The program tab is where you can view several pieces of information about your installed version of Shepherd's Staff, as well as the database you're currently connected to. This window for the most part cannot be edited, however, it can be used to provide you with helpful information for troubleshooting. Below is a brief explanation of what each of these fields is showing:
- Program version - This field lets you know the exact version number of Shepherd's Staff that is installed on your computer.
- Active database - This field provides the file path for the Shepherd's Staff database that you are currently connected to.
- Database ID - This provides you with the unique database ID of the Shepherd's Staff database you are currently connected to.
- This computer - The name of the computer you are currently using
- Location of program files - This field provides the file path that contains the program files for Shepherd's Staff. These are the files that make up the program of Shepherd's Staff.
- Location of INI file - This field provides the file path for where you can find the INI or configuration file for Shepherd's Staff. This file tells Shepherd's Staff where to look for your database file.
- Location of work database and temp files - This field provides the file path for where you can find the temporary files Shepherd's Staff creates while in use. Shepherd's Staff creates these files in order to prepare reports as well as performing other critical tasks.
- Alternate spreadsheet program - This is where you can specify a spreadsheet program, other than Microsoft Excel to use when exporting from a grid. To the right of this field, if you click on the folder button, you can open a file explorer window to select the program you will be using instead of Excel. Clicking the red X next to this field will clear this field out.
- Last backup - This field will show the last time a backup was made of the database you are currently connected to.
- Last optimization - This field will show the last time an optimization was run on the database you are currently connected to.
There are also a few additional options you can use on this screen with different functions:
- Check for Updates - This will check to see if there are any available updates for Shepherd's Staff. If there are, you will be asked to close Shepherd's Staff, and the Shepherd's Staff Updater will start downloading the appropriate update file. This requires an active Shepherd's Staff support contract to receive updates.
- Disable the database backup reminder - If this box is checked, Shepherd's Staff will not remind you to make a backup when closing the database if it has been more than 15 days since your previous backup.
