Cardfile Pegasus Online Help
FAQs, info and items that may have been overlooked in
the Help files.
It is recommended that you download and install version
5.0.
Free for registered users.
Before installing the new version, make sure to make
a backup, or copy, of your database -- pscardfile.mdb. After the
installation, copy it back into the program's directory to continue
working with your data.
Windows Vista users click here.
Getting Started
Save
your data and information in an easy to retrieve database. Modeled
after the old Index cards, your information is listed alphabetically.
Your data is sorted and retrieved through the Keyword of your choice.
Registering CardFile Pegasus
To
register Product you have to go to the Pindersoft web site and then to
the CardFile Pegasus page. Click on the link and you will be directed
to a secure web site where you can enter your credit card information.
You will then be emailed the registration number.
After receiving this number, start PS CardFile Pegasus and then, on
the Menu, open ‘Tools/Enter Registration’ Number. When the
Registration window opens, enter the Registration number you have been
emailed. PS CardFile Pegasus will then inform you if the registration
is successful.
If
so, your version is fully operational.
CardFile Pegasus
PS
CardFile Pegasus can handle and store all your data, from passwords to
Internet sites, from CD keys to cook recipes.
The
main window allows you easy access to your information. To view or
edit a file, double click on it in the grid. The ‘Data-view’ window
will then open and you can then make any desired changes.
By
clicking on the grid with the right mouse button, a popup menu will
appear and you can choose between viewing the data selected in the
grid or deleting it.
Database Backup
Backup your database by clicking on the menu ‘Tools/Backup Pegasus
database’.
A
default name is given, and the target directory is the application
path. You can change the directory to one of your choosing. Click OK
and CardFile Pegasus will make a copy of your database into the
directory you have chosen.
To
recover your data, find the database you have backed up. Change the
name to pscardfile.mdb. Then copy this database into the directory
where PS CardFile Pegasus is located. If there is a database present
it will be overwritten without being asked. And make sure the program
is not running before you recover your data.
Data
Handling
To
enter, edit and delete data you use the Data-view window, shown above
The
Keyword field is mandatory. You have to enter a Keyword to save any
data. Afterwards you can enter text into the Subject and Memo field.
In the Memo field you can enter as much text as you like. The Keyword
and Subject text fields are restricted to 50 and 75 characters,
respectively.
When you want to add new data to PS Cardfile Pegasus, click on the
new icon. This is the first icon on the left on the toolbar. And then
to save your data click on the Save icon on the toolbar. You can enter
as much data as you like by repeating the process. Afterwards, when
you want to view your data, click on the tab of your choice. The data
edit frame will disappear and a grid listing your data will appear. To
delete any data, click on the delete button. Any data to be deleted
has to be data that has been saved to the database.
Password
You
can keep your data safe from prying eyes by enabling the Password
feature.
When PS CardFile Pegasus starts for the first time you do not need a
password. However, from the main window you can open this form and set
a password of your choosing.
If
you save a Password and then decide to ‘Do Not Use Password’, your
password is still saved and ready to be activated. All you have to do
is click on the ‘Use Password’ option and then the Ok button.
Just make sure you know what it is before re-enabling the ‘Use
Password’ setting. Once you are locked out you stay locked out. There
is no backdoor into the database.
Export
With
Data Transfer – Export, you can export some, or all, of your data to a
text file.
When the Export window opens, all the data in the PS CardFile Pegasus
database is listed for you to view. Select the data you wish to export
by checking the box. Afterwards, click on the ‘Export data to file’
button.
Your data will then be written to a text file in the CardFile Pegasus
directory. The data is encrypted to protect your privacy. It can only
be decrypted when importing it back into PS CardFile Pegasus.
When you select the ‘Password protect export file’ option, you will
be asked to enter a password. And then, when you wish to import this
data, you must first enter the password. It is not dependent with any
password you may be using to log in to PS CardFile Pegasus with.
The
idea behind the Export and Import function is to make it easier for
you to transfer data from one computer to the other. Instead of having
to enter the same data by hand two or more times, you can make an
import file, place it in the PS CardFile Pegasus directory, and import
those records into the database.
PS
CardFile Pegasus does not check for duplicate records. What you wish
to import is imported, as many times as you like.
The
‘Pegasus.txt’ file is the file your data is exported to.
Import
To
Import your data, place the Pegasus.txt file in the PS CardFile
Pegasus directory. When you click on the ‘Data Transfer – Data Import’
menu, if your data import is successful it will appear as in the
picture above.
PS
CardFile Pegasus firsts places the data into the grid for you to
review. If everything is correct, you can then click on the Save
button to save your data to the database. Afterwards you will be asked
if you wish to delete your imported file. This is to make sure you do
not import it again, or leave it on your disk for prying eyes.
Email
& Internet
With
PS CardFile Pegasus you can open your default email program or surf
the Internet with a click of the mouse or a press of a key through the
‘Data Handling’ window.
When you save an email address into the Keyword or Subject field, you
can launch your email program by opening the ‘Data Handling’ window
and pressing on the F6 key.
PS
CardFile Pegasus firsts look at the Keyword field. If it is a valid
Email address, Pegasus will open your email program. If the Keyword is
not a valid Email address, it will then look at the Subject field for
a valid Email address.
The
same routine holds true for the Internet function. You can launch your
browser by saving a valid URL in the Keyword or Subject field.
Printing
With
PS CardFile Pegasus you can print your data to a text file. First,
open the Data Handling window to the data you want to print out. Then
click on the Printer icon on the Toolbar. Your data will be saved to a
text file named “CardfilePegasus.txt” located in the program’s
directory.
From there you can copy and paste it into the text editing program of
your choice.
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