I moved the address book and patron file (one a text file, one an Access file) to the Ariel folder, and it read it up right away - the saved folder also. Thanks! We have 3.4, Ed Helmrich Iona College
________________________________ From: arie-l-boun...@mailman1.u.washington.edu on behalf of Joe Ellison Sent: Wed 5/13/2009 2:28 PM To: 'Discussion of the Ariel Document Transmission System' Subject: RE: [ARIE-L] address book How dead is the old one? You can get your address book and other settings from the old installation by running a backup, then restoring to the new installation. You can't simply copy the files as was possible in previous versions. On the old pc: 1. Make sure Ariel is closed. Go to the Ariel directory. Locate & run the file DatabaseBackupRestore.exe. From options, select Backup. 2. For server, enter the name of your pc (e.g., mine is arieltran2-xp). You can locate this information in the properties window for My Computer, tab Computer Name. Use only the first part of the name (i.e. the full name of mine is arieltran2-xp.library.northwestern.edu, but the only part relevant here is the individual pc name, not the domain hierarchy). 3. For User Name and Password, the defaults are sa and ariel, respectively. They should not have been changed when Ariel was installed. If they were, you can find them by opening the winariel.ini file and searching for Password. It's in the Database section of the file. 4. Once this information is entered, the Database popup should become accessible. Backup each database to a separate file. 5. Enter or browse to the path and filename for the saved backup, and click OK. Ideally, the directory to which you save these files should be on a networked drive, so you can also access them from the new pc. If not, burn the entire directory to a CD or copy it to a flash drive. Repeat steps 4 and 5 for each of the available databases. Also copy the old winariel.ini to the directory containing the backups. On the new pc: 1. Install Ariel (sounds like you already did this). 2. Make sure Ariel is closed. Copy your old winariel.ini file to the new Ariel directory. 3. In the Ariel directory, locate and run DatabaseBackupRestore.exe. Open it as before. Select Restore from the Options menu. 4. Enter the new pc name into server name, the same user name and password you used before (since they're in the winariel.ini file you just copied over). 5. As before, once you've entered the previous information, the database popup will populate. You'll restore each database separately. 6. Browse to the backup files you created from the old pc to wherever you've put them--on your networked drive, CD, or flash drive. Select the appropriate file. Click OK and the file will restore. Repeat steps 5 and 6 for each database. Lacking the ability to access your old Ariel installation, none of this is possible. If your old computer is dead due to some manner of hard drive failure, you're probably out of luck. If some other part failed, you should be able to put the old hard drive in the new pc, and not have to reinstall anything. If it can't be put in the new pc, perhaps your IT department has some spare that it can be put in for purposes of running the Ariel backup routine. All this reminds me, I don't use Ariel much anymore, but it pays to do periodic backups. Think I'll go do it now. Joe Ellison Document Delivery and Digital Initiatives Assistant Transportation Library, Northwestern Univ Library (OCLC = JCR) 1970 Campus Dr, Evanston, IL 60208-2300 voice: 847-491-8600, fax: 847-491-8601 j-elli...@northwestern.edu http://www.library.northwestern.edu/transportation/ > -----Original Message----- > From: arie-l-boun...@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:arie-l- > boun...@mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Kathy Wheeler > Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 7:59 AM > To: ari...@listserv.boisestate.edu > Subject: [ARIE-L] address book > > We are on Ariel 4.1. We need a new computer because our old one is just > dead. But anyway, we installed the Ariel software on a new computer but > can't seem to get the address book to show up on the new one. Any > suggestions? > > Kathy > > Kathy Wheeler > Electronic Services/Reference > University Library, University of South Alabama > Mobile, AL 36688 > http://library.southalabama.edu/ > 251-460-7938 > kwhee...@jaguar1.usouthal.edu > (THAT'S jaguar ONE) > _______________________________________________ > ARIE-L mailing list > Mail the list at ARIE-L@u.washington.edu > Unsubscribe at http://www.arie-l.org#subscribers > <http://www.arie-l.org/#subscribers> > Archive at http://www.mail-archive.com/arie-l@u.washington.edu/ _______________________________________________ ARIE-L mailing list Mail the list at ARIE-L@u.washington.edu Unsubscribe at http://www.arie-l.org#subscribers <http://www.arie-l.org/#subscribers> Archive at http://www.mail-archive.com/arie-l@u.washington.edu/
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