Recorder 2002 Resources
There are a number of resources available which can provide
help and guidance on a range of subjects within Recorder 2002. As
well as support and advice available from the approved Recorder
experts, the Recorder Wiki and the Old Recorder category of
the NBN Forum are useful reference sources for potential issues or
general advice. For written assistance you can use the Help
within Recorder or make use of the select library of documents
which cover a range of subjects. There is also technical
documentation available covering topics such as the data model
and additional documents that may be of interest eg National
surveys.
NBN Forum
The Recorder section of the NBN Forum, although generally
focused towards Recorder 6, now has an additional category called
'Old Recorder'
for users of Recorder 2000, 2002 and 3. The Forum itself is a
valuable focal point for the recording community for both
announcements (eg software or dictionary version releases) and
troubleshooting. It is an active arena for Recorder users
with a range of technical skills to assist one another
with problem solving, free of charge. There are links to
other related projects as well as the Recorder Wiki and a search
facility. If you can't find what you're looking for on the forum
you can type the following text into an internet search engine
and then the words you are searching for:
site:forums.nbn.org.uk. This cleverly restricts
the search to the NBN forum and often yields better results than
searching within the forum itself.
Recorder Wiki
The Recorder
Wiki is a set of webpages, accessed through a link on the NBN
Forum, where the user community are invited to get involved in
creating posts to assist other users in completing a range of
tasks related to Recorder. Existing posts can be edited and added
to and can provide a very useful source of information for all
Recorder users. Visitors can access and view Wiki entries but to be
able to edit the Wiki you will need to register as a Forum
user.
Recorder Experts
There are currently four JNCC approved Recorder experts providing support for
Recorder 2002 users: Sally Rankin, Mike Weideli, ExeGesIS and
Richard Weddle. As well as supplying Recorder 6
they can provide support, training and advice as well as
additional services such as data transfer, customised
installations and the development of larger projects to fit a range
of budgets for both Recorder 2002 and 6.
Recorder Help
The .chm Recorder Help files are available within Recorder
and can be accessed from the main menu bar by clicking on Help
and then choosing Help again.
Documentation - Tutorials and Guides
There is a select library of written guides and
tutorials covering a range of aspects of Recorder
functionality. These are aimed at different user levels from
introductory to more advanced and includes: Guidance on
transferring data from R2002 to R6, Microsoft Access in Recorder
2002 and Recorder 6 for Recorder 2002 users.
Technical Documentation
Recorder benefits from an open and accessible data model and an
extensible platform. This enables specialist users to
develop addins (Microsoft COM objects written in Visual Basic,
Delphi, C++ etc.) for Recorder to provide additional functionality
alongside the main Recorder application. A range of technical
documentation is available including the data model
itself.
Additional Documents
This section includes additional documents of interest such
as the National surveys about Recorder use
amongst local record centres and national recording
schemes.