Highlight a map to copy on the Map selection window. (Refer to the ECMap User Guide for detailed instructions on selecting a map.)
Select Options > Map Copy.
On the Copy Map window, click This Map to Directory.
In the Directory textbox on the Copy Map window, enter the full path to the directory in which the backup maps will be stored. (Users often create a backup directory containing subdirectories for each current project. The backup maps are then copied to the appropriate backup\<project> directory).
Click Run.
Continue to select and copy maps until you have backed up all of your current maps.
If you are upgrading from a version prior to ECMap 2.1, copy the thirteen files (which contain information about all of your projects) from your current installation directory to a backup directory:
mproject.db |
mproject.ygo |
mtable.val |
mproject.mb |
mtable.db |
mxref.db |
mproject.px |
mtable.mb |
mxref.px |
mproject.val |
mtable.px |
mxref.val |
mproject.xgo |
Beginning with ECMap 2.1, project information is no longer saved in this particular file structure, but instead it is stored in separate tables in a single database. However, during an upgrade, the program needs the information in these files to populate the mproject, mtable, and mxref tables in the new projects.mdb database. You need these thirteen files if for any reason you needed to revert to your current version of the software.
If you are upgrading from ECMap 2.1 or later, copy the current projects.mdb database to a backup directory. You would need the tables in this database if for any reason you needed to revert to your current version of the software.
