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Fountain Pen Database
#1
Posted 13 April 2007 - 16:56
The database which Jonro designed and posted for free download in The Marketplace has been moved, after discussion with him, to Writing Instruments -
Here
It was generally agreed that it was too useful a resource to be slowly moved down with only the occasional 'bump'.
We would like to thank Jonro for making his work freely available, another example of the attitude here that makes us all feel part of one big family.
Warm regards,
FPN Admin Team
Please direct questions and comments to FPN Admin email, or directly to admin Wim (wimg).
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#2
Posted 17 April 2007 - 03:31
Friends,
The database which Jonro designed and posted for free download in The Marketplace has been moved, after discussion with him, to Writing Instruments -
It was generally agreed that it was too useful a resource to be slowly moved down with only the occasional 'bump'.
We would like to thank Jonro for making his work freely available, another example of the attitude here that makes us all feel part of one big family.
Warm regards,
FPN Admin Team
Thanks Jonro and FPn team form all aficionados. I've d/l'd not set up yet. Wish Ii had such a d/b when i started.
Kudos to all you guys for making available to the pen community. Pen friends helping pen friends.
Edited by Gerry, 08 May 2010 - 05:18.
#3
Posted 26 November 2010 - 16:10
what kind of dog [breed, male or female] is that, in the photo you have next to your id name in previous post ? i haven't seen a photo of that type of dog before, is why i ask.
#4
Posted 26 November 2010 - 16:19
#5
Posted 13 December 2010 - 08:03
With regard to Jonro's database, I would like to say thank-you again. I have been using it for 3 or 4 years and it is a pleasure to have a computer tool which does what it is designed to do reliably, quietly with no hassle, no maintainance problems, etc.
Fantastic!!
Chaim
David Elazar 8
Givat Shemuel
Israel
54032
#6
Posted 17 April 2012 - 15:44
For two years!Hi all
With regard to Jonro's database, I would like to say thank-you again. I have been using it for 3 or 4 years and it is a pleasure to have a computer tool which does what it is designed to do reliably, quietly with no hassle, no maintainance problems, etc.
Fantastic!!
Chaim
#7
Posted 18 October 2012 - 21:03
I download the files but it doesn't seem t work with Mac Mountain Lion - am I doing something wrong or is it not compatible?
Thanks
Mike
Nakaya Briarwood Deep Gloss
"Your friends will know you better in the first minute you meet than your acquaintances will know you in a thousand years."
#8
Posted 22 October 2012 - 01:33
Hi there,
I download the files but it doesn't seem t work with Mac Mountain Lion - am I doing something wrong or is it not compatible?
Thanks
Mike
Works for me on Mountain Lion. Don't know what you are doing wrong. If you get a message that won't let you run it because it isn't from the app store, just do a control-click and open the program. HTH
Lee
#9
Posted 22 October 2012 - 06:13
No it isnt that, the file just wont install. I'll have another look.
Thanks
Nakaya Briarwood Deep Gloss
"Your friends will know you better in the first minute you meet than your acquaintances will know you in a thousand years."
#10
Posted 22 October 2012 - 07:00
Hi,
No it isnt that, the file just wont install. I'll have another look.
Thanks
Hi Mike,
I don't know if this helps and I can only speak from a Windows PC perspective but the program doesn't install. It's a filemaker run time database that includes sufficient components to allow it to run without actually having a fully licensed version of filemaker installed on your machine. Once you have the files downloaded, you just need to click on the *exe file (*can't remember its full name) to run the database. Apologies if you are aware of this already.
#11
Posted 22 October 2012 - 13:34
Hi there,
I download the files but it doesn't seem t work with Mac Mountain Lion - am I doing something wrong or is it not compatible?
Thanks
Mike
I recently tried to use it for the first time as well on Mountain Lion and it wouldn't work.
I think it just won't run on the latest version for some reason. It probably needs to be updated, but I get the impression it isn't bein maintained.
#12
Posted 22 October 2012 - 15:55
WHi there,
I download the files but it doesn't seem t work with Mac Mountain Lion - am I doing something wrong or is it not compatible?
Thanks
Mike
I recently tried to use it for the first time as well on Mountain Lion and it wouldn't work.
I think it just won't run on the latest version for some reason. It probably needs to be updated, but I get the impression it isn't bein maintained.
I am running it on 10.8.2 just fine. Now I downloaded FP Database a few years ago, if that makes any difference. What happens when you try to run the program—nothing, an error message?
#13
Posted 22 October 2012 - 17:55
Glenn (love those pen posses)
#14
Posted 22 October 2012 - 21:36
"Fountain Pen Inventory quit unexpectedly."
Click reopen to open the application again. Click Report to see more detailed information and Send a report to Apple
If i click reopen it does the same again. If i click Report I get pages of techie data, starting with:-
Process: Runtime [7848]
Path: /Users/USER/Downloads/*/Fountain Pen Inventory.app/Contents/MacOS/Runtime
Identifier: com.filemaker.runtime85
Version: Runtime version 8.5v1 (8.0.1)
Code Type: X86 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [180]
User ID: 501
Date/Time: 2012-10-22 22:32:15.210 +0100
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.8.2 (12C60)
Report Version: 10
Interval Since Last Report: 137744 sec
Crashes Since Last Report: 8
Per-App Interval Since Last Report: 27 sec
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report: 6
Anonymous UUID: AEF023F7-A57D-B7B5-A10A-38909DB8980B
Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
Exception Type: EXC_BREAKPOINT (SIGTRAP)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000002, 0x0000000000000000
Application Specific Information:
*** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: '-[NSHIObject _getCString:maxLength:encoding:]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x413e7b0'
Its a shame as I'd like to use it!
Cheers
Mike
Nakaya Briarwood Deep Gloss
"Your friends will know you better in the first minute you meet than your acquaintances will know you in a thousand years."
#15
Posted 22 October 2012 - 22:11
I am running it on 10.8.2 just fine. Now I downloaded FP Database a few years ago, if that makes any difference. What happens when you try to run the program—nothing, an error message?
It crashes shortly after starting.
I just noticed that some people have managed to get it working by playing around with their region related settings. See here: http://www.fountainp...d/page__st__350
Honestly, I'm not going to change stuff to US (I'm in Australia) just to get this running, so I'll probably continue not using it

#16
Posted 23 October 2012 - 16:27
Hi,
No it isnt that, the file just wont install. I'll have another look.
Thanks
Looking at other posts and another thread on the same subject, it appears that there is an issue for users outside of the US (don't know if this applies to you) and that the program runs fine if you change location in the settings for your Mac. I suppose one could switch the settings back and forth to use the program. HTH
Lee
#17
Posted 23 October 2012 - 21:34
Mike
Nakaya Briarwood Deep Gloss
"Your friends will know you better in the first minute you meet than your acquaintances will know you in a thousand years."
#18
Posted 26 October 2012 - 21:52
I finally got it running, on Mountain Lion no less, this morning - In System Preferences/Language & Text/Region, if Region: is set to 'United States' it works.
I followed the above and it work perfectly.
Mike
Nakaya Briarwood Deep Gloss
"Your friends will know you better in the first minute you meet than your acquaintances will know you in a thousand years."
#19
Posted 01 April 2014 - 17:35
I'm on a Mac using 10.6.8. I too couldn't open it as it was crashing. However as above I went to System Preferences - Language Text - Formats - Change to United states. It now works.
Great and cheers,
Cluedoh!
Edited by Cluedoh, 01 April 2014 - 17:36.
#20
Posted 14 November 2014 - 01:47
Ok, I had this installed on my other laptop - which has been replaced. The screen cracked to the point I can't use it unless I hook to a 25 lb CRT monitor I have. Do I need to do a reinstall (which I am willing to do if necessary as I only have 15 or so pens right now) OR should I be able to back up to a flash drive or something and install from there data intact?
Brad
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