backups. Maybe a portable Apricorn.
- Sat Nov 17, 2012 10:25 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Steriplex
- Replies: 8
- Views: 14623
Re: Steriplex
I thought about that, and it's very tempting. But I would wait. The very first endo studies are just coming out. This one, for example, https://digarchive.library.vcu.edu/bitstream/handle/10156/3685/Harris_Jesse_MSD.pdf?sequence=1 concludes that Steriplex is cytotoxic. Not from the active ingredient...
- Sat Nov 17, 2012 9:30 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Need Networking HELP..
- Replies: 35
- Views: 53774
Re: Need Networking HELP..
Another major problem with not having antivirus is that you can't do your Windows updates. Doing the Windows updates is usually one of the very first ordinary maintenance jobs that you perform on a new computer. Just to recap, your network looks like this?: internet modem ------ router ------ cisco ...
- Fri Nov 16, 2012 10:21 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Steriplex
- Replies: 8
- Views: 14623
Re: Steriplex
http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/chem_search/ppls/084545-00011-20111223.pdf contains a fair amount of data. On page 12, it states, "This product is not to be used as a terminal sterilant/high level disinfectant on any surface or instrument that (1) is introduced directly into the human body, either in...
- Fri Nov 16, 2012 7:45 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Reportable Sheets
- Replies: 8
- Views: 8141
Re: Reportable Sheets
We hadn't planned on building any tools. This was mostly for power users. I haven't really thought about what the queries would look like. I was more interested in just making it possible to write a query if someone were motivated enough.
- Fri Nov 16, 2012 7:40 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Need Networking HELP..
- Replies: 35
- Views: 53774
Re: Need Networking HELP..
I don't understand why you're not running antivirus. Have you considered that you simply have viruses? I can understand turning off your antivirus for 5 or 10 minutes as a troubleshooting step, but it's absolutely critical that you always run antivirus software. So I would take the time to install K...
- Fri Nov 16, 2012 6:57 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Steriplex
- Replies: 8
- Views: 14623
Re: Steriplex
I don't think it kills roaches.
- Fri Nov 16, 2012 12:46 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Steriplex
- Replies: 8
- Views: 14623
Steriplex
A new high-level sporicidal disinfectant is on the market called Steriplex. It's more effective than bleach, but is also totally non-toxic to humans. You could pour this stuff on an open burn wound without any problems. In fact, they are considering doing exactly that. It's recommended for food cont...
- Wed Nov 14, 2012 6:50 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Reportable Sheets
- Replies: 8
- Views: 8141
Re: Reportable Sheets
You asked how to use it... You see the new Reportable Name field in the sheet field defs, right? Well, when a sheet for a patient is created, that Reportable Name flows down to the sheet field. So now, you can run queries that make use of that. There can now be a difference between the misc checkbox...
- Wed Nov 14, 2012 6:35 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: problem with OD scanning of attachments for NEA
- Replies: 13
- Views: 16981
Re: problem with OD scanning of attachments for NEA
> Is it possible to have OD give an option to open a scanned EOB in a different window taking up the complete screen for NEA purposes?
I don't understand. Isn't it very close to filling the screen entirely, anyway? Are you really saying you need to have it about 60 pixels bigger?
I don't understand. Isn't it very close to filling the screen entirely, anyway? Are you really saying you need to have it about 60 pixels bigger?
- Wed Nov 14, 2012 6:29 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Scan to sheets
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6038
Re: Scan to sheets
300 dpi should indeed give you a nice crisp image to work with. It helps to have photo software to do minor cropping, touchup, etc. Corel PhotoPaint works nicely, but does take some time to learn how to use.
- Mon Oct 29, 2012 6:50 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Looking for Open Dental user in NW Washington
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2890
Re: Looking for Open Dental user in NW Washington
We can give a few references directly to the dentist.
- Thu Oct 25, 2012 7:02 pm
- Forum: Developers
- Topic: OD12.3 - Could not load file or assembly 'SigPlusNET.dll
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4095
Re: OD12.3 - Could not load file or assembly 'SigPlusNET.dll
No, it will not cause any malfunction. It just causes it to run very slightly slower.
- Thu Oct 18, 2012 7:03 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: 12.3 change CDT change?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5629
Re: 12.3 change CDT change?
What specific version of Open Dental are you on? You didn't compile it yourself, did you?
- Mon Oct 15, 2012 5:04 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Make Appt
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6849
Re: Make Appt
I didn't feel that the reason given on the other thread was good enough. But this reason is certainly valid. How about if we add some intelligence? If the patient has a planned appointment or a broken appointment, then the window comes up. Otherwise, it doesn't.
- Sun Oct 07, 2012 6:09 pm
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: Is your root password blank?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 33173
Re: Is your root password blank?
I'm moving this to the advanced topics where it belongs. It's a non-issue for most offices.
- Sun Oct 07, 2012 6:07 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Epson GT-S50 Scanner issues
- Replies: 15
- Views: 19720
Re: Epson GT-S50 Scanner issues
What exact version of Open Dental are you using?
- Sun Oct 07, 2012 5:18 pm
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: Fee Schedule MYSQL Table
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5435
Re: Fee Schedule MYSQL Table
It would be a feature request to add the capability to do multiple fee schedules simultaneously.
- Mon Oct 01, 2012 7:06 pm
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: MySQL database password protection
- Replies: 8
- Views: 14372
Re: MySQL database password protection
How would they copy those files in the first place? They don't have the key to the server room (see #1 above), and they can't get to it via a shared folder (see #2 above). So yes, you do need to protect that folder and your backups, both physically and digitally.
- Mon Oct 01, 2012 7:04 pm
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: help on the mysql version issue after upgraded ubuntu
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6987
Re: help on the mysql version issue after upgraded ubuntu
You need to have upgraded Open Dental before upgrading mysql. http://www.opendental.com/manual/mysql55.html There is no other way to solve your problem. So either roll back your ubuntu update, or else move your database to another computer that's running a lower version of mysql. Then, upgrade Open ...
- Wed Sep 26, 2012 8:29 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Denti-cal claim form
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3700
Re: Denti-cal claim form
Actually, you would set the claim form for the insurance plan itself. Then the claims would automatically use that claim form.
- Wed Sep 26, 2012 8:28 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Accurate A/R
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5446
Re: Accurate A/R
You would need a report that shows (fee-WO) instead of just (fee) for the pending procs. Right? It seems like there ought to be some reports like that on our query examples page. http://70.90.133.65:1942/ODQueryList/QueryList.aspx After adding the writeoff filter on that page, I get 32 results. One ...
- Wed Sep 26, 2012 8:18 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: CallFire Changed?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10901
Re: CallFire Changed?
CallFire now has two totally different APIs. We use the "classic" one, I think it's called. Their website seems to be halfway converted, and it's easy to end up in the wrong part of it, with the wrong API. We should put some warnings at the top of our page in the manual.
- Tue Sep 25, 2012 1:11 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: New Appt/Note Creation Behavior (beta 12.3)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6868
Re: New Appt/Note Creation Behavior (beta 12.3)
We make notes all the time as well. But we just use regular appointments for our notes rather than the special appointment type. I guess I've never really understood the need for doing it your way. As for the number of clicks, I'm only counting one additional click as well as the possibility of forg...
- Fri Sep 21, 2012 4:06 pm
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: MySQL database password protection
- Replies: 8
- Views: 14372
Re: MySQL database password protection
Yes. http://www.opendental.com/manual/mysqlsecurity.html But you would also need to: 1. Physically restrict access to the server. 2. Not share the mysql folder on the network. 3. Use our web service middle tier: http://www.opendental.com/manual/webservice.html It's not that hard, but it does take so...
- Sat Sep 08, 2012 10:42 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Email setup issues
- Replies: 12
- Views: 30533
Re: Email setup issues
I just want to make sure people understand that, even if they turn on SSL for their email uploads, that the email is still not considered secure. The only way to secure it would be to encrypt the actual email before sending. That what feature request 2211 is all about. If you're having trouble sendi...
- Sat Sep 08, 2012 7:52 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Error in installing OD on new home computer
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3375
Re: Error in installing OD on new home computer
Delete that file. Sounds like you have (or had) a mix of InnoDb and MyISAM tables, and that results in problems like this when backing up. http://www.opendental.com/manual/mysqlinnodb.html The link above isn't really going to help you with your issue; I just wanted to make you aware of it. Recent ve...
- Sat Sep 08, 2012 7:46 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Australian version, hicaps, etc
- Replies: 7
- Views: 13421
Re: Australian version, hicaps, etc
Excellent. I've made some changes to our Australian page. Open Dental has existed for 10 years, and in all that time, not a single strong foreign distribution has been developed and maintained by another company. There are a number of countries where a half-hearted attempt has been made, but this Au...
- Fri Sep 07, 2012 10:07 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Online Bill Pay for Patients
- Replies: 12
- Views: 12117
Re: Online Bill Pay for Patients
No, nothing yet. We have lots of plans, of course.
- Mon Sep 03, 2012 8:37 am
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: Web version progress
- Replies: 22
- Views: 36071
Re: Web version progress
A little bit, but not really. Modern reporting engines all seem to work well in a web environment.
- Mon Sep 03, 2012 8:32 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Australian version, hicaps, etc
- Replies: 7
- Views: 13421
Re: Australian version, hicaps, etc
The programmer who had been working on it ran into some difficulty and also got busy with other things. Looks like it's up to us.
- Sun Sep 02, 2012 10:26 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Sharing
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7766
Re: Sharing
Dang! That's pretty much a fatal flaw in having that forum. I think we turned off file uploads when we got some porn spam being posted to our forum. But spam has been nicely under control for at least a year, so I just turned on file uploads again. I doubt it will work flawlessly at first, but we wi...
- Sun Sep 02, 2012 8:53 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: win SBS 2011 vs Win 7 Pro
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4556
Re: win SBS 2011 vs Win 7 Pro
I don't like SBS because it's an intentionally crippled version of Windows Server for a very small cost savings. I would suggest using Win 7 Pro on all machines. When Windows Server 2012 comes out, consider using it (the full standard version) if you will grow beyond 10 workstations.
- Thu Aug 30, 2012 8:47 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Time lock on existing appointments
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7983
Re: Time lock on existing appointments
Yes, that was added in version 12.3 on 6/29/2012. It was request 210. Go to Setup, Modules, Appointments. Check Appointment Time Locked by Default.
- Thu Aug 30, 2012 6:46 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Australian version, hicaps, etc
- Replies: 7
- Views: 13421
Re: Australian version, hicaps, etc
FDI numbering has been in place for 10 years. There was a programmer who was working on Hicaps about a year ago. I just sent him an email asking for his status. We have more resources now, and we also happen to have an Australian staff member. We will at least contact Hicaps for the specs, and then ...
- Wed Aug 29, 2012 12:07 pm
- Forum: Developers
- Topic: some plugin-developer-friendly requests
- Replies: 7
- Views: 10465
Re: some plugin-developer-friendly requests
The docs kind of assume that you're a programmer who is going to take the time to look at the code and figure it all out anyway. If you're not going to dig that deep, then any plugin you write would be flawed and buggy anyway, right?
- Fri Aug 24, 2012 6:47 pm
- Forum: Developers
- Topic: GPL v2 or v3?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5406
Re: GPL v2 or v3?
we believe they form a single program Well, I don't believe. I guess all that really matters is what happens in a courtroom some day if someone decides to press the matter for some reason. As with most areas of law, it's quite a gray area. But I have a very hard time believing that anyone would be ...
- Tue Aug 14, 2012 8:06 pm
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: Web version progress
- Replies: 22
- Views: 36071
Re: Web version progress
1. Yes. The "client code" does still need to download from the server, somehow. The usual trick is to do that in the background while you are busy logging in. But no install, and this is the main motivation. 2. True. It would run in any browser on any device. 3. The server will be a C# dotNet applic...
- Mon Aug 13, 2012 6:59 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: web sheets and ipads?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5004
Re: web sheets and ipads?
Almost. The Kiosk will prefill demographics for verification by patient. And it will also allow signature.
- Thu Aug 09, 2012 7:05 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Security question - procedure note
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5998
Re: Security question - procedure note
The procedure note permission is sort of considered to be a subset of the procedure edit permission. As such, it wasn't designed to have looser permissions than its "parent".
- Thu Aug 09, 2012 7:02 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Multiple Locations
- Replies: 10
- Views: 21371
Re: Multiple Locations
That should work just fine. Who carries the laptop around? That person had better not be late in the morning or need to leave quickly at the end of the day. Obviously, use Windows to encrypt the mysql folder. There are not good instructions for that in our manual yet. Another option would be to take...
- Thu Aug 02, 2012 6:19 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Sharing
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7766
Re: Sharing
Posts should be going straight in. There must be a bad setting that is causing posts to wait for approval. I'll try to iron it out.
- Thu Aug 02, 2012 1:32 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Vixwin bridge
- Replies: 36
- Views: 1996289
Re: Vixwin bridge
Our conversion department is now researching whether they can move those images over for you.
- Mon Jul 30, 2012 10:12 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Vixwin bridge
- Replies: 36
- Views: 1996289
Re: Vixwin bridge
We can remote connect with you to figure out #3. But what about questions 1 and 2? If the answer to #1 is "yes", then all this talk about bridged versus standalone is completely irrelevant.
- Sun Jul 29, 2012 4:30 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: QuickBooks Integration Version 12.1
- Replies: 11
- Views: 21510
Re: QuickBooks Integration Version 12.1
> Tonya passed along that Jason said I wouldn't be able to use that feature unless I was using the Accounting features in Open Dental.
Well that's just flat out wrong. Clearly a communication problem. Jason will keep working on it.
Well that's just flat out wrong. Clearly a communication problem. Jason will keep working on it.
- Sun Jul 29, 2012 3:48 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Vixwin bridge
- Replies: 36
- Views: 1996289
Re: Vixwin bridge
I've now seen the notes regarding this issue. I have the following questions: 1. When you were using PW, were you using VixWin in bridged mode? 2. If so, are you still using the same path in VixWin for the images? 3. How are the individual patient folders named and organized? We may need to replicat...
- Sat Jul 28, 2012 3:51 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Clinic column in 'Send Claims' & Med/Premed Flag
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7561
Re: Clinic column in 'Send Claims' & Med/Premed Flag
It's been fixed and should be released soon.
- Sat Jul 28, 2012 3:49 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: set up block schedule
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5761
Re: set up block schedule
Yes. Setup, Modules, Appointments. Third option down is to use solid blockouts.
- Sat Jul 28, 2012 10:34 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Vixwin bridge
- Replies: 36
- Views: 1996289
Re: Vixwin bridge
Open Dental has been around for 10 years, actually. If the tech answering the call can't help, then it needs to be escalated to our interface department. Our interface department will help characterize the issue and will get better documentation into our manual. I also suspect that our conversion de...
- Sat Jul 28, 2012 10:24 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: can opendental update the address filled in registration frm
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2896
- Fri Jul 27, 2012 6:40 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Actual time spent for services rendered
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6831
Re: Actual time spent for services rendered
You're not saying PW does this, are you? No, Open Dental does not yet do this, and it would be a feature request, maybe even 2 or 3 separate feature requests. I don't see any existing matching feature requests.
- Mon Jul 23, 2012 8:57 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Med/Premed flag on appointment - possible bug
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3875
Re: Med/Premed flag on appointment - possible bug
Sure, we'll call that a bug. I expect there to be many issues like this with the EHR features because they are so new. We'll only fix it in version 12.3, as we are about to certify that version.
- Sun Jul 22, 2012 10:19 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Dr Ceph Program Link doesn't work anymore?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3801
Re: Dr Ceph Program Link doesn't work anymore?
We haven't changed anything in that bridge, but we'll look into it.
- Sun Jul 22, 2012 8:16 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Vixwin bridge
- Replies: 36
- Views: 1996289
Re: Vixwin bridge
Jordan, I spoke with OD customer support today about bridging my VixWinPro with OD, and was told that I would have to use VixWin in a stand alone mode. The tech remoted in to attempt the bridge but, concluded that it was not possible. From all of the posts that I read on DT, I thought OD was able t...
- Sun Jul 22, 2012 7:53 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: School-based sealant programs
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2807
Re: School-based sealant programs
http://www.opendental.com/manual/multiplelocations.html Probably something like figure 8. Speed would be fine. We do have a screening tool built in http://www.opendental.com/manual/publichealth.html although you can tell from the comments about PDAs that it's getting a bit dated. Still works fine, t...
- Sun Jul 22, 2012 7:45 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Edit payment bug, v12.3.1.0
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4033
- Sun Jul 22, 2012 7:45 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Practice Works to Open Dental
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3082
Re: Practice Works to Open Dental
We have a medical history form that you can print when patient checks in: http://www.opendental.com/manual/medicalhistory.html Our automation http://www.opendental.com/manual/automation.html does not yet have a trigger for checkin or an action for printing medical history. So you would have to print...
- Thu Jul 12, 2012 7:28 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Import Insurance Plans and medical hx
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3781
Re: Import Insurance Plans and medical hx
The instructions are here:
http://www.opendental.com/manual/medicalhistory.html
If they are unclear, please let us know.
http://www.opendental.com/manual/medicalhistory.html
If they are unclear, please let us know.
- Wed Jul 11, 2012 8:05 pm
- Forum: Developers
- Topic: HookAddCode request for deposit slip reconciliation
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8097
Re: HookAddCode request for deposit slip reconciliation
Michael will be doing this as soon as he's done with bug fixes.