Theo Herbarium Labelmaker
Theo, the herbarium label maker developed by the New York Natural Heritage Program, is available for free download from this site or you may request a CD. To order a CD, please send an e-mail to weldy@nynhp.org or send a letter to:
New York Natural Heritage Program
c/o Theo Herbarium Label Maker
625 Broadway, 5th Floor
Albany, NY 12233-4757
Current Version
The most recent Theo is version 1.70.
The most recent Theo Help File posted to this site was created 15 November 2002.
Theo news
Theo has currently been distributed to 22 states and provinces. View the current distribution map to see where this is being used.
Theo Updates
Label Layout parenthesis / datum correction:
If you use the UTM zone, your selected datum may not appear or if you use the lat/lon and do not enter a datum, an empty parenthesis may appear. To correct this, select F-11, go to the report tabs, select label_large and open in design view. This will open the label layout detailing a lot of formatting code. Note that the sixth box down contains code similar to that listed below. Copy the code listed below and paste it over the similar code in box six. Repeat these steps for the small_label layout.
<<<<<--copy starting with the next line-->>>>>
=IIf(IsNull([utmnorth]),"","UTM zone " & [utmzone] & ", " & [utmeast] & "mE, " & [utmnorth] & "mN" & " " & IIf(IsNull([Datum]),"","(" & [datum] & ")")) & IIf(IsNull([lat]),"","Lat: " & [lat]) & " , " & IIf(IsNull([lon]),"","Lon: " & [lon]) & IIf(IsNull([datum]),"","(" & [datum] & ")")
<<<<<-- end copy with previous line - >>>>>
Placenames zero-string error
This error may occur if you leave the placename field blank. Many times you will want to leave this blank. Correct this in one of two ways. Option 1: Open the CollectionData.mdb, select "thecollection" table, and open this table in design view. Select the field "placename" and change the "Allow zero length" to Yes. Option 2: Copy a new CollectionData.mdb file (36KB) and save it to a different location than your current file. Open the new file and your existing file. Copy all the records from your current file and "Paste Append" this into the new file. Rename your current file as "OldCollectionData.mdb". Move the new CollectionData.mdb into the same folder as the previous file.
If you desire more information, check out this presentation at Theo's official unveiling.
If you already has MS Access 97 or later and a fast modem, you may download Theo directly from the Theo download page.
If you do not have MS Access or have an earlier version of MS Access, you must request a CD. The necessary files are too large (100+MB) to allow web downloads.