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How to move ALL my Alpha files

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    #16
    RE: How to move ALL my Alpha files

    Hi Cal:

    Great minds and all that ... !!

    Finian
    Finian

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      #17
      RE: How to move ALL my Alpha files

      OK, there was some duplication in my last posting of what Finian said a couple hours earlier but then I worked on that posting off-line and had dinner as well.

      What I thought was interesting was that it posted directly. I worked off-line but still in Netscape. I then logged back on to my ISP (AOL) still without closing Netscape and then just hit the "Send" button. It posted directly without any other intervention. This was especially surprising to me because I normally have to log on with my user name and password every time I access the message board from Netscape. (If I log on to the message board directly from AOL then my A5 user name and password are not required - unfortunately, the screen isn't as easy to read.)

      Wanda, it can be time consuming but I think you will find that the "bark is worse than the bite" once you get started. At least I hope so!

      Good Luck,
      Cal

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        #18
        RE: How to move ALL my Alpha files

        I forgot to add step 9:

        After all sets have been modified, drop the 'old' tables from the database and delete them from the computer. Of course, only delete them after you have a good backup! (If I sound like a broken record, I have two recent customers I can send you to for backup 'references'.)

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          #19
          RE: How to move ALL my Alpha files

          Cal and Finian,

          Did you guys get any sleep, lastnight?! How can I say thank you, enough? I'm hoping to get through this today, so I'll let you know. Thank you, again, very, very much for the mental effort, for taking the time, and for so freely and willingly sharing your expertise.
          Wanda

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            #20
            RE: How to move ALL my Alpha files

            Hi folks

            I too have had this problem in the past in Ver1.3 which I assume would be similar if not the same in V4.5 (When i have
            used V4.5 more i will probrably find this not to be the case but hey anyway).

            My solution (I'll keep it short as your eyes are probrably still tired after all the other reading hehe) was to copy the
            folder/s to their destination while keeping the old ones intact.

            Then (wake up this is the important bit) I started up A5 and went into the NEW folders and changed the SETs to point towards the new path/folders. ALL THE SETS HAVE TO BE DONE AS FIRST PRIORITY SO AS NOT TO AFFECT ORIGINALS (That word BACKUP comes up again).
            A5 allowed me to edit sets from moved folders because it still had the originals in place.
            Then I changed any field rules / scripts etc to the new path.

            And yes it worked a treat.

            I hope this doesnt confuse further or indeed repeat any stuff I didnt read on the 400 page essay and helps you a bit.

            Apologys in advance and my sympathies too.

            Best Regards

            Mike Lyon

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