Customizing-- Data menu

NOTE-- We retired the MacNail estimating program in 2000, and replaced it with Goldenseal construction estimating software. There are still a significant number of die-hard MacNail users, so we keep the manuals online for them! Goldenseal is an integrated program that also includes accounting, scheduling and contract writing features. Goldenseal includes a large number of business reports, which are similar to MacNail's extract special.

Data Menu

The MacNail construction management software adds seven new commands to the bottom of the Data menu, to help you to work with Customizing files. All of the MacNail commands start with an asterisk (*).

NOTE: Some of the Data menu commands may not be visible on a small screen. Drag the mouse down to the very bottom of the menu to see the remaining commands.

Extract Special

Choose Extract Special to produce a list of all items that match the criteria in the Criteria section of worksheets in the MacNail construction management software.

Before using this command, type in criteria for the items you would like to extract (see page 190). To make sure you are getting the right items, you can use the Find command to jump to each item that matches the criteria (see page 191).

The extracted items are stored in a new file, which is stored in the Customizing Reports folder. The file name will include today's date if you've selected include date in report file names in MacNail Options (see page 226).
Since the extraction is a separate file, you can add formulas and make format changes to it without damaging the original Customizing files.

To open an old Extract file, choose Open File from the File menu, and select Extract as a file type.