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    linking a field to select group memebership

    Hi, I had setup my act 2009 with a CONTACT field called "member" that has a drop down list which I can check multiple selections on and it automatically adds the contact to the groups checked off in the field. I just cant remember how I did this; now I am trying to add 2 more group names...
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    2009 workstation freezes for 25 seconds after start

    Ok. ACTsage.exe is taking all the processors time... if one workstation opens it/closes it/opens it again, next workstation still has the freeze. Given how much faster act 2009 is in general, i have decided to live witht he 20-50 second freeze only when the program starts running as...
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    2009 workstation freezes for 25 seconds after start

    Updated one workstation to sp3 and the hotfix as above. The same problem continues with the 25-50second delay after a spike of data after starting act. Of note, if the database is closed without closing act and the database is opened again, the issue does not happen [ie, only initial start of...
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    2009 workstation freezes for 25 seconds after start

    hi, just spent 2 hours with the act support@@@ after going back and forth, noted that the reason database backup was failing when done trhough act vs done with actdiag was because my database was placed on a data drive fat32!! when i moved the database to c drive [ntfs], no more errors!!! now...
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    2009 workstation freezes for 25 seconds after start

    I have 11.1.183.0 hotfix 1 when i try to do database repair and index from act tools menu and it states there is an error; when trying to fix the error, it would fail in 2007; in 2009, it states it has a second way of taking care of the error which may result in data loss; i have tried that and...
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    2009 workstation freezes for 25 seconds after start

    hi, all workstations have the sudden freeze for about 25-30 seconds, 15 seconds after act loads; but after the slowdown, everything starts working fine. sharing the demo database seems ok with no slow downs! i have 4500 contacts 17000 activities in task list [most are previous appointments as...
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    2009 workstation freezes for 25 seconds after start

    Upgraded 2007 to 2009. 2007 was installed on a microsoft 2000 server and working fine w 8 workstations. 2009 could not be installed on the server so i installed on xp workstation [3 gigs, dual core, raid 0 hard drive 7200 rpm]; program works great on the server [xp pro]; other worksations [xp...
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    best way to fax with act?

    I ended up using metrofax and created a script to pull all fax/name info from and send to metrofax printer dirver; they seem to be pretty good. thnx for help
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    2007 vs 2009

    Sorry, posted this in another threat incorrectly... Hi, Looking to upgrade to 2009 from 2007. During install, most computers did ok except for sever [xp pro] where the sql install gave an error in the last few seconds of the install [based on what i saw with the other computers that worked]...
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    ACT 11.0 Exports to Excel; Link Opportunity to Contact

    Hi, Looking to upgrade to 2009 from 2007. During install, most computers did ok except for sever [xp pro] where the sql install gave an error in the last few seconds of the install [based on what i saw with the other computers that worked] with the error saying something about an instance of...
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    best way to fax with act?

    I am using sage act 2007; wanted to fax out of act; tried the act plugin by myfax and it was working for a while but now one computer cant run act unless i unistall the plugin [? programming!]! I noticed faxadmin but it only uses winfax or local xp fax; is there anyway to integrate faxing...
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    act on one network machine shows all appointmenst one hour late

    have 5 networked act 2007 with one server; when events are scheduled, one machine showw them one hour late [it had done this before for one or two events but now all events look one hour late]; all the clocks on all machines are correct [no change in time problems]; any ideas? thnx
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    Refresh

    thanx; thats great to know.
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    Refresh

    Have Act 2007 on a network with server; when we put in activities on one computer, the other computers do not show the activitiy unless alt F5 for refresh is pressed; is there a way to make all workstations running act refresh the screen at certain intervals; did not have this problem with...
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    mapping with exports/imports does not save properly

    Hi, I have the file created by act get processed by: cmd.exe /c type c:\file1.txt > c:\file2.txt this resaves file1.txt as a good text file by name file2.txt which my parser can actually read! I have 3200 contacts with about ~30000 activities; i run ms sql 2000 standard on 2000 server for...
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    mapping with exports/imports does not save properly

    I had a program setup with act 6 that took the text file, parsed it so that it could be imported into another program. so, it was a serious pain to change the order that the parser works; but, i spent 3 hours doing it today since it seemed like ACT doesn't have its act together on this one...
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    mapping with exports/imports does not save properly

    I just ran a test with an new database; tried exporting [have not changed any of the fields] a text file; then removed all contact fields in the map and inserted 6 fields [first name, last name, city state, country and spouse]; then save the map and reload it: now you have [city, county, state...
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    mapping with exports/imports does not save properly

    I tried saving a map on a brand new database with one contact only to make sure its not all the additional fields/field name changes causing the problem. Even in a new database, when you export to a text file and move the export field order and save the map of the new export field order, when...
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    mapping with exports/imports does not save properly

    In act 6, exports would allow you to save a map of your exported fields to reload anytime you would export a contact [and the map would become default after use so that you did not have to load it everytime unless you would change the map]. In 2007, when you save a map and reload it in the...

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