[Papyrus-L] Filter

[Denis]

If the '98 computer has a USB port available then memory sticks/pen 
drives/thumb drives (whatever they are called) are an excellent method of 
moving large files. I find them far more reliable and quicker than either 
floppy disks or CD's. Many new computers do not have floppy drives fitted 
and it is generally an easy job to fit a PCI USB card to a '98 computer 
should that machine not have USB.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Goldman, Research Software Design" 
<dave at ResearchSoftwareDesign.com>
To: "Papyrus Discussion List" <papyrus-l at ResearchSoftwareDesign.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 5:31 AM
Subject: Re: [Papyrus-L] Filter


> 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.
>
> -- 
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