HS2Edit FAQ

Updated 2002.10.17


Configuration FAQ -------------------------------------------------------

	1. Nothing happens when I open HS2Edit: I don't get a 
	configuration message, or a custom toolbar.

		Your security setting in Excel is probably set to "High".  
		This setting will not allow any macros to be enabled, and 
		they must be enabled for HS2Edit to work.  Set the security 
		setting to "Medium" using the Excel menu command "Tools>
		Macros>Security"


	2. When I open HS2Edit, I get a "Security" warning message about 
	macros.

		HS2Edit is packed with macros, and it is these macros that 
		do all of the work.  You must enable the macros, or HS2Edit 
		will do nothing for you.


	3. When I open HS2Edit, I get a message saying that it is not 
	configured.

		HS2Edit keeps track of your preferences and settings in a 
		separate file called "HS2Edit-Prefs.txt".  Everytime that 
		HS2Edit opens it.  But on first use, that file does not 
		exist and must be created.


	4. Why does HS2Edit need to be configured?

		In order to handle many tasks for you automatically, 								HS2Edit needs to know the locations of several files.  In 
		all cases, it needs to know where your HS2 database files 
		are located.  In most cases, it needs to know where several 
		other files are located.  These files are used to convert 
		between the Palm database format and Excel, or to install 
		the newly modified databases to your Palm, or even to 
		provide the ability for custom navigation.


	5. What does "Automatic configuration" do?

		Automatic configuration will try to locate all of the 
		necessary files for you.  It will look in the Windows 
		registry to find your Palm hotsynch names, and will try to 
		identify your Palm backup directory.  It searches the 
		HS2Edit folder for the required additional files.  It tries 
		to determine if you are using a Windows or Mac system.


	6. What happens when auto-configure doesn't find all of the 
	necessary information?

		HS2Edit will prompt you to configure manually.


	7. How do I configure manually?
		
		You can access the manual configuration window at any time 
		from the HS2Edit custom menu.  Select "HS2Edit>Tools>
		Configure".  The first thing you may want to do is to click 
		the "Check configuration" button.  You will see a dialogue 
		that lists all the things that might be wrong with your 
		configuration.  When you have made the necessary changes 
		then click OK and the configuration will be saved.  The 
		"Manual Configuration" window includes a "help" button 
		which will describe all of the controls on the form in 
		detail.
	

	8. Can I reconfigure HS2Edit later?
	
		Yes, you can go back to the manual configuration window at 
		any time and make changes.


	9. I am a Mac user and many of the controls on the configuration 
	form are disabled for me.

		When HS2Edit determines that your system has a Mac OS, it 
		sets certain options on the configuration form for you, and 
		often it disables the control so that you cannot change the 
		setting.  This is because some settings would cause errors 
		with a Mac OS.  


	10. What is the "Custom Naviagtor" button for?

		By default, when you navigate through folder and file lists 
		within HS2Edit, you are using a Windows navigator.  This 
		navigator does not work on a Mac, so a custom navigator has 
		been provided with HS2Edit.  Windows users may also find 
		the custom navigator to be useful, because it allows the 
		dislplay of files to be limited ONLY to HandyShopper2 
		database names, eliminating from view any files that cannot 
		be imported anyway.


	11. What is the "Manual PDB/CSV Conversion" button for?

		Mac users cannot use the normal HS2 file converter, 
		HS2Convert.exe, because that application runs only in a 
		windows environment.  So a manual converter has been 
		supplied with HS2Edit.  Windows users can also use this 
		converter, but there is really no advantage in doing so.  
		HS2Covnert.exe is recommended for all Windows users.