Upgrading

Upgrading from version 0.68 or latter

Just install the new version. A database update will run the first time you access the RecordEditor.

Upgrading from version 0.67 or earlier

Background

As part of Version 0.68 changes, I moved the location of the back end Database (Windows). This was done to make the package more compatible with Windows Vista / Windows 7

 

Operating System Old Location
Windows XPc:\Program Files\RecordEdit\MSaccess\Database\RecordEditor.mdb
Windows Vista/7c:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\RecordEdit\MSaccess\Database\RecordEditor.mdb

 

New Location (Windows 7 / Vista) C:\Users\<user_id>\RecordEditor_MSaccess\RecordEditor.mdb
New Location (Windows XP) C:\Documents and Settings\<user_id>\RecordEditor_MSaccess\RecordEditor.mdb

Where <user_id> is the Windows logon id.

Upgrading

  1. Find your existing Database
  2. You may want to make XML backups just in case, It is fairly easy to do so.
  3. Install the new 0.80.6 version of the RecordEditor (Do not uninstall the old Version).
  4. Copy your existing Database over the new Database.
  5. If using Version 0.62 or later the System should upgrade the DB automatically.
  6. If using version 0.61b or earlier, you will need to start the LayoutEditor and select the Upgrade Database Tables

 

Backup Layouts to XML

You can backup your RecordLayouts to XML files and latter reload them. Backing up the Layouts to XML should only take short amount of time, so is worth doing. Steps are

When done, hit the Copy button to create the XML Layouts

 

Reloading XML copybooks

To reload the XML Layouts

Note: XML layouts can only be loaded one at a time.