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KeepMany and KeepFour

Six separate Blank Databases to use for storing your own Information.
Programmed by Gordon Cooper

KeepMany is a free downloadable program for you to fill with your own information. There are six separate data bases, so you can index your quilting magazines, keep addresses, sewing tips and recipes, or whatever you’d like to catalogue. Download it from this page. Then install it on your own computer.

KeepFour is a direct copy of Keepmany, but has been written in 32bit code on a computer running Windows © XP. If you are already using KeepMany and are having no problems, then there is NO NEED for you to upgrade to KeepFour. If however you have upgraded your computer and find that KeepMany is only using a small part of the screen, of it your computer cannot handle 16bit code then KeepFour should solve these problems.

• Frequently Asked Questions
• Downloading KeepMany
• Installing KeepMany
• About Gordon Cooper

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What is KeepMany?
KeepMany is a free blank database program created especially for you by EQ user Gordon Cooper. The Electric Quilt Company greatly appreciates the time, effort and ingenuity Gordon used in making this free program for all EQ users. If you have questions about using KeepMany, contact The Electric Quilt Company. But you can e-mail Gordon directly if you'd like to thank him for this helpful tool.

Do I need other programs to run KeepMany?
No. KeepMany is a "stand-alone" program. It does not require links to any other program on your computer. KeepMany will not run without Windows.

How do I get KeepMany?
Follow the directions below to download and install KeepMany on your computer's hard drive.

DOWNLOADING KeepMany or KeepFour

Download KeepMany

Download KeepFour

Before you download KeepMany, close other programs running. Then click on the underlined words above with your primary mouse button. A "File Download" box appears.

The download box will give you two choices. Either run the file, or save it to disk. KeepMany may be installed directly from here, or you may prefer to save it to a disk first.

INSTALLING KeepMany

Option One: Click Run the File and click OK to start installation directly from the File Download box.

1. The download file "CompMany" will show a popup information box with information about the automatic creation of a new folder, and will tell you about the general information file "kpmyinfo.txt." Click to continue.
2. The second box shows the Unzip options. You will read that the new folder will be named C:\KeepMany. You may change this folder name if you wish before unzipping. Click Unzip to continue.
3. The files will be automatically extracted into the new folder, and Startup notes will be there for you to read. To finish the installation you will need to make a Desktop shortcut. See Desktop Shortcut below.

Option Two: Save to disk. If you choose this option, CompMany will be placed in a folder of your own choice. When the download is complete go to this folder and double-click CompMany to start the installation. The popup information box will appear. Read it and click OK. The installation will continue as described above.

Creating a DESKTOP SHORTCUT

1. Open Windows Explorer.
2. Find your KeepMany folder and click to open it.
3. Look on the right side of the screen, find the KeepMany application file and right-click it to bring up a Menu box, choose Create a Shortcut.
4. Drag the Shortcut all the way to the top-left list on your screen and drop it on the Desktop Icon.
5. Close Windows Explorer.

Using KEEPMANY

1. Double Click the Desktop KeepMany Icon to run the program.
2. Read the KPMYINFO.txt general information file. Better still, print it off to read at any time.
3. You may name KeepMany's six databases whatever you wish. Read "Getting Started" in the built-in Help when KeepMany is running.

About GORDON COOPER

Gordon is not a quilter, but he shares a home with three computers, five and a half sewing machines, a massive fabric stash, innumerable quilts and a heap of "work in progress." Perhaps he's a patchworker's assistant?

Gordon and his dear wife, Molly, retired to Omokoroa in New Zealand's Bay of Plenty. After that, Molly caught the quilting bug and since then nothing has been the same! Gordon's first involvement with patchwork was the use of a computer CAD program to draw and print patterns for foundation piecing. Next came an extension to the house in the vague hope that fabric, batting, stray pins and short pieces of thread would be confined to the new purpose-built sewing room. It was a forlorn hope.

Molly is a few years younger and was working in theatrical costuming before they retired to Omokoroa. Other interests include quilting, quilting, and yachting.

Gordon worked in aviation electronics and the video/film industry. Other interests -- writing, amateur radio - particularly Search and Rescue, and emergency services.

They have two daughters; both sew. The elder, who lives in London U.K. studied Fine Arts in Fabric & Fibre; she weaves too. The younger daughter is the best knitter in the family.