Upgrade Key, etc. File

[daN baueR]

Are you attempting to restructure the file's field structure or add a new
output with an associated processing table?  I would not recommend sending a
new key file.  That would delete any data entered or updated since your copy
was made.

Dan

On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 11:16 AM, haroldef <haroldef at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am using Win 7 and have filepro in c:\appl\filepro.  When one has to
> send an email with an attached upgrade to a program used in
> filepro--when the receiver of the update is unskilled with
> computers---What is the easiest way to upgrade files in, for example,
> filepro\mac\key or filepro\mac\onbydate.prc, etc.
>
> I had one thought, and tried it out, which was to send myself an email
> that had an attachment which I renamed to:
> C:\appl\filepro\mac\keytest.
>
> When I received the email the attachment name was
> c:\appl\filepro\mac\keytest, so I right clicked and did a save as.
>
> The attachment went to c:\appl\filepro\mac and had the name
> c--appl-filepro-mac-keytest.
>
> This actually worked when I changed the name from
> c--appl-filepro-mac-keytest to just key.  Of course I renamed the key
> file to something like keyhold, so that if the upgrade failed, I could
> just rename keyhold to key and be back in business.
>
> What is the simplest way to upgrade an unskilled user?  Any one have a
> better way?
>
> Maybe I can have the receiver rename the key file to keyhold, and have
> the update end in just mac\key, so the receiver could just eliminate
> everything before the word key.
>
> Harold
>
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