My fountain pen inventory database is ready to download. There is a version for both Mac and PC users. The database maintains a lot of useful information about your fountain pen collection, including basic descriptive info, prices paid, repairs made and unlimited photographs. It also makes it very easy to post reviews to FPN. This database isn't associated with FPN, but I did add a couple of features that plays nicely with FPN.

As I mentioned, there's a Mac and a PC version. I ran into some font issues on the PC and had to make a a couple of small changes to the PC version in order to get it posted without delay. There isn't a large difference, but the Mac version looks a little nicer.

When you download it and unzip it, you will see a file and a folder named Fountain Pen Inventory. The file is an alias to the main program file in the folder. I don't usually distribute my solutions as standalone runtime databases. I've tested it as carefully as I could, but let me know if you have any issues. Even better, let me know if you like it, too. There is no charge for Fountain Pen Inventory. It's my gift to the FPN fountain pen community. You can redistribute it to someone else, but are not allowed to charge for it, modify it or present it as your own work.

Enough of the intro, you can download it at: http://www.jonro.com/downloads/

Regards,

Jon

I downloaded it. Thanks!

I've always liked FileMakerPro. I keep meaning to get a copy and start using it. I just haven't had much need for a database.

Wow! Thank you, thank you, thank you! I just imported my existing database from Excel, and this is a much more intuitive way of keeping the info up to date.

very nice!
thank you

Do I need a copy of filemaker pro to use this database?
Thanks
Badrsj

Nope. It's a standalone application created with the developer's version of FMP.

thanks
Badrsj

Absolutely stellar, Jon! My compliments to the "chef"!

Wow, very nice- thank you for sharing this! There will be a few pleasurable hours ahead, getting this filled in and set up - an excellent tool.

Jon:

Thanks! What a wonderfully generous contribution to the pen collecting
community.

Best,

Gary K.

Hello that is a veru clean,great and usefull tool.
Easy to use.
Thank you very much for sharing with us !

Just a question, is it possible to sort the results also by "sold/traded to" informations, it can be usefull to rank the best buyers :-)

Have a nice day
Best regards
Jean Elie

Thanks Jonro. Spent a couple of hours playing around and really like what you've done. My compliments to the programmer.

Rick.

edit for spelling.

Hey this was really a nice gesture, thank you. I did not realize I had so many pens.

Margie

Wow, do I need this for my ink inventory. I own lots more ink than pens. Well, maybe not lots...

Flawless program. Thank you once again. An ink one would be nice as well


PS. I love the FPN review function. Very handy.

Thanks, jonro!

This is better than the program I bought for this purpose. Great work!

Miserable wriggling newbie that I am, I find myself baffled by the "Nib_Stroke" field. Wussat?

Otherwise, supercool resource.

I'm having fun entering all the data from my Excel file. A few suggestions for the next version:

1. Have an entry for filling mechanism
2. Ability to sum up the prices.

Thanks again!

Beautiful and very usefull!!!
Many thanks!!!!
Daniele

jonro - Thanks so much for taking the time to design this wonderful database. It's a fantastic tool!

Thanks very much for sharing this!

A couple of things I have found. The program is not happy running with the full version of Filemaker running at the same time (I'm on a Mac). I have been trying to figure out how to get the pix from my current filemaker database into this one without exporting/importing each and every image, but I'm not having any luck so far. I'm a very basic user of Filemaker, and the scripts and tabs you have created make for a much nicer database than the one I made for myself, based off of a provided inventory template.

Very very nice of you to share this. I appreciate it!

Thank you so much for your efforts and your generosity. It is truly appreciated.

I've been on an organizing kick, which is amazing as I am congenitally impaired in the organizing department. This could be the start of something amazing.

Now, the next step is the sheet music. YIKES!!! That's TWENTY FIVE SHELF FEET OF SHEET MUSIC(!!!) in the standing up position, like books are shelved. And some, well most, of it is 10 pages or less, per piece.

OY!

I've been planning to record our pen info and your application has made it very possible. Thanks.

Great program - Many thanks!

Is it / will it be possible to change the currency for the price paid (euros, US $,...) ?

Cheers

Michael

Would you want the currency preference by item or for the entire database?

...if you are talking about "real" money I think US $, Euros and GBP would be fine to me (..other may object) - at least these are the currencies I use to buy my pens with (living in Germany but also getting some deals from overseas) = currency preference by item would be great.

Otherwise as stated "great work".

Cheers

Michael

PS: I'm looking forward for an "ink" version :-)

Jon,

As b/c - thank you.

It's really nice to see people do stuff for others just because they can
I hadn't gotten far enough along to make any comments about currency etc. but your attitude to suggestions is a joy.

Warm regards,
Ruaidhrí

I like the program, thanks! I would like to second the ability to total the "purchase price". Also, I'd really like to see a field for Year of Manufacture.

Thanks!

Jim

Good idea! That's especially useful for vintage pen collectors.

Thanks so VERY much for the use of this fine app.
Regards
Tom

Thank you very very much, jonro, for making this wonderful database available I stayed up late last night to figure out when I bought some of my pens going through my old journals. A lot more to enter though it's a fun project

Yes a very nice app Jon, Thanks!

Jonro,

Thank you. I was planning on learning how to make a database with excel. You have saved me hours and hours and much emotional energy.

Thanks again,

Dave

Thanks Jonro,
Its now giving me some direction of collection!
Nice work!
abhik.

Thanks so much! This is wonderful motivation for those of us who aren't so computer literate -- you're helping us move forward!!

This is a VERY nice application. Thank you very much, Jon.

Only been playing with it for a couple minutes. Love that it offers what to fill in in the Manufacture and Model.

Comment:
--- At the end of the User Guide it sounds like there is more. It ends without a "." period. I tried to copy it to show you but that didn't work. said there were a few things to explain, mentioned "first and last" and ended. I have a PC running XP.

Off to fill in a few more pens. This is almost as much fun as buying them, waiting for the mail person to deliver.

Not certain I want the $ total feature others mention. Ignorance maybe be bliss in this situation.

Again, Thank you, Jon for this offering.

Thanks so much for this great application Jon! I've been a computer professional for 27 years and even worked for Big Blue for a decade. As a commercial software application specialist I've seen db's of every sort--good and bad. Yours is, by far, the most user friendly I've experienced. You are a great asset to this community.

Again, THANK YOU!

Best regards,

Jerry

P.S. Perhaps the collection total, etc., could be on a collection summary page that would give total value, number of pens per manufacturer, and total for each manufacturers collection. Sorry, I didn't mean to create more work for you.

Thanks so much for writing this lovely application. I've been meaning to inventory my FP collection for our insurer, and this made it incredibly easy.