Dick,
Files on CD are read-only. R:BASE cannot open a read-only .RB1 - it has to be able to write to the .RB1 at a minimum. Emmitt Dove Manager, Converting Applications Development Evergreen Packaging, Inc. [email protected] (203) 214-5683 m (203) 643-8022 o (203) 643-8086 f [email protected] From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Richard Croy Sent: Monday, August 09, 2010 08:24 To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - [RBASE-L] Archiving Question I have two databases -- in R:Base 7.6EE -- which are no longer in service but which I want to archive onto a CD-ROM for historical reference (as well as to eventually get them off my hard drive). I have burned the CD-ROM, but whenever I try to open the databases from the CD-ROM by clicking on either the *.RB1 or the *.dat files, I get the message: "The database is currently open with MULTI set OFF <OK>" and, after clicking <OK> I get this message "-ERROR - Unable to connect database ( 7) <OK>" Clicking on that second <OK> loops me back to the first message. But when I use the <SHOW> command on the archived databases, it reports "(MULTI) ON". This does not happen when I burn the databases to a flash drive; both open fine from there (and archiving them on a flash drive may be the alternative that I will choose -- and hope that I don't lose the drive <G>. What can/should I do to be able to access the databases from the CD-ROM. The reason I want to archive them is because I may need to go back into them to review some data which they contain, and also because there is some code in one which I may want to adapt for another database which I may develop in the future. Thanks! Richard S. Croy [email protected] ================================ This message has been checked with an anti-virus program before sending. ================================
