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Page Revision: 2008/01/09 03:00


The items in the file menu are mainly used for Database Selection & Maintenance, Server Selection, and Data Importing & Exporting.



Database Selection & Maintenance
  • New Database 1 - creates a new 2.4x database
  • Backup Database 2 - backs up an existing 2.4x database including all cover and actor photo images
  • Restore Database 1, 2 - restores an existing 2.4x database from a backup made with Backup Database
  • Open Prior Database 1 - opens and converts a pre-2.4x database (Access .mdb file) to the 2.4x format (SQL Server)


Server Selection
  • Connect To Server - used to select the My Movies database server for this client 3


Data Importing & Exporting
  • Import
    • DVD Profiler XML - imports data from the XML file generated with DVD Profiler
    • DVD Profiler XML (3.x) - imports data from the XML file generated with DVD Profiler v3.x
    • Folder Content - imports titles found in selected folder, if title is found in WebService, data is automatically downloaded
  • Export
    • XML File - exports data from My Movies database to an XML file


Notes:
1 this action has the potential to completly overwrite an existing 2.4x database, pay close attention to any prompts displayed while performing this action
2 can only be run from the server
3 see the FAQ (particularly question #2) and Multi Zone documentation for more information