Knowledge Base

Installation

A sample network installation: The installation of a straightforward 3-user network a step-by-step guide.
Planning and licensing: Working out what licences you need.
Changing licences after installation: Changing the serial number, size or location of a licence after the initial installation.
Read-only licences: How to make your databases accessible to people with read-only network licences.
Upgrading database sharing from Cardbox 2.0: The way that databases are shared is different in Cardbox 3.0 and in earlier versions of Cardbox. This guide shows you how to convert a working Cardbox 2.0 installation to a working Cardbox 3.0 installation with minimal disruption to users.
Cardbox 3.0 and Novell: People often choose to run the Cardbox Server on their file server. This isn't possible with Novell file servers, so this article describes how to run the Cardbox Server on a different computer.
Rebooting after an upgrade: In theory you shouldn't need to reboot your computer after upgrading your Cardbox 3.0 installation, but in practice you may find that your system requires it. This article describes some possible causes and suggests some ways to avoid this inconvenience.
Installing Cardbox on CrossOver Mac: A step-by-step guide to installing Cardbox on an Apple Macintosh that has CrossOver Mac installed. More Macintosh articles are here.

"Access or permission denied": ...when a second user tries to open a shared database across a network.
Why is my menu item grey?: You try to use a command but you find that the menu item is greyed out and you can't select it. This article tells you how to find out why this is happening.
Crashes with IN_PAGE_ERROR: The error code C0000006 (IN_PAGE_ERROR) indicates that your network has failed. This article gives an explanation of what is going on.

An image field is unexpectedly read-only: You have just created an image field, and Cardbox is behaving as if the field were read-only. Here is a simple explanation and a simple cure.
Importing PDF files as images into a Cardbox image field: This requires you to download and install the Ghostscript interpreter, which is free software: the article gives you full instructions.
Sample database: photographic archive on Amazon S3: This article, with its accompanying download, gives you a database that you can use as a photographic archive. The database itself stores miniature copies of your photographs, and the original (high-resolution) image files are stored in Amazon's S3 online storage service, from where you can download them whenever you need them.
Converting fractal images to JPEG: This article presents a macro for converting images that were originally stored using Fractal compression (a compression mode offered as an option in Cardbox 2.0) to JPEG, and explains when you might need to convert them.
Non-image files: Starting with Build 4277, Cardbox can store more than just images. Any file at all can be stored into an image field, for later display or retrieval. This makes it much easier to use Cardbox as an archive. Because this feature is much simpler than Microsoft's OLE protocol (the basis for Cardbox's object fields), it is included in all editions of Cardbox and not just the Professional Edition.

Sending emails directly from Cardbox: A summary of the available ways of sending emails from Cardbox. It covers both using Cardbox directly and using your own email program. It describes sending records in a single email or doing bulk email with one email per record.
Customising the built-in email commands: The File > Send As Email and Tools > Bulk Email commands can be customised. The Cardbox help file gives some examples of customisations: this page shows you a few more possibilities.

Help with writing macros: Sources of information and advice if you want to write macros yourself, and suggestions for where to get help if you'd prefer someone else to do the work.
Macro example: getting the indexed words from a field: A macro fragment that you can incorporate into macros of your own when you want to extract just the indexed words from a field.
Macro example: removing old backups from Amazon S3: The Cardbox Server does not delete old backups: if you set it up to make separate daily backups of your databases to Amazon S3 then the backups will accumulate until you do something about them. This macro deletes all old backups, retaining only the most recent backup of each file.
Controlling Adobe Reader: Macro fragments that let you open an Acrobat/PDF file in Adobe Reader and go to a specific page number or bookmark.
Online databases: getting data from Amazon: Using Amazon's free service to retrieve book data given the book's ISBN. Includes a downloadable sample macro and database.
How macro safety settings are stored: If you are responsible for a network then you may want to set up your users' macro safety settings for them. This article explains how macro safety settings are stored in the Windows registry.

Cardbox 2.0 technical articles: All the technical articles for older versions of Cardbox for Windows, up to and including Cardbox 2.0.

Ways of using Cardbox on the Mac: Boot Camp, Parallels, VMWare Fusion, and CrossOver Mac.
Installing Cardbox on CrossOver Mac: A step-by-step guide.
Using Cardbox on CrossOver Mac: How using Cardbox on CrossOver Mac differs from using Cardbox on Windows, and what to do about the differences.
Cardbox Everywhere: This blog carries news about Cardbox on the Macintosh and other non-Windows platforms.

Printing mailing labels: A beginner's guide, with step-by-step instructions.
Using Cardbox with Chinese, Japanese and Korean: How to configure Cardbox to handle ideographic languages; and the limitations.
Burning CDs directly from Cardbox: How to use the CD-burning software that is built in to Windows XP. This article includes sample macros.
Burning CDs directly from Cardbox using Nero: How to use Nero Burning ROM. This article includes sample macros.
How to rename a database