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- If you have existing names in Brother's Keeper data files from version 4.0,
- 4.1, 4.2, 4,3, or 4.5, then you will need to run the CONVERT5 program one
- time in order to convert the data files into the new format used by version
- 5.0 of Brother's Keeper. The CONVERT5 program will read your existing data
- files and create new data files that version 5.0 can read. The CONVERT5
- program will NOT erase or change your old data files - it just reads them
- when creating new version 5.0 data files. After you convert to version 5.0,
- and after you verify that version 5.0 is working correctly, you may remove
- the old version 4 data files from your hard disk if you wish. Before
- removing your old data files, be sure you have a copy of them on diskettes,
- and save the diskettes for several months in case there is any need for them.
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- If you have used text files to hold message lines for people (if you have
- used $$FILENAME in a message line) then you will need to copy the text files
- over to the new area that contains the version 5.0 data files. You should
- use the DOS COPY command to copy text files from one directory to another.
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- Before you start CONVERT5, you should know where the version 4 data files are
- located (what is the name of the subdirectory) and you should know where you
- want to place the version 5.0 data files. As an example, you might currently
- have your version 4 data files in a subdirectory called C:\BK and you might
- want to create the version 5.0 data files in a directory called C:\BK5 or
- perhaps you have your existing data files in C:\DATA and maybe you want to
- create the new version 5.0 data files in the same C:\DATA subdirectory. If
- you do not know where your existing version 4 data files are located, look in
- the subdirectory that contains the version 4 programs or look in the
- subdirectory that you are "in" when you start BK version 4 or 4.5. The
- version 4 data files have names that end with .DT4 (for example
- FAMLFILE.DT4). It is possible that you have FAMLFILE.DT4 in more than one
- subdirectory. If you do a DIR and it shows a file length of 0 (zero), then
- that is not the correct subdirectory. If in doubt, you may look at the file
- by typing: TYPE FAMLFILE.DT4 <enter> and that will display the names on the
- screen. When you are running BK version 4 or 4.5, the option screen number 1
- will contain the "path" for the data files. If the "path" is blank, then the
- data files are located in the "current" subdirectory (that is, the
- subdirectory you start the program from.)
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- OK, assuming you know where your existing data files are located, the only
- other thing you need to know is whether or not you used the "check" fields in
- version 4 or 4.5. If you did, then you will need to decide where to put them
- when you run CONVERT5. Version 5 has "source" lines for each date and
- location. You can have three full lines of "source" information and you also
- have a "page" field. If you have put information such as "yes" or "no" in
- the check fields, or if you have put page numbers in the check field, then you
- would choose to move the check fields to the "page" fields. If you have put
- some sort of code information in the check fields, such as "B101" which is a
- code you made up to refer to a "source" for the information, then you should
- choose to move the check fields to the first "source" line. The utility
- program will let you change each source to a new source - for example you
- could use the utility program to change source "B101" to "Barnes Family
- History, written by Jack Barnes, published 1982, in possession of Joe Doe".
- This might all be more clear after you use version 5.0 for an hour, so pick
- what you think is the right answer for your situation, and if you find it is
- not correct, you could run CONVERT5 a second time and erase the version 5
- data files and pick the other choice for the check fields.
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- To start CONVERT5, change to the directory that contains the version 5.0
- programs and type CONVERT5 and enter. It will take a while if you have a lot
- of names. After converting, you may start BK version 5.0 by typing BK5 and
- enter.
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