My I.C.E. Plan "In Case of Emergency" 
Home Inventory & Family Emergency Planning Software

 
Using Forms in general

A shortcut key is the INS (Insert) key. Also you can right click in any list and select Add or hit the Add button from any list.

Adding records throughout My ICE Plan is the same and is very simple. Just fill in the blanks and press save. There are some fields that are required. Those fields are colored in yellow on the form. You will not be able to save a record until those required fields are complete.

Requiring certain fields to be completed guards against a blank record from being added and makes sure you have at least entered the necessary data to provide to insurance companies.

  • Most fields are set to Capitalize the first letter of a word for you.
  • Phone number fields are formatted as xxx-xxx-xxxx
    • NOTE: Due to allowing importing contacts from other programs the Contacts phone numbers are free form. Meaning they look the way you type them in. They will not be automatically formatted for you.
  • Entering dates as 020206 will be formatted as 02/02/2006.
  • Model numbers, serial numbers and Zip codes sometimes contain letters. If they do the letters will be automatically capitalized for you. Thus entering a number like ap8966-f-88 will be formatted as AP8966-F-88
  • Storing Images and selecting images
  • Learn more about adding item records

More on the required fields (yellow highlighted fields)

In order to protect the your inventory from accidental deletions a relation between certain files must exist. This is the reason for having to chose the three critical pieces of data from the Pick List. An item record once entered can be deleted. However, records for the Categories, Item Names and Location files can not be deleted unless the Item record using the category, location or item name is deleted first. Example: (Lets assume you have 10 records using the location of "Master Bedroom" - and while you are in the Location list and have the Master Bedroom record highlighted, you accidentally hit the delete button and hit the confirm the deletion of the Master Bedroom location. My ICE Plan will not delete that Master Bedroom record from the Location list because it sees that you have items stored (kept) in the Master Bedroom. My ICE Plan will instead tell you that due to a "referential integrity" it can not delete the record. Thus eliminating the possibility of deleting the Mater Bedroom record and leaving your 10 item records with no location as to where those items are stored.


 
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