Artefacts Canada

PastPerfect Software, Inc., with the assistance of the Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN), is making available to all Artefacts Canada participants, who are also PastPerfect Museum Software version 4.0 users, an interface that allows you to select the catalog records and images you wish to publish on the Artefacts Canada website. Once the selections are made, you can export the data to a Microtext data file and the selected images to a designated folder ready to upload to Artefacts Canada via FTP.

THE SOFTWARE FEATURES INCLUDE:

A check box labeled “Include in Web Export” is added to each catalog screen. You can check or uncheck that box to choose which records you want to export.
You can perform a query in PastPerfect and after receiving the results, press a command button to include all the resulting records for export.
When records are selected for export either individually or globally by query, all associated images will automatically be selected for export. However each image screen will also have a check box labeled “Include in Web” thus allowing you to export only the images you want.
You can use the field list to select which data fields you want to display on the web. For security, fields with values and/or museum locations of items will not be available for publication.
When you are ready to export the data, simply run the export wizard to create the export data file. The file will be created in Microtext format.
A new thumbnail and a full size image file will be created for each image that is exported. All export image files will be converted to jpg format and resized for optimal web usage.
A text watermark may be added to the full size image files when they are created.

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS:
Click on this link to download the file ArtefactsCanada.exe. Save the file on your hardrive. Be sure that PastPerfect is closed, then double-click on the file name to start the installation. Then restart PastPerfect.

Note: You must be using PastPerfect version 4.0C5 or higher. If you have an older version of 4.0 you can download a free update from this site.

USER'S GUIDE:
Click here to open a PDF file of the Export to Artefacts Canada User's Guide.

LINKS:
For more information about Artefacts Canada, visit the Canadian Heritage Information Network Website at:
http://www.chin.gc.ca/English/Artefacts_Canada/index.html