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- Sun Aug 12, 2007 3:06 pm
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: Database Changes
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4417
- Sun Aug 12, 2007 1:48 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: 5.0
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10228
- Sun Aug 12, 2007 1:18 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Suni Sensors
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4474
It's a very new feature, so I wouldn't expect too much from it. You can try it, but be forewarned that you still might have to get Apteryx. We finally got the Rinn holders for it, and now it's just a matter of figuring out how to hang it in the room so that it won't get damaged. Once we start using ...
- Sun Aug 12, 2007 1:14 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: messagepal.com
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6757
- Sat Aug 11, 2007 1:48 pm
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: Creating A New Feture: Auto Note
- Replies: 28
- Views: 29822
- Sat Aug 11, 2007 1:10 pm
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: New strategy for multiple offices
- Replies: 0
- Views: 4458
New strategy for multiple offices
I just updated the website with our new strategy for multiple offices. http://www.open-dent.com/manual/multiplelocations.html Replication support would be better than the current daisy chain replication option. Also see http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/ ... leout.html
- Sat Aug 11, 2007 9:42 am
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: Creating A New Feture: Auto Note
- Replies: 28
- Views: 29822
I just updated the coding styles page with this: If you are using C# Express Edition, and you don't see the "Tabs" group under Text Editor, C#, look down a little bit and find the checkbox to show all groups. The "Tabs" group will then be visible. The problem here with you committing is that you see...
- Sat Aug 11, 2007 9:02 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: messagepal.com
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6757
You realize that our software already does this, right? http://www.open-dent.com/manual/messages.html I'm guessing ours just doesn't have the right mix of features for you?
- Sat Aug 11, 2007 8:58 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Digital Xray suggestion
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8886
- Thu Aug 09, 2007 9:15 am
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: Creating A New Feture: Auto Note
- Replies: 28
- Views: 29822
I still don't understand the basic problem. When they click OK from within the autonote, the text should just go back into the textbox of the FormProcEdit. No events. No reload. Nothing fancy. It's quite simple. Specifically, you have a public string in the autonote form. Once the form is closed, yo...
- Thu Aug 09, 2007 9:08 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Digital Xray suggestion
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8886
- Thu Aug 09, 2007 9:07 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Sealants as preventioce...
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4739
- Tue Aug 07, 2007 11:09 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Confusing installer
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6807
- Tue Aug 07, 2007 11:06 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: CHARTING is refreshing slowly
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4847
- Tue Aug 07, 2007 11:04 am
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: Creating A New Feture: Auto Note
- Replies: 28
- Views: 29822
- Tue Aug 07, 2007 10:22 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Suni Feedback
- Replies: 13
- Views: 30837
Ah, you haven't purchased them yet. Well, probably the next sensor that interests me is the Schick because they have such excellent and public documentation on their website. The problem with the e2v is that they do not sell retail. And each retailer generally creates their own hardware controller, ...
- Tue Aug 07, 2007 10:19 am
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: Asterisk
- Replies: 21
- Views: 29772
- Tue Aug 07, 2007 10:18 am
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: Creating A New Feture: Auto Note
- Replies: 28
- Views: 29822
The parameters in the FormProcEdit.cs constructor are simply to pass in the current patient objects. They are clumsy and a relic from earlier versions. Obviously, it would be better if FormProcEdit.cs obtained those objects internally for better encapsulation. But it seems like low priority. Just lo...
- Mon Aug 06, 2007 2:09 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Suni Feedback
- Replies: 13
- Views: 30837
- Mon Aug 06, 2007 10:34 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Confusing installer
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6807
I'm really not sure what popup you are referring to. I could not find any window called "After Installation". Are you talking about the one that says this?: "Download succeeded. Setup program will now begin. When done, restart the program on this computer, then on the other computers." It's just rem...
- Fri Aug 03, 2007 1:23 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Charting Thoughts
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4509
It's not another paint type we need. It's another status. When we add a "condition" status, there will be two additional colors for you to customize: a light and dark version for that status. It's been planned for quite some time. But it's competing with a few other features that have a higher wow f...
- Fri Aug 03, 2007 1:13 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Transfer of program to another computer
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8634
If you look on your old server, you will find C:\Program Files\OpenDentalInstaller\ which contains the old trial version. Install that first. Then use the Setup.exe in your A-Z folder to upgrade to your current version. Normally, you would install the current trial version posted on our website as a...
- Thu Aug 02, 2007 3:27 pm
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: Creating A New Feture: Auto Note
- Replies: 28
- Views: 29822
- Thu Aug 02, 2007 2:23 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: e-mail
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8930
- Thu Aug 02, 2007 12:44 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Medical History Updates
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4853
- Thu Aug 02, 2007 12:42 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: od 5.0 and vista home premium
- Replies: 5
- Views: 12683
- Thu Aug 02, 2007 11:43 am
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: Multiple Offices, Multiple Image Folders
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4662
Right. I'm aware of that request. But I was thinking the other day... Your database is replicated within a few seconds, right? So both databases are always identical, right? So why would it be a problem to set a backup program to keep the image folders synchronized? Yes, the first time you get both ...
- Thu Aug 02, 2007 11:33 am
- Forum: Developers
- Topic: Drawing of Image
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5857
- Thu Aug 02, 2007 11:32 am
- Forum: Developers
- Topic: 2 planned appointments
- Replies: 8
- Views: 12715
Or you could just tighten down the staff procedures. There should be one assistant for a given procedure. That assistant is responsible for creating the planned appointment. They can't be on two computers at once. Go ahead and add that feature it you want, but I would consider it a very low priority.
- Tue Jul 31, 2007 5:07 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: VixWin or OD bridge Vista problem?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8743
Try the link at the bottom of this page: http://www.open-dent.com/manual/vista.html Vista computers have trouble finding shared network folders. Now, you say it's a "mapped" network drive. Does that mean it looks like "F:\" or "G:\"? Or does it look more like "\\SERVER\"? I'm not saying I'm even clo...
- Tue Jul 31, 2007 3:52 pm
- Forum: Developers
- Topic: 2 planned appointments
- Replies: 8
- Views: 12715
- Tue Jul 31, 2007 3:47 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: VixWin or OD bridge Vista problem?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8743
- Tue Jul 31, 2007 7:18 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Notes on scanned docs, old forum
- Replies: 7
- Views: 12877
It always tends to be a problem if you have the exact same window open for the exact same patient, such as the patient edit window, or one procedure edit window. The last person to click OK will be the one who has their changes saved. (except chart notes, which always perfectly record all changes). ...
- Tue Jul 31, 2007 6:39 am
- Forum: Developers
- Topic: 2 planned appointments
- Replies: 8
- Views: 12715
- Mon Jul 30, 2007 6:34 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Notes on scanned docs, old forum
- Replies: 7
- Views: 12877
First of all, move to a bigger monitor. 22" widescreen with speakers are available for $230. Or splurge for a 28" 1900?x1200 for about $650. OK, now you will have space to run two copies of OD side by side. Pull up the same patient in both copies. It has always been planned right from the beginning ...
- Sun Jul 29, 2007 6:21 pm
- Forum: Developers
- Topic: Stationary
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10701
- Sun Jul 29, 2007 1:28 pm
- Forum: Developers
- Topic: Stationary
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10701
- Sun Jul 29, 2007 8:18 am
- Forum: Developers
- Topic: Stationary
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10701
Stationary
I've finally had a moment to review the stationary feature. I have the following comments: 1. The word processor path should be eliminated. Windows can use the extension .doc to figure out which program to use to launch it. 2. You can't use @"\" to join paths. That won't work on Linux. 3. Please don...
- Sun Jul 29, 2007 7:58 am
- Forum: Developers
- Topic: 2 planned appointments
- Replies: 8
- Views: 12715
- Sun Jul 29, 2007 7:25 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Logo addition to Prescriptions
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6504
- Sat Jul 28, 2007 1:52 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Usee Queries
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5018
Yes, there are lots of books. The book I use most is called the MySQL Cookbook. It's meant for programmers, but you still might find it very useful if you ignore the programming part. I like the Cookbook, because each "chapter" is about 5 pages long and addresses one specific practical need. Kind of...
- Sat Jul 28, 2007 12:55 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: entery of procedure
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4798
- Fri Jul 27, 2007 9:31 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Suggestion for Chart Module
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6044
- Fri Jul 27, 2007 9:21 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Demographics by Zip Code
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6565
- Fri Jul 27, 2007 9:04 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: New patient report
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5969
- Fri Jul 27, 2007 9:01 pm
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: Clustering
- Replies: 9
- Views: 14300
When I wrote Free Dental version 1.0, I used what I thought were reasonable field lengths. I was proven wrong many many times. That's why all the fields keep ending up bigger. Keep in mind that, for ISAM tables, the field length is nearly meaningless, having zero performance penalty. Even as recentl...
- Fri Jul 27, 2007 8:01 am
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: Clustering
- Replies: 9
- Views: 14300
- Thu Jul 26, 2007 9:13 pm
- Forum: Developers
- Topic: Bug Tracking
- Replies: 5
- Views: 7351
Yes, Derek has been working hard on it. He almost had it running today, but we had to put out some other fires. That's why we have been letting some of the bugs languish. We thought it was more important to get the bug tracking built. It's a big deal for us, so it will certainly be posted when there...
- Thu Jul 26, 2007 4:55 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: newpatientforms.com
- Replies: 4
- Views: 9301
I am already planning for the day when the patient will have access to their own "chart" online. This means we don't put embarrassing comments in the procedure notes, only professional tone entries. Comments about the patient that we don't wish them to see belong in the Commlog for now because I dou...
- Thu Jul 26, 2007 10:57 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Suni Feedback
- Replies: 13
- Views: 30837
Well, I wanted to keep on using the sensor, not just evaluate it. I don't want to be beholden to them or pressured to market their sensors to our users. As we add more sensors, I think we will probably do it by temporarily "borrowing" sensors from the manufacturers for testing purposes only. That wo...
- Thu Jul 26, 2007 10:53 am
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: Duplicate Records Query
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5249
Are you using Oracle or MySQL? Try: SELECT COUNT(*) AS repetitions, LName, FName, Birthdate FROM patient WHERE PatStatus!=4 GROUP BY LName,FName,Birthdate HAVING repetitions > 1 The reason I ask about Oracle is that, when you use a GROUP BY clause, it might require you to include all 4 columns (??)....
- Thu Jul 26, 2007 8:04 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Suni Feedback
- Replies: 13
- Views: 30837
Version 5.0 is still beta. We haven't actually been using it with real patients yet, since we had to order sensor holders, etc. To my eye, the image looks the same as when captured in Apteryx. There will undoubtedly still be some bugs or annoyances in the program flow that will be discovered when we...
- Wed Jul 25, 2007 2:52 pm
- Forum: Developers
- Topic: Coding Style - White space
- Replies: 4
- Views: 9976
Reduction of white space isn't to save space in the compiled program. Instead, it serves these purposes: 1. Consistency. The more similar all the code in the program is, the more efficient it is for us. 2. Readability. If blank lines are left in methods, it makes it hard to tell where the divisions ...
- Wed Jul 25, 2007 10:03 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Appointment shown in progress notes
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6396
- Wed Jul 25, 2007 7:38 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: 3D tooth chart much slower in 5.0.9 than it was in 5.0.6
- Replies: 21
- Views: 22302
Derek insists there was no change to the graphics between 5.0.6 and 5.0.9. Integrated graphics chips are frequently not powerful enough to handle the 3D tooth chart, but I'll let Derek make further comments on that. Try updating the driver. If that does not work, purchase a graphics card. They don't...
- Tue Jul 24, 2007 5:14 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: All those Dates
- Replies: 4
- Views: 9200
- Tue Jul 24, 2007 5:13 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Is there a bridge for NEA fastattach program?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 29159
- Tue Jul 24, 2007 1:41 pm
- Forum: Developers
- Topic: Image storage in Database, FTP Server
- Replies: 9
- Views: 16064
- Tue Jul 24, 2007 11:59 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: MedAlertFlag
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6630
It already exists. See http://www.open-dent.com/manual/medicalservice.html There's a checkbox for PAC, and a textbox for MedUrgent. Both of these can be set to display on an appointment in http://www.open-dent.com/manual/appointmentviews.html. You can also set them to red from that window.
- Tue Jul 24, 2007 9:01 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Clearing House
- Replies: 7
- Views: 13530
The industry is still at the very beginning of what it will become. This is going to be huge some day. We're talking about eliminating at least one fulltime staff person in each dental office. No time spent on the phone trying to verify benfits. No waiting for EOBs to come back a month later. Everyt...
- Tue Jul 24, 2007 8:26 am
- Forum: Developers
- Topic: Appt status bug fixed...
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5285
- Tue Jul 24, 2007 8:13 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Clearing House
- Replies: 7
- Views: 13530
- Tue Jul 24, 2007 8:11 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: All those Dates
- Replies: 4
- Views: 9200
1. Date Completed in your example would be May 16th. Date would be May 15th. This is for legal reasons and auditing. 2. TP date would be a fourth date. We're thinking about it, but for now, you should have saved that TP from May 1st. If you did not, then why not? 3. There are some queries on our web...
- Mon Jul 23, 2007 11:00 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Clearing House
- Replies: 7
- Views: 13530
- Mon Jul 23, 2007 10:09 pm
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: Importing patient history from PracticeWorks?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 12255
- Mon Jul 23, 2007 9:43 pm
- Forum: Developers
- Topic: Appointment bubble delay
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6519
Appointment bubble delay
David,
Were you going to finish off the bubble delay by making it optional? I still don't like it because it interferes with my efficiency.
Were you going to finish off the bubble delay by making it optional? I still don't like it because it interferes with my efficiency.
- Mon Jul 23, 2007 9:25 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Clearing House
- Replies: 7
- Views: 13530
That's the plan. Just to be fair, all the clearinghouses are working on real-time claims. But Tesia has a unique blend of features that we found very attractive, incuding: 1. Medical claims 2. Inexpensive attachments ($15/month) 3. Inexpensive eligibility and benefits ($15/month) This means that alm...
- Mon Jul 23, 2007 9:21 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: 2006.gif missing from packaging?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5411
- Mon Jul 23, 2007 9:19 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Chart
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6374
http://www.open-dent.com/manual/graphics.html
If that doesn't work, let me know.
If that doesn't work, let me know.
- Mon Jul 23, 2007 9:17 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Upgrade - Database Conversion Problems
- Replies: 5
- Views: 10987
- Mon Jul 23, 2007 9:15 pm
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: Data Paths and working from remote locations
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4865
- Mon Jul 23, 2007 9:13 pm
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: Importing patient history from PracticeWorks?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 12255
- Mon Jul 23, 2007 9:09 pm
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: All Appt, Clinical, CommLog Notes Visible or Just CommLog?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8290
You're right. Tasks don't really show outside the task list itself. So many object types... But it kind of seems like low priority, doesn't it? I mean aren't there other higher priorities with tasks? Like having the task lists be assignable to a specific user and popup in a startup window for that u...
- Sun Jul 22, 2007 9:48 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Upgrade - Database Conversion Problems
- Replies: 5
- Views: 10987
- Sun Jul 22, 2007 9:24 pm
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: All Appt, Clinical, CommLog Notes Visible or Just CommLog?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8290
My comment about Email was not well thought out. The real solution there is to include email in the Progress Notes. And now that I think about it, my main complaint is that your solution cluttered one of the main modules. If the clutter was buried 3 windows deep inside the recall list, then I wouldn...
- Sun Jul 22, 2007 5:59 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: OD and Scanx
- Replies: 4
- Views: 9290
From what I've heard, the quality is fine. They are more comfortable. But you still have to wait for them to "process", so some of the convenience of digital is lost. Finally, the plates will tend to get scratched over time, so they need to be replaced frequently. But sensors also tend to fail over ...
- Sun Jul 22, 2007 2:35 pm
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: Asterisk
- Replies: 21
- Views: 29772
After spending the last 3 weeks learning Asterisk, learning about IP phones, ordering parts, adding more wiring, etc, I have a few more comments to make. I can clearly see that Asterisk is not designed for end users in a dental office. But a prebuilt and professionally installed Asterisk system woul...
- Sun Jul 22, 2007 2:15 pm
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: All Appt, Clinical, CommLog Notes Visible or Just CommLog?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8290
This is a continuation of an ongoing discussion that was lost due to the forum malfunction. It's complex. I'm not interested in people posting messages like, "yeah, it would be great to see everything". That's not the point. The discussion is about HOW we do this. Here's what the debate is about. Th...
- Sun Jul 22, 2007 1:50 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: newpatientforms.com
- Replies: 4
- Views: 9301
- Sun Jul 22, 2007 1:46 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Upgrade - Database Conversion Problems
- Replies: 5
- Views: 10987
I posted this a few weeks ago, but the post is now lost. Look in your my.ini file. You did a custom installation of MySQL instead of using our installer. Comment out all the options you have added to the my.ini file. Essentially, you've set mysql to throw an error at a higher sensitivity level. I on...
- Sat Jul 21, 2007 6:53 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Is something missing?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5171
- Thu Jun 28, 2007 10:17 pm
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: Asterisk
- Replies: 21
- Views: 29772
Asterisk
We ordered our new Asterisk server yesterday. For those who are unfamiliar, it's a software that runs on a Linux computer that lets the computer act as a phone PBX. We will have analog phone lines running in, and then IP phones hooked up to it via our LAN. I'm going to be flying tomorrow and again a...
- Thu Jun 28, 2007 10:08 pm
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: Multiple offices
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10584
Multiple offices
I came up today with a new strategy for multiple offices. Connect them all with highspeed internet or even a dedicated T1. Each office would run its own database for its own patients. Now let's say that you want to be able to see all patients for all offices. We could add a feature that lets you set...
- Thu Jun 28, 2007 9:59 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Scanners
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4843
- Thu Jun 28, 2007 9:55 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: scheduling
- Replies: 8
- Views: 16004
1. Indefinitely. Defaults were very problematic because if you change a default, then what date range should the change apply to? Repeating for something like 500 weeks is certainly an option that you could currently use and would be equivalent to "forever". 2. Type it in. The dropdown doesn't restr...
- Thu Jun 28, 2007 9:38 pm
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: electronic claims error
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4796
- Thu Jun 28, 2007 9:37 pm
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: Creating A New Feture: Auto Note
- Replies: 28
- Views: 29822
- Thu Jun 28, 2007 2:21 pm
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: Creating A New Feture: Auto Note
- Replies: 28
- Views: 29822
- Thu Jun 28, 2007 8:19 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: scheduling
- Replies: 8
- Views: 16004
- Thu Jun 28, 2007 6:15 am
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: Creating A New Feture: Auto Note
- Replies: 28
- Views: 29822
So was your program a stand alone which got launched externally to Open Dental, or did you customize OD by altering the source code and recompiling? In either case, once you get it working again, you could submit the code for inclusion. We would have to edit it somewhat, especially to use MySQL inst...
- Wed Jun 27, 2007 9:29 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: scheduling
- Replies: 8
- Views: 16004
- Wed Jun 27, 2007 8:22 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Version 5.0
- Replies: 5
- Views: 11963
- Wed Jun 27, 2007 8:19 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Version 4.9.X
- Replies: 6
- Views: 13855
- Wed Jun 27, 2007 6:38 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Version 5.0
- Replies: 5
- Views: 11963
Really? I haven't noticed this. On daily view or weekly? There shouldn't be any difference at all. Is it when you click and perform actions on certain appointments, or is it when you simply refresh the appointments module using the button at the left? On all days, or only those with appointments? I ...
- Wed Jun 27, 2007 10:15 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: medical e-claims
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7341
The Emdeon medical claims section is pretty much a separate company, despite the same name. So we have to start all over with contacting them, figuring out the upload process, etc. A better bet might be Tesia, which uses one clearinghouse to do both medical and dental. We're just coming on line with...
- Wed Jun 27, 2007 8:20 am
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: Creating A New Feture: Auto Note
- Replies: 28
- Views: 29822
Yes, some users would like to do this. I think everyone understands the goal. I have some technical questions about the implementation. For each object on the form, you need to store at least these properties: xpos ypos width height text objecttype (checkbox, textbox, label, etc) picklist (for some ...
- Wed Jun 27, 2007 6:55 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Where do you put title on patient information?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7530
- Tue Jun 26, 2007 8:51 pm
- Forum: Developers
- Topic: Startup Login
- Replies: 8
- Views: 15708
- Tue Jun 26, 2007 8:03 pm
- Forum: Developers
- Topic: Startup Login
- Replies: 8
- Views: 15708
- Tue Jun 26, 2007 7:59 pm
- Forum: Developers
- Topic: Startup Login
- Replies: 8
- Views: 15708
- Tue Jun 26, 2007 2:15 pm
- Forum: Developers
- Topic: Version 5.0
- Replies: 0
- Views: 5299
Version 5.0
Version 5.0 will be released today. Please stop adding features immediately, and wrap up any bugs.
- Tue Jun 26, 2007 7:37 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: x-charge
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6996
They are putting together a website with more details. Yes, a swiper. I think it's the typical swiper that plugs into USB and costs about $30. They are recommending a dedicated $100 dymo label printer for the signatures, but I know we won't have the functionality to print to it. The whole thing work...
- Tue Jun 26, 2007 7:31 am
- Forum: Developers
- Topic: New Feature:Background Print Image
- Replies: 6
- Views: 12216
Nope. If you get an error, then that means it didn't go through. It's because I added dummy jpg files and committed them so that it would continue to compile for everyone. So now, you should copy your two files to a safe location, do an update, which will overwrite your jpg with mine, and then copy ...
- Mon Jun 25, 2007 8:14 am
- Forum: Developers
- Topic: New Feature:Background Print Image
- Replies: 6
- Views: 12216
- Mon Jun 25, 2007 7:37 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Schedule
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4486
- Sat Jun 23, 2007 2:31 pm
- Forum: Developers
- Topic: New Feature: Indicator on appt for ins not sent
- Replies: 4
- Views: 9229
Looks fine. The long term solution to all of these appointment indicators is probably going to be to set up a symbol framework. Maybe there would be 15 different flags that could be set per appointment, including NewPatient, Billing type, premed, confirmed, etc. Each flag would correspond to a symbo...
- Sat Jun 23, 2007 9:50 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Link to Old Discussion Forum
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- Sat Jun 23, 2007 9:49 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Appointment Reminders...Reducing No Shows
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6542
- Sat Jun 23, 2007 9:46 am
- Forum: Developers
- Topic: New Feature: Indicator on appt for ins not sent
- Replies: 4
- Views: 9229
- Fri Jun 22, 2007 8:51 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Patient Record...The Enchilada...Report / Printout
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- Views: 11507
- Fri Jun 22, 2007 7:15 pm
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: Conversion error from 4.8 to 4.9
- Replies: 11
- Views: 14189
- Fri Jun 22, 2007 6:49 pm
- Forum: Developers
- Topic: 5.0 beta timing
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- Views: 5380
5.0 beta timing
5.0 won't go into beta before Monday morning, so it's OK to add features that you think can be ready for beta by then. The timing of this beta is a bit unusual since we're waiting for some things that are beyond our control. There would not normally be such a long pause in development as there has b...
- Fri Jun 22, 2007 2:54 pm
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: Conversion error from 4.8 to 4.9
- Replies: 11
- Views: 14189
I can't quite tell if you installed mysql using our installer. If you use our installer and our grant tables, then that's the standard installation. Did you use our grant tables or did you configure it yourself? Anyway, that's my best guess as to the problem. Like I said, it ran fine on my computer.
- Fri Jun 22, 2007 8:29 am
- Forum: Developers
- Topic: Generic Data Access
- Replies: 21
- Views: 34963
- Thu Jun 21, 2007 8:05 pm
- Forum: Developers
- Topic: Image storage in Database, FTP Server
- Replies: 9
- Views: 16064
- Thu Jun 21, 2007 5:06 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: This forum is slow
- Replies: 1
- Views: 7363
- Thu Jun 21, 2007 4:55 pm
- Forum: Developers
- Topic: Generic Data Access
- Replies: 21
- Views: 34963
The burden of deciding which direction to go is beginning to weigh very heavily on me. I just looked at the Patient class, which is now 1000 lines vs its original 250 lines. So adding a new table with, for example, 10 fields, would not be much simpler than it currently is. It would take about 130 li...
- Thu Jun 21, 2007 9:32 am
- Forum: Developers
- Topic: Image storage in Database, FTP Server
- Replies: 9
- Views: 16064
I support moving this to the head as soon as we move to 5.1. Derek is responsible for that module, and it will be under active development for a while, so it may be a little bit of a dance if you're both working on the same area of the program. But it will be nice to have two sets of eyes looking at...
- Thu Jun 21, 2007 9:20 am
- Forum: Developers
- Topic: Coding Style - White space
- Replies: 4
- Views: 9976
- Thu Jun 21, 2007 9:16 am
- Forum: Developers
- Topic: Generic Data Access
- Replies: 21
- Views: 34963
Keep in mind that we did, in the not so distant past, already have the database access logic inside the same class as the "TableDef"/"DataObjectBase"/"TableType". I went to great effort to get away from this model, and I really don't think I'm quite ready to go back to it quite so soon. It's very cl...
- Wed Jun 20, 2007 7:18 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: production by provider and catagory
- Replies: 1
- Views: 7133
- Wed Jun 20, 2007 6:20 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: The viruses got me
- Replies: 6
- Views: 16668
Sorry to hear about the viruses. An entry level business grade server is in the $800 price range. If you get one with Linux preinstalled, and if your computer person sets it up, then I think it's doable. So I think it's worth it to do this for the server, but I would go slowly if moving to Linux or ...
- Wed Jun 20, 2007 6:09 pm
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: Clustering
- Replies: 9
- Views: 14300
- Wed Jun 20, 2007 1:25 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: This forum is slow
- Replies: 1
- Views: 7363
This forum is slow
When it works, it's great, but when it's slow, this forum is driving me nuts. As soon as our T1 line is installed, we'll move to our own server, and all this slowness will go away. Sorry.
- Wed Jun 20, 2007 10:04 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Business Logo
- Replies: 7
- Views: 17513
- Wed Jun 20, 2007 10:02 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Links to forum
- Replies: 1
- Views: 7758
- Wed Jun 20, 2007 8:39 am
- Forum: Developers
- Topic: Coding Style - White space
- Replies: 4
- Views: 9976
Coding Style - White space
In r430, fcarlier comments, "Ran CTRL+K,CTRL+D on this document. This auto-updates the lay-out." The result seems to be an increase in white space. I'm OK with this. (of course, I don't think it's his intention to apply such a sweeping change to our trunk). I'll be rewriting the Coding Style page to...
- Wed Jun 20, 2007 6:50 am
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: Clustering
- Replies: 9
- Views: 14300
Reducing field sizes will reduce the memory footprint? I'm not familiar with the ndbcluster table type, so I'm basing the following comments on how the MyISAM tables work. Changing the allowed length on varchar fields should have no effect at all on the diskspace because they only take up exactly as...
- Tue Jun 19, 2007 10:00 pm
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: Conversion error from 4.8 to 4.9
- Replies: 11
- Views: 14189
Nope. Can't duplicate it. Works just fine. So in a situation like this, we usually just convert it for the customer ourselves. I am also using MySQL 5.0, so my only guess as to what's going on is that you have customized some of your server variables, resulting in MySQL being more likely to give err...
- Tue Jun 19, 2007 9:46 pm
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: Conversion error from 4.8 to 4.9
- Replies: 11
- Views: 14189
- Tue Jun 19, 2007 7:48 pm
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: Clustering
- Replies: 9
- Views: 14300
Clustering
Someone has suggested that OD could be better optimized for clustering by having smaller tables. They also said clustering would help with multi-office scenarios. Both statements are false. Unless the people involved with this particular cluster setup can possibly clarify where these comments might ...
- Tue Jun 19, 2007 5:32 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Business Logo
- Replies: 7
- Views: 17513
- Tue Jun 19, 2007 5:32 pm
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: Conversion error from 4.8 to 4.9
- Replies: 11
- Views: 14189
- Tue Jun 19, 2007 5:23 pm
- Forum: Developers
- Topic: Generic Data Access
- Replies: 21
- Views: 34963
I'm just going to post issues as I run across them. 1. Why are you comparing all field values when deleting? I've always just used the primary key. 2. The reason for only sending the changed values to the database is not to enhance performance. It's to prevent mulituser concurrency issues. http://ww...
- Tue Jun 19, 2007 1:05 pm
- Forum: Developers
- Topic: Generic Data Access
- Replies: 21
- Views: 34963
I've been reading the actual code now, and I have to say it's very elegant. The only part that's starting to scare me is the provider factory. I know it needs to be done, but there are just so many details involved. There are so many parts of the program that depend on the current code. There are so...
- Tue Jun 19, 2007 10:10 am
- Forum: Developers
- Topic: Object.MemberwiseClone() instead of Copy()
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7513
Are you kidding me? Tell me at least that it's a fairly new method that MS snuck in when I wasn't looking. Yes, of course we should move to that and simply get rid of the whole Copy thing altogether. Except there are a few rare situations where I think it's doing just a bit more, and I would worry a...
- Tue Jun 19, 2007 9:57 am
- Forum: Developers
- Topic: Generic Data Access
- Replies: 21
- Views: 34963
6. I think I tried to do a Data Object Factory a few years ago before we had generics. Couldn't figure it out. I avoid tools like NHibernate because I don't want to get locked in to their framework. Our random keys is a perfect example of why we need more flexibility than any such framework can prov...
- Tue Jun 19, 2007 9:43 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Version 4.9.X
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- Views: 13855
- Tue Jun 19, 2007 9:02 am
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: Conversion error from 4.8 to 4.9
- Replies: 11
- Views: 14189
- Tue Jun 19, 2007 8:34 am
- Forum: Developers
- Topic: Further separation of Data & UI Logic
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6837
Yes, what you suggest works fine for almost all of the simpler smaller forms in the entire program. But it does not work well for the main pages of the main modules. It is much better in those complex windows to get back from the business layer one or a few simple tables which can just be tossed ont...
- Tue Jun 19, 2007 8:25 am
- Forum: Developers
- Topic: Generic Data Access
- Replies: 21
- Views: 34963
- Tue Jun 19, 2007 7:47 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: RE: Wecome Back
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- Views: 6946
RE: Wecome Back
(sorry I did not intend to allow replies to my sticky post, so I had to move this)
DonDDS writes
We are back... and I am one of the first poster.... keep up the good work, Jordan. I hope your attorney bill is "open-source" too.
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ex-Mogo, soon-to-be ex-Dentrix
DonDDS writes
We are back... and I am one of the first poster.... keep up the good work, Jordan. I hope your attorney bill is "open-source" too.
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ex-Mogo, soon-to-be ex-Dentrix
- Mon Jun 18, 2007 4:48 pm
- Forum: Developers
- Topic: FIFO provider splits
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6210
FIFO provider splits
I just talked on the phone with Dan, a longtime user who has spent the last 8 months branching out on his own code, and is now trying to merge back into the main version without losing all the functionality he built. The main feature he worked on was FIFO patient payments split by provider. (this is...
- Sun Jun 17, 2007 8:22 pm
- Forum: Developers
- Topic: Further separation of Data & UI Logic
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6837
Further separation of Data & UI Logic
Hi, I've been, rather for the first time, having a deeper look at the architecture of Open Dental. One thing I'd like to propose is a further separation of the Data & UI Logic. The goal would somewhat be to end up with one DLL (OpenDentBusiness) that only contains the data logic (eg no references t...