>Hi, I realized I haven't seen this request answered, so I thought I'd >describe what my files look like. > >Every time you archive, a new file is created. It is called the same name as >your database, except the date is at the front (today's archive would be >"010122filename.mdb"). They are in the same location as the original >database. To save it elsewhere (on floppy), you need to copy/paste it using >explorer. > >To use an archived file, you open clooz, but click on the "browse" button >(the folder button that's on the first dialog box). Browse to the location >of the file, click it, and then select it. > >If you just double click on the file in explorer, it will open Access (if >you have the Access version, anyway), but the result is NOT the familiar >clooz setup. Personally, I wouldn't know how to use the files in Access w/o >the clooz "packaging". > >Tina > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Clyde M. Watson, Jr." <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2001 4:20 PM >Subject: Archive/Backup > > > > I've been using Clooz a short time, getting names in, etc. I'm unclear > > about just how the Archive function works. Each time I exit Clooz I do > > click on Archive. Where does the archived file go and how do I access > > it??? I have gone into Windows Explorer and there are 7 files that I > > think are archived files, but I'm not sure. When I try to open one of > > them I get a blank dark screen. All 7 are 424KB. I'm adding data each > > time I use clooz, so if these are my archived files why are they all the > > same size? And why do I have 7? If each time I archive the file it > > overwrites the previously archived file how have I accumulated 7 > > archived files, each taking up 424KB on hard drive. I have tried to > > delete the oldest one and get the message that this file cannot be > > deleted. The only help the Manual offers is to say you should "Archive" > > frequently and that you should copy archived file onto floppy disks. > > Assuming that the 7 files I've found are my archived files, how do I > > move an archived file to a floppy disk? I've not been able to do this. > > I would like to get archived file onto a floppy disk and off my hard > > drive. It would sure be nice if I could just backup my data straight to > > a floppy like I can with my genealogy program (TMG). > > > > Help please, > > Clyde Watson > > > > > > ============================== > > Search over 900 million names at Ancestry.com! > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > > Liz Kelley Kerstens, CGRS Ancestor Detective, LLC http://www.ancestordetective.com Creator of Clooz, http://www.clooz.com Editor of Genealogical Computing, http://www.ancestry.com