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BE SAFE BE SURE DO A BACKUP BEFORE IMPORTING OR EXPORTING

 

to backup all files - simply copy the whole crystalsolutions folder to a new folder giving it a date and new name

using copy or duplicate command from your PC or Mac desktop

 


ALWAYS after importing, to ensure that new record numbers are not going to clash with existing numbers, - choose 'new next record number' from the Rhubarb menu (at the top) or the small pink asterisked button at the top right of patient no. (to the right of 'Reset' below Exit) and all subsequent new records will have a patient number incremented by 1 from the last record number imported


 

BE SAFE BE SURE DO A BACKUP BEFORE IMPORTING OR EXPORTING

work in the 'Patients' window

before importing for the first time do a backup

choose 'export records' from 'file' (top Menu - left), but only after having pressed the green 'find all' button - unless u only want to save a selected 'found' group of records.

u can export as 'filemaker' as above or TAB-seperated or whatever- save to a new 'dated' folder.

Alternatively simply choose 'Save a Copy' from File Menu.

ensure u have an accounts file backup if required as well

repeat the above, but from the 'accounts' window

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to backup all files - simply copy the whole crystalsolutions folder to a new folder giving it a date and new name

using copy or duplicate command from your PC or Mac desktop

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To delete all records and accounts

click (in Reception mode -Click 'Menu' then the orange 'Patients' button, then

choose 'New Database - Danger' from the 'Rhubarb' menu (at the top)

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only do this if you're sure u have no patient records u want to keep or accounts files dependant on those patient numbers

(if u want to save some records you've already created u must first isolate and save them...see 'creating your first database')

remember - Registered users will need put in their Registration password again if they delete all records, and are importing more than 50 records


 

Now Importing - if you have deleted all your records and have no accounts- click the delete record button (mid right of 'new record' button, to delete the one and only record that is created after clicking 'New Database - Danger' from the Rhubarb menu (at the top)

 

so if you are just restoring a backup and have deleted both patient records and accounts, and the one record as described immediately above,

just click import...

 

 

 

choose 'Import records' from File (top Menu - left)

check that the names match (choose matching names as in example pic above) then choose Import

As a practise u could do a backup, then 'delete all records' from Records' Menu at the top (make sure u're not in 'Find' mode and ensure u have an accounts file backup if required) and then import the file back in!


ALWAYS after importing, to ensure that new record numbers are not going to clash with existing numbers, - choose 'new next record number' from the Rhubarb menu (at the top) or the small pink asterisked button at the top right of patient no. (to the right of 'Reset' below Exit) and all subsequent new records will have a patient number incremented by 1 from the last record number imported


remember - Registered users will need put in their Registration password again if they delete all records, and are importing more than 50 records

 

BE SAFE BE SURE DO A BACKUP BEFORE IMPORTING OR EXPORTING

to backup all files - simply copy the whole crystalsolutions folder to a new folder giving it a date and new name

using copy or duplicate command from your PC or Mac desktop

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