Artefacts Canada

Product Information

Item

Standard Price

AASLH Price

Artefacts Canada Export Feature

Free

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 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.

Product Features

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:

Unlocking the Upgrade in PastPerfect 5.0

Right-click on this link and select "Save link as" or "Save target as" to dowload the AFcanKey.LOC file. Be sure to save it to the root of your local hard drive (usually C:\).

Once downloaded, open PastPerfect, click Setup, click System Parameters, then click Unlock Upgrade Options.
Click on Start Unlock Procedure, then click Continue.

If you have difficulty, first make sure the AFcanKey is located on the root of your C drive, then call our technical support office.

Once installed, the Export tool can be accessed by going to Utilities, then clicking on Export.

Installing the Upgrade for PastPerfect 4.0

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 our Software Update page.

USER'S GUIDE:

Version 5.0 Users: View our all new User's Guide here.

Version 4.0 Users: 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