At 04:33 PM 1/28/02 -0500, you wrote:
>Julie,
>
>In addition to what Gary has said, I forgot to mention that you first have
>to "unmap" the ebase files from the runtime application and to Filemaker.
>That's done
>on a PC by going into View->Options->File Types, finding the ".102" or
>".103" file extension and "removing" or "deleting" that file mapping. Then
>you can right
>click on the file and it should give you the open with option (or just
>double click the file).
>
>Good luck,
>
>Carl
>
>
>"Bogue, Gary" wrote:
>
>> Hi Julie,
>>
>> The problem here is that you're right-clicking on the shortcut. You can't
>> usually copy a shortcut from one computer to another, because it will become
>> confused. Best to start over with a new one. So delete the shortcut on the
>> desktop (the one with the little arrow).You need to go to the actual data
>> files, which may be in C:\Program Files\ebase\ or something like that. If
>> you can't find them, use the Find utility on the Start menu to find out
>> where they are located. When you're in the ebase directory, you should see
>> the entire group of program files (ebase, names, actions, payments, etc.).
>>
>> When you've found the files, continue with the previous instructions to set
>> the opening program and to create a new shortcut on the desktop. By right
>> clicking the shortcut name, you can rename it to remove the "shortcut to"
>> part.
>>
>> Gary
>>
>> > Subject: Re: moving ebase to another workstation
>> > From: Julie Fish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> > Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2002 15:03:07 -0500
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>> > Thanks Carl! However, when I right click on the ebase icon. there isn't an
>> > option for selecting which program to open ebase with. When I click on
>> > properties, I get three options, general, shortcut and security, but none
>> > of
>> > them prompt me to select filemaker to start it up with.
>> >
>> > At 11:50 AM 1/25/02 -0500, you wrote:
>> > >Hi Julie,
>> > >
>> > >On a PC, right click the ebase.102 icon and select Filemaker Pro 5.x as
>> > the
>> > >program to open with. Make sure the "always use this program" option is
>> > >checked.
>> > >This should open the database useing Filemaker Pro and not the runtime
>> > >(.exe) file. Since you have Filemaker, you can get rid of the runtime
>> > file
>> > >(called
>> > >ebase.exe). Once you've got that working, you can right click the
>> > ebase.102
>> > >icon and "send a shortcut to the desktop" to have a quick and easy way to
>> >
>> > >open the
>> > >database. In Win 98 and earlier, you can also drag this icon to the gray
>> >
>> > >task bar at the bottom of the screen to give you a one-click launch of
>> > >ebase. On a Mac,
>> > >it's a little different, but not much. Again, you want to open ebase.102
>> >
>> > >with Filemaker.
>> > >
>> > >One more thing, if you haven't already done so, when you try to open
>> > ebase
>> > >with FMP 5 you will be required to upgrade the files to FMP 5. Ebase
>> > >version 1.02 is
>> > >made for FMP 4 but the file structure is different in FMP5. Don't worry
>> > so
>> > >long as you have a backup. Just make sure that the new FMP 5 files
>> > retain
>> > >their
>> > >original names.
>> > >
>> > >As for the "multi-user" status, you can change that under the setup
>> > wizard
>> > >(screen 2).
>> > >
>> > >Carl
>> >
>>
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