Hi Rodney, The trouble happens with system files. In Windows, these are often written to other directories. When you back up only the ebase directory, you miss any files installed in other directories. We back up only the .1xx files, which are the actual data. Since the program files, such as ebase.exe and others, don't change, there's no reason to copy them for daily backups.
To add ebase to another computer, perform a fresh ebase installation on that computer, using the installer you downloaded or ran from the CD-ROM. Once you have the new, empty copy installed on the second computer, overwrite all the data files (all the files ending with .100 or .102 or .103, depending on the version you're running), with your backup copies of those files. After you do this, make sure the backup files you have just copied do not have their read-only attribute set. I've heard this may happen to files copied from a CD. You can check, and edit, attributes by right-clicking the file(s) and selecting Properties. Finally, it's not always a good idea to have a database like ebase running independently on two computers. If you're only using the second copy as a reference and regularly updating it with backups from the first, it may work fine. But if you add new records to both copies, or edit them, it's possible that they will no longer be synchronized. When that happens, you may lose data if you overwrite either file set with the other. If you're going to have two independent sets of data, you will need a careful plan of how to manage them. Gary > Subject: ebase backup installation > From: "RodneyElin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 07:01:33 -0600 > X-Message-Number: 1 > > Hi there, > I have been using ebase for a number of months now and am so far very > pleased with its operation. I have a question, however that I hope someone > can help me with. I have been making regular backups of the database by > exiting ebase and copying all the files from the ebase directory onto a > CD-R. We decided that it would be a good idea to install one of our backup > copies on another member's computer for redundancy, however when I copy > all the files from a backup CD to a new directory, and try to run ebase, I > get a missing DLL error. What do I need to do to install one of my backups > onto another computer? > > Thanks, > > ~Rodney > > ------------------ Reminder to each recipient: To change your list account preferences, go to http://email.sparklist.com/scripts/lyris.pl?enter=support and enter the email address you used to subscribe to the ebase support list:: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ebase - Relationship Management for Nonprofits, http://www.ebase.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------
