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[Dave Goldman, Research Software Design]

Bill Lindsay wrote:

>I have been seeking a solution to a similar problem: moving a large 
>database from an older computer with Windows 98 to a newer one with 
>Windows XP. I tried e-mailing the large INDX.BIB file from the old 
>to the new computer, and it was apparently received OK with the full 
>file size. But when I try to access it with the recent Papyrus 
>download on the new computer, Papyrus does not seem to recognize 
>that it is there in the PAP folder. (All the other, smaller files 
>were moved earlier via floppy disks to the PAP  folder in the new 
>machine.)

First, I'm a little surprised that you would have a database in which 
the REF.BIB file does fit on a floppy disk but the INDX.BIB file does 
not. Are you positive about that?

Second, e-mailing INDX.BIB as you have done should work fine. 
Although I suppose that it is possible that some setting in your 
e-mail software, on one end or the other, might have somehow 
compressed or encoded the file -- but then the file sizes should not 
match exactly.

Third, a different approach toward moving a Papyrus from one computer 
to another would be to go to the Utilities option in Papyrus and 
choose "Create Back-up Files". This will produce a set of *.BB files, 
each of them small enough to fit onto a floppy disk. Bring them to 
the new computer, and then run "Restore From Back-up Files" to 
rebuild the original database.

-- 
    Dave Goldman (dave at ResearchSoftwareDesign.com)

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