All supported Microsoft systems i.e. SP, Vista and Windows 7

Use Help>About within DietCheck

Major updates are provided annually which are a combination of operational and nutritional  improvements. You can either buy these updates, or become a member of the Maintenance & Support Scheme which provides updates free of charge.

Membership of the Scheme also ensures support needed in the event of computer problems and, if needed, supply of new licences and programs should your computer fail or be stolen.

DietCheck's licence system provides hassle free, secure, flexible copy protection for all Windows platforms. Once you have purchased DietCheck you will be supplied with a licence.

On opening DietCheck, enter the licence you have been issued and the program will connect to the internet to register your copy and download your licensed features.

DietCheck's licence system makes it easy to transfer the program from one machine to another.

Just :-
1) Make a backup of your database onto a transferable media (e.g. usb drive or via network) by using File>Backup within DietCheck.

2) On the new machine - install and run DietCheck and enter the licence. (If you have lost the installer or licence - please contact DietCheck). 

For a short period of time the program will run on both machines so that the old installation can be checked to ensure the data has been transferred successfully.

Version 7 needs to connect to the DietCheck website to confirm which features have been purchased.

This generally does not any problem, but some companies use proxy servers for increased security protection.

In these circumstances it may be necessary to allow access to the DietCheck website by adding the following details to the whitelist:-

www.dietcheck.co.uk
IP address - 88.98.24.71
Port - 80

Some users using have reported that on starting DietCheck after an automatic update they see:-

 

To fix:-
a) Use Windows explorer to navigate to c:\program files\dietcheck\
b) Double click the file updater.exe

Automatic backup relies on a system service to run.  This service does not have the right privilages to save a backup files to a network drive.   To save an automatic backup to the network, you will need to save to a non network folder and then copy the file to the network drive.

Manual backup using File>Backup can save to network drives because it has User privilages.

1. On the Target Computer
a) Install DietCheck.
b) Click the Start>All Programs>DietCheck>DietCheck Registration
c) Note the User key listed under the Name.

2. On the Source Computer
a) Take a backup of your data (using File>Backup within DietCheck) to a transferable media (e.g. usb pen drive). Close DietCheck.
b) Click Start>All Programs>DietCheck>Move DietCheck
c) Enter the User key from the Target computer.
d) Click the 'Generate licence' button. Record the licence code. (This process will remove the licence and prevent further use of DietCheck on this computer).

3. Target Computer
a) Click the 'Enter licence code' button and enter the licence code from the Source computer.
b) To restore your data, transfer your backup file and use File>Restore within DietCheck.

Note:-
a) Licence codes can be entered in upper or lower case.
b) The 'Move DietCheck' utility can be run only once.

Yes, nutrients can be arranged to suit you. Just drag and drop any nutrient to the new position and save your changes by clicking the Save column or row order button in the Feed or Formulation screens.

Yes, the Nutritionist version can either Optimise or hand check compound feeds or supplement mixes. The Consultant version can be supplied to optimise either compound feeds or on farm rations.

Small inclusion, nutrient rich feeds such as urea and specific protected amino acids will have their specific nutritional effects diluted in the FiM MP system when converted to a concentrate (i.e. saved in the Feed library with average nutrient values).

For example, urea is an extreme feed which needs to be handled specificial within most feeding systems. For example, it is given a protein value of 288% which is logically impossible. To estimate its supply of rumen nitrogen, the system also gives it unusual degradability values i.e. sN=1, aN=1 while bN etc.=0.

These values predict rumen nitrogen supply accurately when urea is included in the diet in its own right i.e. either as an ingredient directly in the Formulation screen or as part of a Farm premix.

However, when it is included as part a concentrate its unique values are diluted within the mix so that the mix no longer predicts MP components (particularly DUP) correctly.

The advice is that urea or any small inclusion feed of this type should not included to be saved as a concentrate but are added to the diet as separate feeds.

The use of the Farm editor will also overcome the problem as it stores and uses the component parts of a mixture rather than creating an average analysis.