Import from more computers

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The import data from a previous version feature is mainly used to import data and configurations from a computer having a previous version of the GPS5 program.

In some exceptional cases, it may be required to import data from more computers on which a version of GPS4  is installed.

For instance, if different PoData linear calibrations have been used on several computers, it is necessary to use this particular sequence of operations (see also PoData linear calibration).

The import feature does not allow running more than one import; it is therefore necessary to proceed as follows.

Let us assume that we would like to import data from three computers having GPS4 (named, by way of example, PC1, PC2 and PC3) and import them to the computer having GPS5 (named PC5).

Since the two softwares, GPS5 and GPS4, cannot co-exist on the same computer, PC5 might be one among PC1, PC2, PC3; for clarity, we choose to separate PC5 from the others.

Copy data into the target computer

The first operation to do is to identify data and configuration files for each source computer.

To do this, just run GPS4 and go to Tools menu / Folders / Open the data general folder. A window containing some folders will appear. The relevant folders are:

• CfgMod
• db

ATTENTION: both folders make up the data to import and must be moved together.

Once the data to import have been identified, they must be copied into three separate folders onto PC5; for instance, we could create three folders on PC5 with the following names:

• C:\PC1 Data
• C:\PC2 Data
• C:\PC3 Data

The AppCfg and db folders of the relevant computer must be copied into each one of these folders.

First import

Now we can import data from the computer PC1 mentioned in our example.

To do so, run import data from a previous version and, when asked to specify the source database, set the PC1 relevant database. In this case, choose: C:\PC1 Data\db\MiViGPS.mdb

Subsequent import

Now we can import data from the PC2 and PC3 mentioned in our example.

Since import data from a previous version deletes all data before running the import, you can avoid losing data imported during a previous import by exporting them with the exporting patients and examinations function and then importing them again with the importing patients and examinations function.

The sequence of operations related to our example will therefore be as follows:

• exporting patients and examinations (the data exported will refer to PC1)
• import data from a previous version choosing the database: C:\PC2 Data\db\MiViGPS.mdb
• importing patients and examinations (the data imported will refer to PC1)
• exporting patients and examinations (the data exported will refer to PC1 and PC2)
• importing data from a previous version choosing the database: C:\PC3 Data\db\MiViGPS.mdb
• importing patients and examinations (the data imported will refer to PC1 and PC2)

Now all data of computers PC1, PC2 and PC3 will have been imported into PC5

Types of photo

The types of photo, coming from more computers, might be redundant; the Consolidate types of photo procedure can be useful in this case.