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    Best folder location for a5v9 databases on C:\

    Just installed a5v9 on my home ofc computer (upgraded from v6). Tomorrow I will install it on my laptop. I plan to create a database tonight for use at work, so I want to make it easy to copy what I create to my jumpdrive to then copy onto my laptop. First database will be just to enter/evaluate the results of a Donor Survey sheet I made that we started handing out today; I have 6 completed Surveys I can use as the test data.

    My question is: Would I be better off creating a folder under C:\Program Files\a5v9\ to hold all my Alpha work, or would it be just as well to create a folder off the C:\ root drive to hold it? I don't know where Alpha puts all the files that accompany a database, so I am just worried about missing something important when copying from my home ofc computer to my laptop. If they'll all be in the same folder I select when I create the database, add records, modify, etc., then I'd rather have them all in a folder off C:\ drive.

    Many thanks in advance,
    Caely
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    Re: Best folder location for a5v9 databases on C:\

    Hi Carol,

    I would recommend you have a folder off the C: drive for each of your applications. What you dont want to do is mix your application with the Alpha program files.

    In the future you might want to download a sample of an application just to learn how so a routine was done. These in terne would be extracted to a separate folder.
    Regards
    Keith Hubert
    Alpha Guild Member
    London.
    KHDB Management Systems
    Skype = keith.hubert


    For your day-to-day Needs, you Need an Alpha Database!

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      Re: Best folder location for a5v9 databases on C:\

      Hello, Keith,

      Thanks for your reply. I can make a folder called C:\XYZ Company\ and then add subfolders for each project, is that what you mean? Sounds good. Only if I want to use a table from one project in another project, how will I know which files comprise that table? Is there something in the a5v9 documentation that will tell me which files to copy to the new folder, in order make a complete copy of the original table?

      Also, I did not really understand your second paragraph:

      Originally posted by Keith Hubert View Post
      In the future you might want to download a sample of an application just to learn how so a routine was done. These in terne would be extracted to a separate folder.
      Maybe you could explain that part if you get a chance.

      Many thanks,
      Caely

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        Re: Best folder location for a5v9 databases on C:\

        All the files for a table will start with the name of the table. Same for a database.

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          Re: Best folder location for a5v9 databases on C:\

          Hi Carol,

          "C:\XYZ Company" would be for "XYZ Company" and "C:\ABC Company" would be for "ABC Company", NOT in a sub folder of any other company. Each application must be in its own folder and any sub folders would be for that application only.
          Only if I want to use a table from one project in another project, how will I know which files comprise that table?
          Robert has answered that. As usual there is more to it than that, whilst you can include a table from another folder, Alpha will give you a warning about doing that. If you do include a table from another folder and then move the application to another machine, the included tables would not get moved along with all the other files for that application.
          I plan to create a database tonight for use at work, so I want to make it easy to copy what I create to my jumpdrive to then copy onto my laptop.
          The best way to do that is have Alpha zip the application, copy the zip file to jump drive and then get Alpha to do the restore on your laptop.

          With regard to downloading samples and examples from other developers, this was to have in mind that you would need to keep those files separate from your projects.
          Regards
          Keith Hubert
          Alpha Guild Member
          London.
          KHDB Management Systems
          Skype = keith.hubert


          For your day-to-day Needs, you Need an Alpha Database!

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            Re: Best folder location for a5v9 databases on C:\

            Gee, you guys are Great! Thanks, Keith & Robert!! I now have all the info I need, to put this dbf on my jumpdrive & take it to work. I actually have now made the database, tables, and one set; entered the 7 data records I have and it's doing just what I wanted (after a few stumbles and puzzles were resolved). I also made two reports & printed them out to show my boss and the Big Boss, who'll be down here from New Jersey tomorrow.

            Now it's nearly 1 a.m. here, and I'm gonna get a bite to eat, & call it a day. Thanks, y'all, for making my day end up being a good one!

            In appreciation,
            Caely

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              Re: Best folder location for a5v9 databases on C:\

              I like to put my Databases in a folder called "Databases" under the "My Documents" Windows folder, this makes them very easy to find just press the start button then Documents (assuming you are using Vista).

              Each separate database is stored in its own folder. I also backup my database regularly to a USB Drive using the Windows Briefcase backup facility - very easy to do and automatically keeps track of any files that change.

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                Re: Best folder location for a5v9 databases on C:\

                Alastair,

                Thanks for the tips, especially the one about Windows Briefcase. I'll have to look into that, for sure; sounds very helpful.

                - Caely

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