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Lithology combobox – Choices are filtered from Units_0.5.dbf based on the unit choice made on the Unit page. This value is editable on-the-fly.

Min grain size combobox – Use this to record the minimum size of sedimentary grains, volcanic crystals, metamorphic blasts, etc. Edit GrainSizes_0.5.dbf to change picklist values (see Picklists).

Max grain size combobox – Use this to record the maximum size of sedimentary grains, volcanic crystals, metamorphic blasts, etc. Edit GrainSizes_0.5.dbf to change picklist values (see Picklists).

Add Note button – This button creates a simple text file and uses the station ID of the currently selected station for the title. Every time the file is opened, the date and time are added to the beginning of the file. Having the new entry placed at the end of the file instead is a matter of commenting out some lines of code. Open the .vbs file and search for the instructions within the AddNote subroutine. The routine writes a tab character between the date and time and after the time. If you begin writing after the last tab and don’t enter any tabs or line returns within your text, then the entire file will be tab delimited, which makes it easy to import into a database table.

Add Sketch button – This button creates a file and adds a .psw extension to it. The file will open in Pocket Word and you can use the sketching mode to draw. To create a file for use with a different program, open the .vbs file and search for the instructions in the AddSketch subroutine for changing the file extension.

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