Importing saved settings

[VK7XX]

I currently haveLog4OM installed on a WindowsXP 32bit machine and am now setting it up on a Windows 7 64 bit machine. Things on the XP machine are generally set up how I would like it to appear on the Win 7 system. Column widths / headings etc etc. When I make backups of my XP system it saves 2 files.. the log, and the settings. I have searched through the manual and looked at every settings page and cannot see how I can import those saved settings in to the new installation. Would someone please point me to the right area.....

thank you
John

[G4POP]

Just copy the config and communicator config XML files from the c:\.............\roaming\logom folder on the old machine into the corresponding folder on the new one.

This is covered on pages 156 onward in the user guide

[VK7XX]

Thanks heaps Terry.. I searched, (obviously using the wrong search words) but couldn't fine the info.....

I have performed the copy.. deleted the old files, renamed the copied over files, restarted Log4OM and things open in the previously saved positions but the changes I made on the old setup to column widths / column headers / additional columns I added that are not in a default setup have apparently not been saved because those items remain as per a default setup I have also searched the entire drive for a c:\.............\roaming\logom folder too... cannot find anything at all with 'roaming' . I think I must have missed something. Any Ideas ?

John

<EDIT> I found 'roaming' it is on the Win7 machine not the XP one. What I did was click " help/open configuration folder " on the XP machine, copy every file and folder there, save them to my usb stick then take the stick to the Win7 machine (oh for a network... one day...) and then use all those files/folders on the stick to replace those in the " help/open configuration folder " that comes up on the Win 7 machine. This has restored the columns and headings etc..

However, doing it this way is OK when you have two machines like I have right now, but it does appear that the backup being created is missing vital information, such as these columns and headings.

John

[G4POP]

I will check that out, I thought we saved the column widths and heading in the configs but I could be wrong

[IW3HMH]

those informations are saved in your VISUALIZATION CONFIGS, the xml files with _user at their end

[VK7XX]

those informations are saved in your VISUALIZATION CONFIGS, the xml files with _user at their end

Would it be possible to have every file needed for a proper restore to be saved when 'backup' is clicked, and when 'back up on shutdown' is done ???

John

[ik2egl]

I agree with John.
Actually in the backup folder we have
_config.xml
_CommunicatorConfig.xml
theuserdatabase.adi


Pse Daniele, in the next release , can you:
include all the _user files too in the backup process:D ?
give us a restore config files too (the other side of the coin) ?

[IW3HMH]

Umpf
you're not Geek enough...


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