CP-GrowList – A new programme for administering plants

[boklu]

Hello,


Every lover of plants knows the problem: Your collection is getting larger and larger and slowly but gradually you are losing the overview over your treasures. “Where did I get this plant from?” or “How much was it again?” Things like these you forget easily.


Many plant lovers used to enter the information into a text-file (usually MS-Word) or into an Excel-table – until today. These possibilities, however, have the disadvantage that searching in large files becomes pretty difficult and entering data is not very comfortable either. If you even want to create a list of special plants (e.g. plant you want to give away or plants of which you want to give away seeds), it takes a lot of effort to do so. Saving specific activities like fertilizing, repotting etc. are not possible either.



CP-GrowList will solve all these problems. With the help of this little freeware program you can simply and comfortably administer your plants. Being developed for carnivorous plants it can also be used by other plant lovers like friends of cactuses, bromelia or orchids because of its flexible design.
The list of species concentrating on carnivorous plants can quickly and simply be modified according to you needs.


Register your plant collection in no time! You are supported by a comprehensive online data basis (for carnivorous plants only) and by an intelligent AutoComplete function for most of the input boxes. In order to design the program in a flexible way, the user gets the opportunity to name up to six user-defined boxes according to his needs. So special data like for example “elevation”, “bloom” or similar can be captured. This will enable you to gather your complete stock immediately. An unlimited amount of pictures or activities (like fertilizing, repotting etc.) can be easily allocated to the registered plants at any time. The well structured table view will also help you to trace the pictures of your plants easily.


Once registered the plants of your stock can be allocated to user-defined lists. Furthermore you can search and display each list separately. You can name the five user-defined lists according to your demand and if you want to you can have the lists as text file or also in html format. This way you create lists, exchange lists etc of your complete collection in to time.

If you are interested in testing CP-GrowList, visit www.carnivoren.info

Have fun
Boris

[arvin555]

Boris,

Thanks for sharing this, I think it is a great idea. I use my online email account to manage my growlist, this way anywhere I go I can check it.

I have some questions and comments:

1. What no Linux?

2. Is this web based or does it work stand alone in a PC without internet access?

TTFN
Arvin

[boklu]

Hi Arvin,

no LINUX, sorry. I have written the programm in VB.NET for Framework 2.0.
The programm ist not web based. You can use it on a stand alone PC. Internet connection is not required, but recommended for the CP Online database und Update Check.

Best wishes

Boris

[shawnintland]

Hi Boris,

I'm on my way to check it out! Thanks, for the first time ever I just might have a grow list! Wondering about David's project with the Hybrid database...maybe this could be integrated?
~Shawn

[delphiguy]

I haven't touch linux for quite a while, but if this is based on .net chances are
it may work with mono... anyways i have been wanting to create a similar
application but i dont have the time to build one. thanks a lot for the
application i will try it when i get home from work.

thanks.

[shawnintland]

Ok, downloaded and started already! Is there a way to alphabetize the list? Or a way to move them around (order) once they are on the list?

Thanks,
Shawn

[NepNut]

Very interesting software... will try it out to see if can help me keep track of my collections... Thanks !!

[arvin555]

Thanks Boklu for your reply.

Thanks Delphi for your suggestion about Mono I will check it out now, would be nice if someone with Linux can try Boklu's system so that it can be cross platform. I will volunteer to try it out.

I did try it with WINE, no go at all.

TTFN
Arvin

[David]

Just dowloaded it and played around a little. Boris, very good program you did here! Thanks man!

[shawnintland]

Okay, realize now it is alphabetizing already, my hybrids using "( & )" were screwing it up! Agreed, great! Thanks again!
~Shawn