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Frequently Asked Questions

1. AirTracker

    Importing a DXF with bait drops, but can't see the drops ?

2. Area Selection

    Paddocks are not available in selection lists

3. Backup/Restore

    Are you able to backup to CD from PAM QA Plus ?
    FertRexBlendBrowse DAO error when attempting to backup.
    How do I back up data?
    How do I backup my budgets in PAM version 4.0 and later?
    How do I restore data?
    I can't restore my data from removable media in PAM (ie: CD)
    I have PAM QA Plus version 4.4 or later and am unable to select backup files with extension .001
    I have restored mapping to a new computer and there are no images ?
    No datasets found in this backup file when received via email.
    PAM : Restoring PAM Backup shows error message "Error File Not Found"

4. Citrix

    On Citrix Client for PC - Error: ICA file not found

5. Configuration

    Can I change a Paddock Name ?
    How do I merge 2 paddocks into 1 ?
    How do I set up fertiliser for liquid application ?
    How do I split 1 paddock into 2 ?
    Our lists need tidying up… over the years we have doubled up on entries and miss-spelled some. How do we tidy them up?
    Unable to edit a pdk - error "This Farm/Pdk combination exists, please try..."

6. Cropping

    Can you please explain how PAM deals with Water Use Efficiency issues?
    Harvest Deliveries & Management Groups
    How can I enter paddock recommendations so I can use "Import Paddock Recommendations" or "Show Paddock Recommendations"?
    How do I enter insurance costs for a crop?
    How do I enter staff details for operations?
    How do I get the Break Even yield figure in the Season Summary Screen?
    How do I record the planting of more than one crop in a paddock in PAM?
    How do you enter a seed dressing for a crop?
    Is it possible to export the fixed costs from the machinery cost calculator as well as the variable costs?
    Job Cost Allocation Techniques : How Can I Allocate the Cost of a Job to a Paddock and not any Crops?
    Summer & Winter Cropping ... "Area Code"
    What are management groups and what do they do?
    Why don't we display an area on a Harvest Delivery record?
    Why is there no pick list when adding a chemical in the configuration screen?

7. Data Display

    All of the Rainfall Summary does not show up on the Paddock Season summary Screen !
    Error: Cannot open a form whos underlying query contains a user defined function that attempts to set or get the form's recordset
    My drop down lists don't have any text in them ?
    PAM 4.0 beta and first releases (the first week) some data not visible in the Paddock Diary ?
    Season Summary Screen will only show a couple of years worth of my data ?
    Some of the dialog titles (text) in PAM QA Plus are not completely visible ?

8. Data Entry

    After upgrading to PAM version 4.0 or later all my units are imperial units
    Entering a Hay Production record splits my paddock in two ?
    Error: Type mismatch for field 'Gear', expecting: String actual: Integer
    How do I add Harvested produce to the Inventory of Consumables for Supplimentary Feeding ?
    How do I enter two crops into the same paddock ?
    How do I handle Chicken Manure bought and applied by the Cubic Metre
    How do I organise Lucerne (perennial) as a crop in PAM ?
    How do I use a liquid fert that is invoiced to me by the ton ?
    I entered an operation against a paddock that has a crop in it and the costs show on the Gross Margin report for that crop ?
    I have assigned an activity to a paddock and should have been the crop ?
    I recieve an error: 'No current record' when in the Add Activity Wizard
    I want to 'Manually Aportion Job Costs', but the menu selection is not there ?
    Some Paddocks/Crops don't show up for a Harvest Delivery operation ?
    What is the difference between Arable, Grazable, Workable and Irrigated Areas when setting up a Paddock ?
    When adding a new chemical I get an error message: 'No SQL statement available'

9. Data Merging

    "File Not Found" when doing logout...
    Is Data merging available for the Livestock data in PAM?
    What are my options for keeping the same data on more than one dataset ?
    What is Merged using the PAM DataMerging System?
    When I log out Master or Remote to floppy I get: I/O error 112

10. Database

    "Selected Collating Sequence Not Supported" or "Unrecognized Database Format" Error
    Error Message: DAO Error - Cannot open any more tables.
    Error message: DAODBEngine.OpenDatabase failed or DAO Error
    Error message: 'Selected Collating Sequence Not Supported' when opening PAM QA Plus
    Error message: 'VitiOnlyAddHardWiredCMonItems()...' when switching to the demonstration dataset
    Process DDF error DAO error - Unrecognised databse format 'C:\Pam\Pam Queries.mdb'
    Select Data Source error when switching between Main dataset and the Demo data

11. DES

    Do I need a particular version of PAM to run with the DES system ?
    Is there a cost associated with the DES system ?

12. Emailing PAM Data

    Getting large files to Fairport via the internet...
    What to do if User is receiving an "Unable to connect to host server" message

13. Enterprise

    Citrix: ICA File Not Found

14. General

    Getting an error at startup: 'Out of memory'
    Getting an error on start up - "Cannot focus a disabled or invisible window"
    My download keeps dropping out at 10%, or 50% etc...
    Pam.exe - no disk in the drive .. please insert a disk in drive [x]:

15. gpMapper

    After upgrading to gpMapper version 3.2.1, I get "vcl50.bpl was not found" !

16. GPS

    GARMIN - Downloading waypoints
    GARMIN - Upload Capability
    I am having trouble uploading Waypoints to my Garmin ?

17. Grape Forecaster

    Installin Graper Forecaster to run over Terminal Services Remote Desktop (RDP) or Citrix
    Which Forecaster .CSV file formats will Grape Forecaster import?

18. GRDC Cropping Diary/CE

    Is there an updated ActiveSync Manager from Microsoft
    What do I need to run the GRDC Paddock Diary ?

19. Harvest Import

    How do I import split loads from LoadNet data to one paddock ?
    PAM version 3.2.0 - I am unable to import LoadNet Data

20. Individual Animal Records

    Can I define my own visual ID's ?
    Error Message "Invalid Row Selected"
    Field 'SireOutOfDate' not found
    How to run through Selling Stock in IAR
    To get started with IAR you must do the following...
    What scales are to be supported by PAM IAR

21. Inventory

    My Inventory Locations aren't in the Inventory of Consumables Add Stock Item pick list after an upgrade to PAM QA Plus ?

22. Livestock

    Confusion when reading the "Offspring Percentages" report
    Error adding a Veterinary Treatment: 'wwDBCalcCombo1.calFontSize: Property does not exist.'
    How do I get rid of a mob and all of its records ?
    How do I retrieve what my livestock tallies were at a particular date? (i.e. End of Year)
    I changed the Common Name of a mob, but the new name does not show up in pick lists, Why ?
    Is there a table that show's each class of animal such as growing steer, bull, pregnant cow, dry cow etc, and then their respective weights (LSU)?
    My farms won't show up in livestock pick lists ?
    My mobs don't seem to be in the right place on my map?
    My trail feeding times for mobs... will not show up ?
    One of my mobs has gone missing

23. Mapping

    "Error Saving View .. DAO Error" when trying to save a view ..
    After sliding the Quick View and Quick Layer Selectors all the way to the left of the screen, I can't get it back !
    Can I change the background colour of all objects on a layer at the same time ?
    Class not registered error importing an ECW
    Creating an image of my imported spatial data 'locks up' PAM QA Plus with precision mapping or FarmStar Lite.
    Error Message "service not registered" when trying to import ECW photos
    Error: "No Map Defined"
    How do I ... Slice up Farm Maps and Calculate co-ordinates for resulting images
    How do I assign map symbols to existing mobs for use in the PAM Mapping system
    How do I convert from Decimal degrees to Degrees Minutes and Seconds
    How do I create paddock names?
    How do I edit Waypoint Names
    How do I import and geolocate a bitmap image ?
    How do I make my image backgrounds transparent …?
    I export a DXF for a printer and the map looks different in the printers software ?
    I get an External Exception 0E or 'Division by Zero' error when I try to print my maps.
    I have PAM w/mapping v4.4.1 and have restored my mappng data but can't see it?
    I'm having trouble getting the corners of two paddocks at the top of a laneway to stop snapping together. Any ideas?
    Images and Cross Zone troubles...
    Import a bitmap with attached .gpm, .ers, .gbm co-ord files
    Is there any way I can create an object onto two layers. Or another way..... Copy an object from one layer onto another…?
    I've imported my Interfarm data to PAM… how do I move my photo to the new PAM folder so I can delete the old PAM3 folders?
    Maps missing after installing gpMapper with PAM already installed (and visa versa)
    My GeoTiff file won't import into mapping
    My map is slightly distorted. Can I correct this?
    My Mapping System is Crashing when Zooming
    PAM caused a general protection fault in module DIBENG.DLL
    PAM Mapping vs. gpMapper
    Screen goes grey whilst drawing my map!
    Should I delete the demo farm and other maps when I install?
    The paddocks were in straight lines while they were being drawn in, however, when I started to zoom out, lines rotated on 5 degree angle
    To assist confusion about Norths in mapping
    What coordinate types (datums) can I use to geo-reference an image?
    What datum type do Fairport SHP files contain ?
    What format do I supply maps in for printing by a print bureau?
    What format does my aerial photo need to be in for Fairport software ?
    What is the file format for Generic list of points
    What is the format of the .gpm format used for images by gpMapper & PAM?
    What order do Image definition files get processed when importing a bitmap file?
    Why have my Symbols & Styles gone missing?!
    Why won't the little light bulbs in the layer manager appear?

24. Mobile DES

    Export error: 'An error occurred whilst exporting "BatchNos"'
    Machinery records that were entered at the same time as the chemical entry, with the same date, appears with different dates in PAM.
    Percentage of Batch No in chemical dissappear after entry.
    Selection of Wind Direction under chemical application is not available.
    There is a black bar on some of the windows in Mobile Des.
    Total cost of chemical is missing in PAM when importing data from Mobile Des.

25. MultiClient

    I have Multiclient features in my PAM QA Plus 3.0 installation and can't switch it off ?

26. Pasture Watch

    Error 'Too few parameters' when up loading maps!
    I have been emailed a corrected paddock boundary .SHP file, what do I do with it?

27. PocketPAM Utilities

    I can't select my Farms for transfer with Livestock information ?
    Path Error C:\Pam\PocketPAM\,
    Where is my Recommendations data transfer option ?

28. PocketPam/CE

    If you get an error indicating RAPI.DLL is missing...
    Is there an updated ActiveSync Manager from Microsoft
    My PocketPAM for PocketPC won't Sync ?
    PocketPAM for PocketPC 2003 Runtime installation...

29. PocketPam/Palm

    "Error 14: Extension not found or invalid SFE_SERecordUtils" in Palm PocketPAM Inventory
    "Fatal Alert" running PocketPAM on a Palm Tungsten
    After a Sync, I get "Complete but not processed" for the Status
    After installation my PocketPAM program won't transfer and the sync screen doesn't show any PocketPAM software?
    After Upgrading to version 4.x: The connection between handheld and desktop could not be established ?
    Class not registered error from a CD supplied in Late Jan to Early Feb 2003...
    Data failing to transfer
    Do I need more than 8Mb for Pocket Pam on Palm?
    During Hotsync the handheld is wanting to get email and the process hangs there ?
    During the HotSync process the computer keeps wanting to connect to the internet ?
    Error: 'DAO Error: Operation must use an updateable query.'
    Fatal Error on Tungston
    Hotsync caused an invalid page fault in module PALM41.DLL
    HotSync Time Out Errors
    I get an "Error on table ZLNK_Clients..."
    I get an error message "Unable to delete from read only table"
    Merging Mobs in a paddock was not happening ... new bug obviously been there for a while .
    My PocketPAM won't sync
    Palm - Performing a Hard Reset
    PocketPAM Desktop Utility
    PocketPAM Utilities Hangs on Data Transfer and No Syncing takes place
    Process and Update Data transfer gets stuck on file 21...
    Select * from Z_Link PestStag error Unable to download configuration lists to handheld
    The setup on the handheld could not be updated because the PC does not have a hostname or IP address
    The Uninstaller won't delete version 4.x on the handheld device !
    Things to check if no data is being syncronised !
    When trying to sync, I get a message "Cannot Transfer a Read Only File" ?
    Where do I install PocketPAM to if I am working with networked PAM QA Plus ?
    Why do I get a SF_SE_SYSHEAP error installing PocketPAM on Palm
    Why do I get a SFT_SE_SUBCATEG error syncronising livestock
    Why doesn't my name show up in the PocketPAM (Palm OS) utilities user menu ?

30. Precision Mapping

    During a AgLeader (Case AFS) precision data import I get an error: Unable to open the file named "C:\xxx\xx/xx.yld"
    How do I merge spacial data ?
    I have 3 distinct values for each geolocation in my precision data - how do I images these as three unique colours?
    I've got an image from my supplier, but I can't choose it for my VRT project!
    The east to west measurement of the data is zero and cannot be mapped...
    What format should I request my Yield data in?
    Why aren't all the columns of data in my Comma/Tab Delimited files accessible?

31. Pricing

    What are the advantages of being a Fairport Club Member?

32. Printing

    I am unable to print from PAM QA Plus version 4.0 & 4.0.1
    I get an error when trying to print from PAM

33. Program Error Codes and System Files

    "EDAOError - DAODBEngine.OpenDatabase Failed whilst Validating PAM Queries", when opening PAM
    Microsoft Jet Error codes
    PocketPAM Error Codes for PocketPC Synchronisation

34. Program Installation Errors

    "Fatal Exception 0E at address...." on a Blue Screen (Windows 95/98)
    Access Violation - ODAxxx.dll on program startup after upgrade
    Access violations, PAM has caused an illegal ....
    After downloading and installing an upgrade or fulll install from the Fairport internet site I run PAM and get a "Corrupt Instalation Detected" message.
    After I upgrade I get an error : DAO.CreateEngineFactory failed
    After I upgrade I get an error on startup: DataBase Error: TwwTable3 named "Formulae"
    After I upgrade to v5.3.9 I get an error: This application has failed to start because Proj.dll was not found.
    After upgrading I get an error when I try to start PAM - " A required .DLL file, fpControls.BPL was not found."
    After upgrading I get an error when I try to start PAM - " A required .DLL file, Optionbox.BPL was not found."
    After upgrading I get an error: "Exception EReadError in Module VCL50.BPL"
    During an upgrade I get an error: This application must be run in Windows NT
    General : Error Message - CTL3D32.DLL not correct Version
    I have installed PAM version 4.0.0 and now I can't see any of my Precision data?
    I've changed the installation location of PAM and now upgrades won't work!
    NewPexFactors1 - '4046.86' is not a valid floating point value for field 'PexFactor'
    Short Date Format Problem
    The jet vba file (vbajet.dll for 16/bit versions, or vbajet32.dll for 32/bit version) failed to initialise when called.
    Unable to create database timestamp table (on startup)

35. Program Installation Questions

    3 farms ... One of which is run by the owner ... 2 remotes ...How to set this up.
    Changing my trading name in PAM ... How
    Does reinstalling PAM overwrite the data?
    Error starting PAM after upgrade "Couldn't find file C:\PAM\Mapping.mdb" Database error: TTable named"PointTables"
    How do I install an additional PAM module (eg: Mapping, IAR)
    How do I unlock my program?
    How to ... Move PAM to a new computer
    How to install networked Max on a Peer to Peer Network
    How to upgrade via web site
    Installing different versions of PAM on one computer ??
    Installing PAM on a Network
    Item not found in this collection. Database error TwwTable named "Formulea", Owner: Lists TableName "Formulea"
    PAM : How do I migrate data from PAM 3.5 to PAM 2000+ or PAM QA Plus?
    PAM : I'm upgrading from PAM 3.5 (Dos) Can I use my old data in the new PAM 2000?
    PAM : Installing a Network Workstation version with the program running from the local machine
    PocketPAM / PAM : I Installed the Wrong MicroSoft Jet 4.0 / DAO 3.6 patch file for Windows 98
    What happens if I re-install a different version of PAM?
    Why won't the install screen pop up when I put the CD in the tray?

36. Projects Reporting Utility

    How do I get the Project Reporting Utility ?

37. Rainfall

    Growth Season rainfall figures don't look right (v3.0.12) ?
    PAM version 5.3.9 I get 1 mm for each month an i haven't entered anything?
    Potential Yield not showing ?? Or not recalculating.
    Why can't I see my decile ranges in the Rainfall Recording System?

38. Registration

    Can't print the rego form in PAM QA Plus 3.0
    How do I change the Trading Name Details for PAM or MAX?
    How do I unlock PAM 3.5 if I can't print the rego form ?

39. Reporting

    "Selected Printer is Invalid" when trying to view a report
    Annual Crop Summary Report : "Discrepancies" Display
    Annual Paddock Summary Report : "Discrepancies" display
    how does the grazing days histories report calculate the average stocking rate
    How to use a personalised logo in mapping
    How to use a personalised logo on reports
    PAM : Generating a Combined Stock Return and SAN Summary Report displays Access Violation or DAO error
    Reports in 3.1.8 not available?
    The season selection box doesn't contain any years prior to 2003.
    What reports are available for Actuals, Plans, Recommendations & Budgets?
    When I report on soil test data, some of the test items won't show up ?
    When trying to generate a report between two dates, the date selection part of the screen is empty !

40. Screen settings

    Why are the Date Selector's not showing up in report generators and backdate costs screen

41. Soil Tests

    Pivot PAM Soil Test Data Import - DAO Error
    Soil Test Reports Issue - I am only able to display 17 soil records
    What format do I use to import soil test data, and where do I find it?

42. Viticulture

    Can I use Viticulture only if running Apples & Grapes
    How do I promote a standard PAM to Viticulture Only

43. Water Use Efficiency Issues

    My water use efficiency graph is showing wierd numbers... why?
    Water Use Efficiency Issues in PAM


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