Backing up ECMAP data
Highlight a map to copy on the map selection window. See the ECMAP User Guide for detailed instructions on selecting a map.
Select Options | Map Copy to display the Copy Map window.
Select This Map to Directory.
In the Directory text box on the Copy Map window, enter the full path to the directory in which the backup maps will be stored.
You may want to create a backup directory that has a subdirectory for each current project. The backup maps are then copied to the appropriate backup\project directory.
Click Run.
Select and copy maps until you have backed up all of your current maps.
If you are upgrading from a version earlier than ECMAP 2.1, copy these 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 is instead 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.
Copy the current projects.mdb database to a backup directory as well. You will also need the tables in this database if for any reason you must revert to your current version of the software.
