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Starting the program
On the Main Menu, click the File tab then click:
Pack Files - GA692
The initial screen GA692S01 looks like this:-
Screenshot
In this section
About the program
This program is used to free up disk
space on your computer by removing deleted records completely from the Ideas Genie system.
Recommendations: Run this program once per week.
More info:-
When you delete a record (e.g. a Plant, a specimen etc) the record is made invisible to the user, but still
occupies disk space until this PACK operation is run.
The PACK operation can also reindexes files in your database.
Packing files when the Core database is open
Before using this program you should do a
backup.
When you start the PACK program the initial screen looks like this:
Screenshot
Step-1 The first step is to select a database to be packed.
When the Core database is open
only one option appears in the pop-up
Check the date in the Last backup was done on
field.
We recommend you do a backup immediately before using this
program..
If backup was not taken, Exit the PACK program and do a backup (Use Program GA681)
Then restart the PACK program
Click the Test and Continue button.
If files are intact, Screen GA692S02 will appear.
Click
the Do Pack
button to finish the exercise
Packing files when another database is open
You can open any Ideas Genie Pro database using the program Open another database - GA626.
When you start the PACK
program the initial screen looks like this:
Screenshot
Step-1 The first step is to select a database to be packed.
When another database is open you have two options in the pop-up as shown in the screenshot
Select a database to be packed.
Check the date in the Last backup was done on
field.
We recommend you do a backup immediately before using
this program..
If backup was not taken, Exit the PACK program and do a backup (Use Program File>GA681)
Then restart the
PACK program
Click the Test and Continue button.
If files are intact, Screen
GA692S02 will appear.
Click the Do Pack
button to finish the exercise
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