If this folder is not open in
the
Finder, double-click the iData Pro disk image icon, and
the folder
should open as shown.
To install iData Pro and
its related
files:
1. Drag the
iData
Pro.app icon into your
Applications
folder. This can be done right in the
iData
Pro disk image window--just drag it as indicated
by the green
arrow. Please read instruction 2 before you run iData Pro.
NOTE:
iData Pro 4 datafiles have a .id3 file name extension.
This is because
the datafile format has not changed since iData Pro 4 was
released. For
the same reason, the default folders of iData Pro 4
datafiles and
templates are iData 3 Datafiles and iData 3 Templates,
respectively.
This means that if you have upgraded from iData 3, you do
not have to
make any changes to your iData 3 files or folders.
2. If you have previously
installed iData Pro
or iData 3, skip to step 3.
New users should open the
Sample Datafiles and Templates folder in the disk image
window. From there, drag
the iData folder to your Documents folder.
NOTE:
You should never replace any of your existing
iData-related folders.
The folders that come with this download are only for
people who have
never run iData Pro before.
NOTE:
If you are a Dropbox user, you should
never
use the
Dropbox folder as your
iData Pro
Datafiles folder. Doing so can lead to a number of
problems, including the loss of datafile changes when
synchronizing datafiles to iData Mobile Plus on the the
iPhone or iPad.
This iData folder contains
two other
folders. The iData 3 Datafiles folder contains two sample
datafiles,
Sample Freeform Datafile.id3 and Sample Field
Datafile.id3. The iData 3
Templates folder contains several label and envelope
templates.
iData Pro puts the names
of the
datafiles that it finds in the iData 3 Datafiles folder
into iData Pro's
Datafiles menu, and puts the names of the templates that
are in the
iData 3 Templates folder into iData Pro's Templates menu.
When you create
a new datafile or template, iData Pro saves it to the
appropriate
folder, so that it will show up in the corresponding menu.
3. Run iData Pro and, if asked, specify
the location
of the iData folder.
Users of iData 3
It is not necessary to import your iData 3 (.id3)
or iData
Mobile (.idm) datafiles. iData Pro can read them just
fine.
Users of iData Lite
It is not necessary to import the iData Mobile datafiles
that are used
by iData Lite.
Users of iData 2
In most cases, the first time you run iData Pro, you will
be prompted
to import all of your iData 2 datafiles and templates. We
recommend
that you do this at that time.
iData 2 datafiles cannot be opened directly in iData Pro,
but must be
imported. To do this at any time, select
iData 2 Datafile... in
the
Import
sub-menu, under
the File
menu, and select the file
to be imported. Once the import is complete, save the new
datafile
right away.
Users of iData
Pro v.
1.0.x, InfoGenie, and QuickDEX
Datafiles and card decks from older C&G products,
cannot be opened
directly in iData Pro, but must be imported. Just select
the
appropriate product name from the
Import
sub-menu, under the
File
menu,
and select the file to be imported. Once the import is
complete, save
the new datafile right away.
Serial Numbers
If you are running iData Pro in demo mode, you will
periodically be
prompted to purchase a serial number. Once the 30-day demo
period is
over, iData Pro will no longer work without a serial
number.
If you purchase a serial number and don't want to wait for
iData Pro to
prompt you for it, you can select Licenses... under the
iData Pro menu,
and enter it right away. Once you have entered a valid
serial number,
that menu item will be disabled.
When you purchase a serial number, Kagi will send you an
email with the
subject line:
Thanks for
your purchase.
You will find your serial number (beginning with
IDP4-) following
Your serial number is:
in the text
of the message.
Retrieving Your
iData Pro Serial Number
We suggest that you save the
Thanks
for your purchase email from Kagi or FastSpring
as a way of retrieving
your serial number. You can copy the contents of that
email and paste it into an iData Pro datafile. Of course,
if all else fails, you can
contact iData Partners
Support
with the name and email address that you used when you
made the
purchase, and we should be able to find your serial number
for you.
Getting Help for
iData Pro
iData Pro has online, searchable Help, which includes a
Tutorial
section. You can access this by selecting
User Guide from the
Help menu in iData
Pro. If you are
new to iData Pro, select the
Tutorial
(Getting Started With iData Pro) link at the top
of Section 1 of
the Help Topics.
We strongly recommend at least a quick glance through the
Help Topics
listing to see what it covers. We get a surprising number
of requests
for technical support regarding issues that are covered in
the help
pages.
For changes in iData Pro since it was first published, see
the
iData Pro Version
Change History article in the User Guide.