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Summary: Occasionally the filebased databases (VISTADB) will need to be compacted or Packed. This is different from a Packup and Go. The Pack function is run from outside WireCAD using the VistaDB Data editor.
 
Summary: Occasionally the filebased databases (VISTADB) will need to be compacted or Packed. This is different from a Packup and Go. The Pack function is run from outside WireCAD using the VistaDB Data editor.
  
{{warning|Before you perform this function back up your database!}}
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<span style="background-color:#ffff00">Note: If you are getting concurrency error 455, follow this procedure:</span>
  
# Close WireCAD and any connections to the databases this will mean having all WireCAD users shut down.
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<br/>{{warning|Before you perform this function back up your database!}} [[File:Packup.png|thumb]]
# Click Windows Start>All Programs>WireCAD>Utilities>VistaDB Data Editor.
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# On the VistaDB Data Editor there is a drop down box for file access mode. Set it to Exclusive Read-Write Access.
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#Close WireCAD and any connections to the databases this will mean having all WireCAD users shut down.
# Click File>Open.
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#Click Windows Start>All Programs>WireCAD>Utilities>VistaDB Data Editor.
# Browse to the Project Databases folder and find the file YOURPROJECTNAME.vdb3 (if you need to pack your Global Equipment Database it is called WireCADGlobalEquipment.vdb3. Check [[asfsadfasdf|Here...]] for path information.
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#On the VistaDB Data Editor there is a drop down box for file access mode. Set it to Exclusive Read-Write Access.
# On the main pane will be a Pack button. Click it. IMPORTANT! Don't kill the process or your data is hosed.
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#Click File>Open.
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#Browse to the Project Databases folder and find the file YOURPROJECTNAME.vdb3 (*.vdb6 if using 10.1 or later), (if you need to pack your Global Equipment Database it is called WireCADGlobalEquipment.vdb3(*.vdb6 if using 10.1 or later). Check [[Knowledge Base|Here...]] for path information.
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#On the main pane will be a Pack button. Click it. IMPORTANT! Don't kill the process or your data is hosed.
  
 
{{warning|Before you perform this function back up your database!}}
 
{{warning|Before you perform this function back up your database!}}

Latest revision as of 21:17, 20 April 2022

Summary: Occasionally the filebased databases (VISTADB) will need to be compacted or Packed. This is different from a Packup and Go. The Pack function is run from outside WireCAD using the VistaDB Data editor.

Note: If you are getting concurrency error 455, follow this procedure:


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Attention.png Warning: Before you perform this function back up your database!

Packup.png
  1. Close WireCAD and any connections to the databases this will mean having all WireCAD users shut down.
  2. Click Windows Start>All Programs>WireCAD>Utilities>VistaDB Data Editor.
  3. On the VistaDB Data Editor there is a drop down box for file access mode. Set it to Exclusive Read-Write Access.
  4. Click File>Open.
  5. Browse to the Project Databases folder and find the file YOURPROJECTNAME.vdb3 (*.vdb6 if using 10.1 or later), (if you need to pack your Global Equipment Database it is called WireCADGlobalEquipment.vdb3(*.vdb6 if using 10.1 or later). Check Here... for path information.
  6. On the main pane will be a Pack button. Click it. IMPORTANT! Don't kill the process or your data is hosed.

Attention.png Warning: Before you perform this function back up your database!