14  Hints, Tips and Troubleshooting

This section includes several tips for using Catalyzer.

How do I access this "right-click" menu? (Mac Users) Many menus in Catalyzer are context-sensitive - on Windows / Unix you use the right mouse button to pop up a menu. Mac users with a single button mouse can hold down CTRL and click to show the menu.

HELP! how do I get started? The quick start guide at the beginning of this manual includes some step-by-step suggestions, starting with the example catalogs (Help>Example Catalogs>General>mountains).

I can't see my catalog using the Web Server. In Catalyzer Lite, there is a restriction of 5 catalogs in the Web Server's list - try going to the Web Server Admin page (Home and Admin) and add/remove the catalogs from the list. Or, better still, upgrade to the full version.

After you have opened a catalog for the first time with the file chooser, you can reopen it more easily by selecting it from the File>Reopen menu. This works even after exiting and restarting Catalyzer.

The TAB key can be used to move around the user interface without needing the mouse.

Catalyzer uses context-dependent popup menus extensively to access functions in the user interface. Click on a panel with the right mouse button (or CTRL click) to show any context-dependent menu associated with the panel.

Catalyzer can make thumbnails for you of most common image types and display them next to resources. To have the thumbnails made, check the Thumbnail checkbox on the resources field specification editor.

You can enable editing in the class view so that you can enter data in the same window as you edit the class. To do this, go to Tools>Preferences>General and check the box: "Allow record editing in class window".

There are built-in examples that you can load straight from the Help menu. You can use these to see what the different element types look like and how catalogs are structured.

The on-line documentation is also available on the web and in printable form (PDF) at http://www.axiope.com/

Axiope can develop custom plugins to import information directly from data files. If you have files of a particular format from which you want header information extracted automatically, please contact support@axiope.com.

Catalyzer can handle changes of field type where there is a logical action to take. For example you can turn a string field into a menu field. The menu will automatically be populated with the values that occur for the string field in the catalog.

Anywhere that you use a complex data type often (such as a menu with many options) you can save the type as a "User Defined Type" and reuse it without any duplication. See "Creating Catalogs, Classes and Records" in the manual.

Little blue icons indicate information tooltips. The tooltips are shown when the mouse hovers over the icon. You can also right-click on them to see the tooltip in its own window.

If you get stuck, email support@axiope.com with your questions.