FAQ - Daisy
Can I Run Daisy from Other Programs?
Daisy has been designed, so that it can be run from other Windows programs.
The simplest way to call Daisy from another program is to use the ActiveX interface to the program.
You can also download the Daisy Opener. This is a Visual Basic 6.0 program that calls Daisy to draw a Daisy Chart from any simple database.
Daisy has an extensive set of command line arguments, which can be used to read data files, templates and other details. Determine the command and then insert it in a macro or command file, run in the other program. Note, some programs will have to export the data for processing by Daisy.
Note that command line arguments must be run using the Daisy Opener.
Daisy also has an OCX version, which is available seperately. This can be used to create your own versions of the program.
Can I Upgrade Daisy Lite to the Full Version?
Yes!
Upgrade between the various versions of Daisy is by adding extra registration codes using the Register Daisy ... command in the Help menu.
Can I Use Daisy on Microsoft Excel Workbooks?
All versions of Daisy can access Microsoft Excel workbooks and worksheets directly.
This is discussed in detail under Techniques - Link to Excel.
Daisy is a very complicated program and it needs a powerful Personal Computer to process large and intricate databases.
Daisy will run faster, by increasing the power of the processor in your computer. Extra RAM will also increase the speed of the program.
How Can I Setup Daisy to Run the Way I Want?
Daisy is setup using various commands in the Options menu. All values set, will become the default setting for the program.
Profiles can also be used to store different settings for different applications and databases.
Daisy stands for Data Analysis Interactively. It is also unique.
Daisy is a graphical analysis and interactive investigation program for all databases.
Daisy searches for the hidden links between records in your databases and shows them as a Daisy or other chart. This circular representation of the data, allows you to find the underlying patterns and rules, that control your business, your research, your problems or perhaps even your life.
Daisy is also a qualitative statistical program, that can process and display the numeric fields in a database as a circular histogram that allows powerful comparisons to be made.
Daisy Educational is a complimentary version of Daisy Lite that is available for Schools, Colleges and Universities.
The features of the two versions are identical.
Daisy Lite is the simple version of Daisy, that can read comma-separated files and Microsoft Excel workbooks. It can handle 10,000 records.
Daisy Lite also comes in a Daisy Lite Plus version which has a few extra features and can handle up to 1,000,000 records.
Daisy Lite Plus is the larger version of Daisy Lite which has a few extra features and can handle up to 1,000,000 records.
Daisy Lite ADO is now called Daisy Standard.
Daisy Standard or Daisy 2003 is the full version of Daisy that can open databases using ADO, has a lot of extra features and can handle up to 10,000,000 records.
It used to be called Daisy Lite ADO.
The Daisy Lite Applet is no longer available.
Which Version of Daisy Should I Choose?
Remember you have 30 days in which to try out Daisy totally free and without any obligation. Except to respect our copyrights and conditions.
If the functionality of Daisy Lite is sufficient for your data, you can easily put your data into comma-separated files or Microsoft Excel workbooks and you have less than 10,000 records, then that version is probably sufficient for your needs.
Note that the upgraded Daisy Lite Plus has a few extra features and can handle up to 1,000,000 records.
If you want to access large simple databases, Microsoft Access files and use profiles, then you will need the standard or ADO version,
From Daisy 2003 onwards these are now the same.
There is also an educational version of Daisy, which is the same as Daisy Lite. This is free to all bona-fide educational establishments.
Daisy was the original code-name for the program.
James Miller always names projects after his dogs, horses or cats. Daisy, the name of an English Setter of a quite charming disposition, was chosen as it was the next in line.
Daisy is the lighter coloured dog on the right. The other English Setter is her mother Charlotte.
The fact that Daisy is a corruption of "Day's Eye" and that the charts have a flower-like quality had nothing to do with it.
Why Use Horse Racing for Examples?
You may not know much about Horse Racing. But many people do!
So using Daisy on the Newmarket Winners example will give results, that can be used to verify the techniques involved. This is important, as you should never rely on answers, obtained by methods you don't understand!
Look at the data. It contains, date, time, numeric and text fields. Just like most databases!
Thanks go to those at Newmarket Racecourse for permission to use the results of races in 1992 for the Tutorial.