My Generic AutoType BMD Parent Collection

These are the supporting documents and files, etc. that I have written while creating my Generic AutoType and converting it to a Parent Collection template. Remember that I am a source lumper, don't use any Essentials Templated sources(yet), and have modified screen layouts, so you will have to change some of the navigation tab counts to match your FH layouts.

If you are going to try out the Generic Autotype Parent system, I would recommend that you use a different browser from your day to day one, add the ora Extensions, etc to that second browser, and you will have a new 'empty' ORA Settings setup with just this autototype and set of libraries without affecting what you have already. If you get it to a suitable working set, you could then export and import the templates and libraries into your main prefered browser.

If you want to download the actual Autotype that I have exported, download it and then copy or move it to your My Documents\ORA\Settings folder, and it will then be available to import into your collections. The libraries required will have to be downloaded and then imported into your Library template collection. Check the names of the library templates before importing, as they will overwrite any of the same name. You may need to rename your existing library template, if you want to retain it. You can Import them individually from the file if you so wish.

  • My latest Exported Generic BMD Autotype Parent template
  • All the required Library Templates for the Parent
  • What you may need to modify for your FH
  • Adding a New Service
  • PDF of my current implementation of the ORA Parent Autotype Template.

  • If you are a member of the FH Zoom Group, you should be able to watch the videos where this process was discussed on Thursday 12th October 2023, and a live walk through and update on 26th October 2023 during an open session. There was also a session on 7th December 2023, where I briefly explained my understanding and implementation of the Parent Autotype concept introduced by John Cardinal in version 1.74.

    Current versions are 1.76 and host 1.72 and files dated 21 Dec 2023