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Transferring
Lineage Manager for Dogs User
Data Files Between Computers
LMD database files.
LMD keeps the dog information
you entered in database files on
your computer. We are going to
list the database files that
must be copied from your old
computer to the new computer.
For the purposes of this
discussion, we named our
database 'labs'.
Your database will have a different
name -- it could be
'collies'
or 'dogs'
or
'spaniel' or whatever
YOU
named it. If
labs
is your database name, then you
will need to move these files:
labs.dta
labs.dtv
labs.dtm
There
is also a database for colors and
a database for titles. The names
of these two databases never
change -- you may want to move
them if you made changes to the
colors or titles themselves:
colors.dtc
titles.dtt
There is also a file which keeps
the default data entry
information. It is also based on
what YOU named your database.
From the
'labs' example above, it
would have this name:
labs.dft
All six (or four
if you don't move colors and
titles)
of these files must be moved from
your old computer to your new computer.
There are three (3) methods of moving
the files listed below. Select the
method you are most comfortable
with.
We recommend the first one --
it has a video demonstrating how
to do it.
Computer
Expert Method of moving the files.
Exit
LMD on BOTH computers before starting
this procedure.
(We assume that you have already
installed LMD on the second computer.)
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Using Start/All Programs/Accessories/Windows
Explorer, locate all six of
those files on the first computer.
The default installation location
is c:\program files\nwps\lmd16\program
- the files will most likely
be in there. Select all six
files (or four if you choose
not to transfer the colors and
titles database files) and right
click and select 'Copy'.
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Now 'Paste' them to a USB Flash
Drive or a CDR(W).
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Move the storage media to the
second computer and Copy the
six (or four) files into the
LMD installation directory (see
above for default path).
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If you use a CDR to transfer
the six files, you will most
likely have to change the file
attributes of each from 'read-only'
back to normal read-write. This
is done by selecting each one
of the files on the second computer
using Windows Explorer, then
right clicking and selecting
Properties. One the 'General'
tab of Properties, locate the
'Read-Only' checkbox and make
sure it is NOT checked. Then
press Apply if necessary, then
press OK to close the Properties
window. This step does not apply
if you use a USB Flash Drive.
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Start LMD on the second computer,
then click on
select
a different database from a
previous session. Locate
and open the labs.dta file to
start using the database.
VIDEO
TUTORIAL:
Please
view this Flash Video
demonstrating how to transfer
LMD database files between two
Windows XP computers. Before you
do so, please review the steps
above.
Optional Networked Computer Expert
Method.
If
both computers are networked, simply
copy the files from one computer
to the other through shared directories
using Start/All
Programs/Accessories/Windows
Explorer.
LMD Backup & Restore Utility Method
of moving the files.
Exit LMD on
BOTH computers before starting this
procedure.
(We assume
that you have already installed
LMD on the second computer.)
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Start LMD on the first computer
and press
Do Not
Open a Database at This Time.
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Click on the word
File
in the top menu bar and select
Start Backup/Restore Utility.
A message will come up stating
that LMD will exit if the utility
is successfully started, click
OK.
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Click on
Backup
User Database Files,
then click on
Continue>>.
The program will search your
hard drive(s) for LMD database
files. You can press the Stop
Searching button anytime if
you see that it has located
your database that you are interested
in.
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Locate your database in the
list. You should only have one
or two things showing there,
verify the file date and file
size in the right hand side.
Select your database and press
Process
Selection. An informational
message will come up informing
you that you must select a location
for the zip file to be saved
to, press
OK.
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If you see a message that says
'Please
insert a disk into drive A:',
put in a floppy disk into that
drive if you intend to use a
floppy disk for transfer. If
you intend to use a USB Flash
Drive or CDR(W), press
Cancel.
A standard 'Save
As' window appears. Navigate
to the place where you are saving
the zip file, check the name
and press
Save.
When it is done saving you will
be returned to the main window.
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Move your storage media to the
second computer, start LMD,
then start the Backup and Restore
Utility as you did in step 1
and 2 above.
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Press Restore User Database
Files, follow the on screen
instructions by pressing OK,
then Cancel if you are not using
a floppy, then view the Open
dialog and locate the zip file
to transfer. Then press Open
to unzip. When the main window
reappears, exit the utility.
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Start LMD on the second computer,
then click on
select
a different database from a
previous session. Locate
and open the labs.dta file to
start using the database.
You
can optionally
repeat the above 8 steps for moving
the Custom Colors and Titles databases.
Press the Backup Custom Colors and
Titles Databases button to zip up
those files and the Restore Custom
Colors and Titles Databases button
to unzip them.
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